Customer Reviews

Swan Song

5 star:		(320)
4 star:		(24)
3 star:		(14)
2 star:		(9)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

Swan Song was recommended to me after I finished and very much enjoyed The Passage and The Twelve (Justin Cronin) and I really enjoyed this book. It is a great tale of good versus evil, I just couldn't put it down. Highly recommend.

I went into a used book store for my monthly book fix...I wanted to read something different, the cashier suggested Swan Song, he told me that if I was not interested in the story to bring it back in a couple of days and he would trade it in for me. He said, I bet you wont be back though...I returned a week later to Thank him, with the book finished! This book was so hard to put down, it just grabbed me and I couldnt wait until I could pick it up again...This is the only book I have read more than once and even after 10 years, from the first time I read it, I am still buying it for people to read and enjoy as much as I did.

This was a great story. I can see why people compare this book to King's The Stand, but really, how many books out there in the post-apocalyptic genre can't be compared to one another. I started reading this book a few days ago and sat through 4-5 hour reading sessions because I couldn't put the book down. Highly recommend.

This apocalyptic tale of terror is a classic in the horror genre, right up there with Stephen King's "The Stand". With a well-thought out plot and interesting characters, the author pits the forces of good and evil in an America that has been decimated by nuclear warfare. The landscape is bleak, indeed, as nuclear winter has set in and the sun has gone into hiding. Bands of desperate survivors, many blighted by hideous facial growths, roam the land. Some seek only survival, while others seek something else.

At the heart of the battle between good and evil is a child, Sue Wanda, known affectionately, as Swan, who is under the protection of a gentle giant named Joe, a former wrestler. This is a child with a gift, as she can commune with nature and seems to be able to affect plant life. Seeking Swan is a woman named Sister, who has been given a vision of Swan and feels that it is her mission to find her. Meanwhile evil forces also seek Swan, but there is nothing beneficent about their quest.

What happens when the forces of good meet the forces of evil will keep the reader eagerly turning the pages of the behemoth of a horror novel.

I read Swan Song by Robert McCammon when it first came out in 1987 and 23 years later the story still comes to mind. I am an avid book reader going through 1 to 2 books a week but Swan Song is still by far my favourite novel. It will remind you of Stephen King's The Stand, another excellent page turner, but I find the characters in Swan Song better developed making them more likeable and/or hateable whatever the case may be. You will bite your nails to the quik when good meet evil to fight it out and see which group will dominate the word. You will cheer and unfortunately you will shed tears at the outcome.
This kind of "end of the world" book might not be for you but if you enjoy none stop action, read this book.
Sister Creep was my personal favourite and still is to this day. A remarkable lady despite the fact she started out as a "bag lady". She WILL earn your respect!!!
Read it and enjoy!!

I went through the reviews just to look at the two- and three-star comments. They all say the same thing: Rip off of "The Stand." This is not a rip-off, but an improvement of "The Stand." It goes places that King's novel doesn't, and is much more believable and frightening (this from a self-proclaimed King-nut). Certain scenes from "Swan" stay with you...the tunnel scene, the escape from K-Mart, PawPaw's message, the escape from the highway in the truck, the attack on Mary's Rest. Not only will you love this novel, you will be ready to read it over and over...something I can't say about "The Stand." The characters are much more believable and visceral. I can't say enough about this book. One of the best I've read...period.

This is, and forever will be, the best book I have ever read. Forever. And ever. Amen.

Very good read that had good story and good pace. The protagonist is the one character who sorta doesn't make much sense because you don't have any clue how he came to be but it doesn't jeopardize your enjoyment of the story.

This is a great book. After a nuclear explosion that leaves the land barren a young girl by the name of Swan has the ability to bring vegetation back to life. There are two different groups of people who have found out about Swan and her abilties. Both groups want to possess Swan but for different reasons. I really liked this book.

This book is the type of book that haunts you in a way you cannot come to terms with until the end of the book. Swan Song tells a long and passionate story about people trying to survive in a doomed hellish world that the devil calls his own. this book is not recommended for people who don't enjoy long terrifying nights of reading. I couldn't put this book down i had to find out what happened at the end.