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esotericautomata's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
theelmstreetlibrary's review against another edition
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Gay vampires. Sex. Lust. Music. Gothic. New Orleans. However, i did struggle with the incestuous relationship…
This should come with a warning that every person in this book is shitty.
This book is very extreme, but didn’t read like splatterpunk, had great interweaving story telling.
This should come with a warning that every person in this book is shitty.
This book is very extreme, but didn’t read like splatterpunk, had great interweaving story telling.
nights's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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? It's complicated
3.0
sebsux_'s review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
kelly24lox's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
linhdapanda's review against another edition
4.0
I did not anticipate such a beautifully-woven love story here, by the end it brought me such warmth and happy tears.
But understand Lost Soul isn't full of such happiness. It is a gritty, gothic, twisted story mostly taken place in the 90's (?) in New Orleans; in a world where vampires walk among humans in the dark of night. This book is another one in the gothic genre where the atmosphere was masterfully created. There's dread, there's darkness, but there's also much beauty in that sick, evil, rotten way.
I'm docking a star because I thought the middle part dragged a bit, plus I had a hard time connecting and caring for most of the characters in the early part of the book.
However, I love the ending so much. This is one of the books I read on Kindle but would love to own a physical copy some days, when I have a house and actual bookshelves.
But understand Lost Soul isn't full of such happiness. It is a gritty, gothic, twisted story mostly taken place in the 90's (?) in New Orleans; in a world where vampires walk among humans in the dark of night. This book is another one in the gothic genre where the atmosphere was masterfully created. There's dread, there's darkness, but there's also much beauty in that sick, evil, rotten way.
I'm docking a star because I thought the middle part dragged a bit, plus I had a hard time connecting and caring for most of the characters in the early part of the book.
However, I love the ending so much. This is one of the books I read on Kindle but would love to own a physical copy some days, when I have a house and actual bookshelves.
moelur's review against another edition
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
An excellently written book featuring some (personally) very uncomfortable taboos.
Recommended by a friend from our mutual appreciation of Anne Rice's vampires. With the recommendation came the question, 'what morality applies to vampires?' Are they human, subject to conventional judgement to human standards? Or are they something else?
Where the book took me was along a clearly of-its-time story of an outcast, an angsty band, and the Lost Boys, mixed into the milieu of New Orleans, chartreuse intoxication and every taboo i'd expect of an AO3 fanfic.
Through the endorsement of my partner, time, and respect for the person who recommended the book to me, i finished the book. The ending did, in some ways, redeem the taboo violations, but it was challenging to get through. Maybe i am a prude.
Recommended by a friend from our mutual appreciation of Anne Rice's vampires. With the recommendation came the question, 'what morality applies to vampires?' Are they human, subject to conventional judgement to human standards? Or are they something else?
Where the book took me was along a clearly of-its-time story of an outcast, an angsty band, and the Lost Boys, mixed into the milieu of New Orleans, chartreuse intoxication and every taboo i'd expect of an AO3 fanfic.
Through the endorsement of my partner, time, and respect for the person who recommended the book to me, i finished the book. The ending did, in some ways, redeem the taboo violations, but it was challenging to get through. Maybe i am a prude.
shirumoon's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.25
I did NOT read this back in the day as a teenager, in fact I just read Lost Souls as a 27 y.o. Since many of the really positive reviews acknowledge at least some nostalgia playing a role in that, I felt the need to point this out.
Anyways, this is one of the first horror novels I read as an adult und the very first of this author. Everyone online seemed to be hyping this book up for its poetic prose and yup, it was well written. Deranged smut lovers will also get their fix here even though those scenes are kept rather short. Other than that, it was also interesting to see a book with an abundance of queerness, although it did contain some problematic tropes and languge regarding that.
Now onto the aspects that I really disliked unfortunately:
This book in general barely made me feel anything, there were a few cute moments between characters who are friends and about two genuinely scary ones that felt like well donesupernatural horror. Other than that it was mainly roadtripping, substance abuse and vampires being vampires which is just not enough to keep me engaged. The pseudo-dark and depressed goth subculture vibe made it even harder to get through and to relate to the characters but like I said, I'm just not the main demographic of this book. I jsut would have wished for some earnest interoception of the characters and for less redundance in certain plot points, this could have added at least one more point in my rating.
Anyways, this is one of the first horror novels I read as an adult und the very first of this author. Everyone online seemed to be hyping this book up for its poetic prose and yup, it was well written. Deranged smut lovers will also get their fix here even though those scenes are kept rather short. Other than that, it was also interesting to see a book with an abundance of queerness, although it did contain some problematic tropes and languge regarding that.
Now onto the aspects that I really disliked unfortunately:
This book in general barely made me feel anything, there were a few cute moments between characters who are friends and about two genuinely scary ones that felt like well done
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Gore, Incest, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Abortion, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Self harm, and Pregnancy
Minor: Cancer, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Car accident
rikathestrange's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5