The Metro book franchise has gone to it’s third and (at least for now) last part. Describing the life of people in Moscow metro tunnels after devestating nuclear war ears ago, new society has formed undergroud with it’s leaders and victims. But does the tunnels of Metro still hold their appeal? In Metro 2035 book review we find out if the tunnels of Metro are still worthy visiting.
WARNING: This book review contains major spoilers for readers who have not yet read Metro 2033 or Metro 2034. You have been warned. :WARNING
The story
Two years after events in
Metro 2033 we get to follow Artyom again. After destroying the Dark Ones, Artyom has settled down with his wife in VDNKh station. But Artyom is tormented of finding answers to what happened before. Did Artyom hear a radio broadcast just before the Dark Ones were destroyed or was it his imagination? Grasping to straw that there might be somebody alive outside Metro, Artyom is determined to find that radio signal even if it kills him.
After meeting Homer who comes to VDNKh to write about Dark Ones, Artyom hears that distant Metro station could hold a person that have actually talked to outsiders. This drives Artyom and Homer to journey where many secrets and dangers are revealed.
The Wanderer
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Metro 2034,
Metro 2035 keeps familiar characters while introducing also new people to the set. On their journey, Artyom and Homer meet visit many stations which hold familiar characters from past books. Like earlier books, many of these station are nations of their own with their own rules and perspectives.
In addition of Metro and it’s stations, a part of the events in Metro 2035 happen in the surface. This is fresh turn in the series, expanding the world of Metro outside the tunnels that are now familiar to the readers.
Where Metro 2034 focused more into gritty action following Hunter, Artyom’s journey focuses more on the power and politics of Metro. This does not say that there won’t be violence as conflicts tend to get solved with force in the world of Metro. Metro 2035 also holds a strong message of tyranny and control of state over individual. The life of single citizen does not weigh much in power-hungry politics between stations.
The conclusion
Metro 2035 is great ending to the series. Combining the world and events of two previous books, Metro 2035 bring the series to satisfactory ending. Metro 2035 also throws a quite surprising plot twist to the series and brings new light to the earlier books. Although the story would have worked better in little trimmed off version (in my opinion), nevertheless Metro 2035 gave the series a ending it definetly deserved. Well done mr. Gluhovski.
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