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myquietscheenten's review against another edition
4.0
Gründe für das Buch:
- viele verschiedene Sichten und Schreibstile
- nicht durchschaubare Story
- sehr ungewöhnlich und gruselig
Gründe gegen das Buch:
- in weiten Teilen weiss man nicht wohin es gehen soll und was passiert
- im Grunde passiert gar nicht viel
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- viele verschiedene Sichten und Schreibstile
- nicht durchschaubare Story
- sehr ungewöhnlich und gruselig
Gründe gegen das Buch:
- in weiten Teilen weiss man nicht wohin es gehen soll und was passiert
- im Grunde passiert gar nicht viel
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breebers's review
3.0
This book begins as a modern take on Dracula, with a female protagonist. Young journalist/associate producer goes to Romania to scope out a potential interviewee - a man who claims to be the head of Eastern European organized crime, and proves to be something quite different. The story is told through journals, emails, and a random third-person omniscient narrator for one character, which I still don't get... There's no traditional vampirism that happens, though some of the conventional restrictions and powers afflict this book's 'vampire.'
A huge divergence from Dracula is that in addition to this book having its own Renfield, practically every person who tells a portion of this story goes batshit crazy by the end and the very end is a veritable blood bath. While the reasoning behind this makes sense in the story, it also makes it a little more difficult to take seriously. So does the sex and violence portrayed in such a way as to seem not provocative and integral, but detached and bordering on gratuitous at times. While they are integral to the plot, the placement and style in which they're written fail to make it feel integral.
Overall it was an interesting take on the classic idea (and I laugh at the reviews I read that called it 'original' - it most certainly is not), and there were some genuinely scary moments. I'm glad I read it, but I don't see it as the incredible achievement in fiction the cover reviews would have you believe it is.
A huge divergence from Dracula is that in addition to this book having its own Renfield, practically every person who tells a portion of this story goes batshit crazy by the end and the very end is a veritable blood bath. While the reasoning behind this makes sense in the story, it also makes it a little more difficult to take seriously. So does the sex and violence portrayed in such a way as to seem not provocative and integral, but detached and bordering on gratuitous at times. While they are integral to the plot, the placement and style in which they're written fail to make it feel integral.
Overall it was an interesting take on the classic idea (and I laugh at the reviews I read that called it 'original' - it most certainly is not), and there were some genuinely scary moments. I'm glad I read it, but I don't see it as the incredible achievement in fiction the cover reviews would have you believe it is.
muninn972's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this book although at times it was very annoying with the back and forth flipping of narration. It was also a little scattered with not getting the full story on what actually happened to Evangeline. The finally was a nice touch specially considered the angle given to all of the artifacts and the description of Torgu was great.
lizruest's review against another edition
2.0
Wow I don't recommend this book to anyone -- unless you really really like a disturbing concept that is TOO well done. Ugh, it was really hard to finish. Can't read it at night for fear of nightmares, nor in the morning when barely awake.
chriswolak's review against another edition
4.0
From the very first page, I loved reading this book and was sad when it was finished. Marks puts a unique spin on the Vampire, where he comes from and why he exists. Also, I appreciated seeing 9/11 placed in the context of the grand sweep of human history. At Borders it is shelved in the literature section and I think a lot of potential readers who are browsing for something new to read will miss it. Maybe its a poor assumption on my part, but I don't think most people browsing in straight literature will pick up a book entitled Fangland and I don't think a lot of vampire/horror fans regularly browse the straight lit section.
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