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Das Reich der Vampire by Jay Kristoff

22 reviews

lifeonasofa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Empire of the Vampire 🧛🏼‍♂️ Review 

“Finally, he retrieved a tarnished royale from his pocket. 'Here.'

'What is that for?' Jean-François demanded.

'I want you to take this coin to market, and buy me a fuck to give.” - Jay Kristoff 🪙 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4.5 Stars 

If you’re looking for an adult vampire world to live in for the foreseeable future…this is it. At over 700 pages, this is only part one and Jay Kristoff is taking his TIME telling Gabriel’s tale. But for an opening, this book was art 😘 

It took me some time to get through this. It’s definitely not a relaxing read, it’s an experience. Having said that, when I did read it, the plot still moved pretty quickly. The book jumps everywhere along the timeline so it keeps it interesting 🤔 

I LOVED Gabriel, his character was so fleshed out. He felt so real. The whole silversaint thing, so interesting. Surprisingly, the religion side of this was probably my favourite part. Particularly, the loss in belief and light - it really helped flesh out the history of the world👌🏻 

Heads up, it’s a blood bath so if you’re put off by blood, death (some pretty sad) and foul language…I’d be wary 😂 it’s definitely not a kids book. I really loved how Kristoff combined such a classic story telling writing style with the relaxed banter dialogue, it somehow kept it light 👏🏻 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Homophobia, Misogyny, Torture, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

While I liked the narrator style and the world we were in, it was super long for no reason? The amount of detail for someone recounting their life was absolutely ridiculous. I also can't believe there are going to be 5 books

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kaelielily's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Das Reich der Vampire ist ein sehr dickes Fantasy Buch mit einer komplexen Welt und Vorgeschichte, und ist mit seinen knapp 1000 Seiten gerade mal der 1. Teil einer mehrteiligen Reihe. Zudem ist das Buch deutlich düsterer als alles was ich sonst lese. Dementsprechend langsam war der Einstieg in das Buch. Es brauchte eine Weile, bis ich wirklich in dieses Buch abtauchen konnte, aber dann hat es mich absolut gefesselt.
Der Interview Stil in dem das Buch geschrieben ist, passte perfekt dazu und der Wechsel zwischen den verschiedenen Zeitlinien hat die Spannung aufrecht erhalten.
Ich war lange nicht mehr so emotional bei einem Buch. Glücklich, wütend, aber auch zu Tränen gerührt. Manche Verrate oder Handlungswendungen waren etwas vorhersehbar, wie zum Beispiel auch das Ende. Aber dennoch war es ein sehr gutes Buch, bei dem noch viele Fragen offen geblieben sind, und ich bin sehr gespannt auf die Antworten, die die folgenden Bücher bringen werden.
Ich hoffe immer noch auf ein Happy End, auch wenn Jay Kristoff von sich sagt, dass er daran nicht glaubt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Torture, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Slavery, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Outing

thewereraven's review against another edition

Extreme misogyny that permeated the entire book. It became impossible to overlook after

Dior was revealed to have been binding their chest

It was even transphobic in how it handled that. I no longer had any interest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Rape

thedevouringbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Sexual assault

alyssa_simard's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Homophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Minor: Sexual assault

holly_n's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Torture

beckybookish's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

no1willnot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Religious bigotry

It’s a book about vampire wars that centres around a religious order of vampire hunters based heavily in Christianity, so there is a LOT of blood, violence and institutional abuse