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Book Review of I Am Legend

I Am Legend
I Am Legend
Author: Richard Matheson
Genre: Horror
Book Type: Paperback
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I picked this one up from the library thinking it was one of those "fill in the blanks the movie left behind" type of reads. Boy, was I wrong. The Will Smith version of the movie was nothing like the short story it was based upon. Add a couple of other short stories to the mix (yes, it was a book of shorts), and my brain was really jumbled. Matheson's writing style borders on schizophrenic, jumping back and forth from tangent to tangent. Not my cup of tea at all.