I Am Legend Book Review

Richard Matheson's I Am Legend is simply a magnificent book. It has loads of action, drama, suspense, and much more. The characters, plot, and theme are very important in this action-packed adventure novel.
To begin with, the characters were very unique and stunning. Robert Neville, the protagonist, is the sole survivor of a plague that has wiped out all of humanity as he knows it. He lives in a house that he fortifies to protect against the vampires that attack his house every night trying to feast of on blood. Ruth, a girl Robert met on his daily routines, is an attractive girl. She is able to get Neville to trust her for a short while, and in that time she falls in love with him when she used to hate him because she did not know why he killed vampires. She steals information from him and gives it to the vampires who later capture him in his own home.
Next off, the plot was very intense. Neville is the only survivor of the plague he thinks could be vampirism. Everyday he goes and kills vampires in the morning when they are asleep to get rid of them, but one day he doesn't get back home in time and the vampires are already out and when they see him and his car, they race after him. He gets rid of all of them by tricking them and going around the block and runs into his garage. Later he finds a dog, he feeds it everyday for a while. But, one day it wobbles to his house and it was bitten by a vampire and infected. So he had to put it to death, the only companion he had found since the plague.
Finally, the theme was an appropriate one. Don't judge someone by how they look, which is like saying don't judge a book by its cover. Robert Neville had judged the vampires as evil and tried to rid the world of their existence as they try to his every night. The vampires think Neville is the bad guy though, because he is destroying their kind every morning while they sleep. He is the last human on Earth that he knows of and he tries to get rid of them. Ruth finds out Neville is actually not a bad person, but only doing what he does to survive.
In conclusion, Richard Matheson's I Am Legend is a splendid novel. A page-turner that keeps you going till the very end. This book would go on my Top 10 list for best books read. It was an inspiration for other apocalyptic and fantasy book writers.