Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

11 reviews

anarmandameg's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ladycranstonkc's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.25

Every POC character is some combination of unnamed and a prop. They only seem to exist to be victims of the vampires. If it was meant to be symbolic to how whiteness tries to dominate every culture after sucking out anything that could be 'of use' it would be somewhat clever. It isn't written like that is what the intent was. Every female character also serves as little more than a prop. The end effect is like watching a very long, dry monologue. There were jokes within the tale, they just didn't hit for me and I am hard pressed to remember a single one even though I finished the story earlier today.
Other than that, in my mind, major issue the story was okay. Some scenes were enjoyable, others were not. I suspect I am just not a 'history turned fiction' reader as had these characters been wholly fiction my enjoyment of it would have been greater. 
If you like history but not enough to have read all about the events during Lincoln's life you will probably enjoy this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Hate crime, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and War

reggiethebird's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Real silly historical fiction. I sort of wish there was more time dedicated to the vampire rules for this world, but we get what we need. I feel like adding vampires to Lincoln's quest of emancipation can be a little problematic by changing the reasons he did it, but like who cares!

I can't wait for the sequel, "Martin Luther King Jr., Vampire Hunter"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Murder

purplepickle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

This book was amazing. I seriously did not expect such a silly sounding title and interesting looking cover to contain such a well written and amazing book. Hands down my favorite book from this year. You wouldn’t think that it would work, but it just does. Abraham, you were an amazing man and president, but by God you were the most amazing Vampire Hunter to roam this planet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Alcohol

read.this.book.

phillyhufflepunk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The writing, the story, the metaphor of the vampire is really good. However, it is Abraham Lincoln, the president who signed the Emancipation Proclamation, so slavery and racism are a main part of the book. If that is triggering for you, be cautious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

heather667's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Genocide and Kidnapping

hunkydory's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mickij's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.75

This book, at least to me, was utterly fascinating. Perhaps it's due to the fact that I wasn't allowed to read vampire fiction when I was younger, or perhaps it's due the historical content. Either way, I very much enjoyed this book, due in large part to the sheer amount of research it took. There are many parts that I thought were embellished or simply untrue that turned out to be historically correct.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

librarymouse's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I listened to Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter as an audiobook on 1.75 x speed, and it felt like a fever dream that happened after doing hours of history and anatomy homework and then falling asleep at the desk. It's gory, historically accurate to a degree, and enrapturing. I generally don't go for political historical fiction, but I genuinely enjoyed this novel. The concept of a failed novelist being sought out by a vampire to write the narrative told in Abraham Lincoln's lifetime of journals is interesting and reminds me of Mary Shelley's introduction to Frankenstein. The shift between first and third person with the journal quotes and narration was slightly off-putting initially, but not a deal breaker.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Medical content and Kidnapping