Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

7 reviews

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

How will I be able to look someone in the eyes when I tell them that this book, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, has completely changed my life? That it made me laugh, cry, scream in disbelief, in anger. Made me feel absolutely every emotion in existence, and beyond.
How the hell am I supposed to move on from this masterpiece? How will I think of anything other than the life of the greatest vampire hunter to ever live? How dare this book be one of the only books I enjoyed this year. I didn’t sleep for 3 days, I didn’t want to put this book down until I finished it. Even when I did put it down, it help me captive over the thought of what would happen next? I learned more about history from this book than I ever have in a history class, AND ENJOYED IT!
Ihate this book for being one of the most well-written, well-researched books I have ever read. I mean come on, LISTEN TO ME! I THOUGHT THIS BOOK WAS A SILLY PRESIDENTIAL FANFICTION! IT IS SO SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. An easy, easy 5 stars.
But seriously, how the hell am I supposed to look someone in the eyes and tell them that this is my favorite book of all time? The best book I read in 2023? So yea, TDLR this book was ok ig

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Content Warnings

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

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

fjordpingvin's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: War

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

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

Minor: Kidnapping and Genocide

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

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

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

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

Minor: Kidnapping and Medical content

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Murder, Gore, Blood, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Grief, Kidnapping, Racism, and Violence