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The Eye of the Moon by

tuc's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

the_sassy_bookworm's review against another edition

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5.0

Fabulous sequel to The Book With No Name.

titou's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

cindy10's review against another edition

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dark funny

4.0

urlphantomhive's review against another edition

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4.0

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The Eye of the Moon is the sequel to The Book With No Name, which I've read a couple of years ago. Ever since, I was completely unaware of this second book (I had no clue it would be turned into a series) until I was adding my books here on BookLikes. I then just walked in to the second and third book of the Bourbon Kid series.



I decided to just start reading The Eye of the Moon, even though I didn't really recall a lot about the first book (except the obvious genre-mash up and the violence of course; hard to forget those). Things start about a year later, and once again it almost Halloween (You should stay away from Santa Mondega around Halloween, and if you've got a choice, perhaps you'd better stay away all year). The place is crowded with vampires, werewolves, the FBI and the occasional mummy (just to spice things up a bit). Oh, and there is a mass killer only known as The Bourbon Kid, and very few people ever met him and got the chance to tell about it.



This book is by far one of the weirdest books I've ever read. It's a complete mash up of many genres. It's hard (if not impossible) to put a genre on it. It's less Western as the first one though, and the focus seems to be more on the serial killer, paranormal, Da-Vinci-Code-like object hunt, with a side order of Secret services, personal drama and humour, all drenched in a sauce of violence (a lot of violence). The author - who's identity, according to Wikipedia and a quick Google search, still is a mystery - even tries to put in some character development in this book. However, this isn't the strength of this book.



One of the main reasons, there are so many characters! The POV switches between almost any living and undead inhabitant of Santa Mondega, that it is a bit hard to keep track on everyone. All the different plot lines are in the end linked in a logical way (as far as logic goes in this novel), and since only a few people live to see the end, it gets easier.



This book is an absurd mix, but enjoyable nevertheless. I think you really should be in the mood, as it's very violent, fast and absurd. It's not something I want to read all the time. But every once in a while, it's nice to have a little change, and this book was perfect for that purpose. Besides, there really were passages that I quite liked, because they were funny or witty (though not all of it was the kind of humour I like). Now, I can continue in a completely different kind of book; Crippen by John Boyne. The Third book in this series (The Devil's Graveyard), will definitely be read somewhere in the next months.



Based on the book I'd like to make some assumptions on the author. I'd say male, American, quite young.

fidikado's review against another edition

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5.0

Ein Buch so spannend und brutal wie der Vorgänger. Wem das Buch ohne Namen schon gefallen hat, wird auch von diesem Buch fasziniert sein.

rogue_raven's review against another edition

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dark 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? No

4.0

calypte's review against another edition

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2.0

I stupidly bought the whole series, so I'll keep reading, and trying to tell myself that horrible writing style (everything every writing tip tells you to avoid, from exposition to useless detail and every cliche under the sun (!)) is actually good research for me.

That said, it's so silly as to remain readable. Wouldn't really recommend it, though.

thesassybookworm's review against another edition

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5.0

Fabulous sequel to The Book With No Name.

emirandres's review against another edition

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4.0

El Ojo de la Luna es la segunda parte de la saga de Kid Bourbon, el despiadado y misterioso asesino de Santa Mondega.
En este libro nos encontramos con momentos de flashbacks al principio, donde vamos descubriendo partes del pasado de Kid Bourbon, conocemos su historia y de otros personajes que empiezan a formar parte de esta historia.
Después de un salto del tiempo a la actualidad nos encontramos en la misma parte donde quedamos en el libro uno: todos quieren el Ojo de la Luna pero pocos saben donde está.
Algo que caracteriza a esta saga es la constante dinámica y las idas y venidas de los personajes. La típica "cuando encontré quién lo tenía, ya se lo había dado a otro" y así. Pero en este libro se usó poco ese recurso. En este predomina el "no confíes en nadie, cualquier puede ser el malo".
Aquí empezaron a tomar relevancia personajes que quedaron en segundo plano en el libro uno, tanto porque así lo requería la trama... o porque la mitad de los personajes del libro uno están muertos, pero ese es otro tema.
Los vampiros y hombres lobos son los protagonistas de este libro, cosa que me pareció fascinante porque en ningún momento hay un dejo de romance en esta saga, y si algo se agradece en la actualidad es que se puedan meter vampiros y hombres lobos en una saga sin que haya una adolescente necesitada de por medio.
Siguen presentes los personajes tan pintorescos de siempre como Sánchez, el cantinero que odia a sus clientes y como Peto, el monje de la isla de Hubal que no usa nada que no tenga forma de karategui, pero también hay personajes nuevo tan bizarros como los anteriores: momias que reviven de sus tumbas, vampiros que se visten de payasos, un cura que mata vampiros con una ametralladora mientras un tipo vestido de Elvis canta en plena misa, muertes horribles, sanguinarias y asquerosas... todo esto narrado de la manera más seria posible, lo cual lo hace más bizarro e hilarante todavía.

Cosas negativas que puedo destacar de esta entrega es la segunda parte del libro: cuando comienza la búsqueda del Ojo de la Luna se vuelve muy lento y los vampiros y hombres lobos no son tan interesantes en este libro, o por lo menos cuando se los manda a buscar una joya perteneciente a una momia egipcia. Y la prosa del autor -que vaya Dios a saber quién es- no se caracteriza por su profundidad, a veces se detiene en detalles innecesarios o comete el error de hacer muchísimos cliffhangers al final de cada capítulo y seguir con otra escena perteneciente a otro personaje, lo cual, después de cinco veces, deja de generarme misterio y empieza a hartarme y aburrirme.

Pero por suerte a partir de la tercera parte fue remontando hasta ese final tan digno de la saga que me hizo olvidar todo lo mal que la pasé durante la mitad del libro.

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