One of the things he does to pass the time is hunt for these creatures during daylight hours. He’s lost a wife and a child to this virus, hasn’t had any human contact for years, and at night tries to drown out the sounds of the vampire/zombie creatures that lurk outside. During the day scavenges for supplies, repairs damage to his house, and looks for any other human survivors.ĭuring the course of the novel we learn about Neville and start to care about him. Neville spends his nights inside his vampire-proof house while the undead creatures roam around his house attempting to find a way in. The rest of humanity has been afflicted by a virus that has changed them all into vampire/zombie creatures. The general plot of the book centers on a character named Robert Neville who is the last human on the planet. Warning: Spoilers for both the book and the movie follow. In any case, I’m going to detail my problem with the ending of the book and contrast it with the ending of the movie and explain why I listed it as the worst read last year. Well, I don't think it’s bad speculative fiction though I don’t know if it’s the finest example that speculative fiction has to offer. This is speculative fiction at its finest.”
I think you really need to revisit the story. You said yourself that you enjoyed the read, but hated the ending. “I would speculate that this novelette written over 50 years ago, holds up better than 95% of the genre written in its time…. In the comments of a recent post where I named I Am Legend, the worst read of 2007 he wrote: My good friend Ryan has been razzing me for sometime over my absolute hatred of the ending I Am Legend (the book, not the movie).
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