A review by bkmyhre
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

3.0

A well-researched book that incorporates the real life elements of the President's life with interesting sideline stories. I don't see the hilarity advertised, and it even got melancholy once he started losing family members, but the young Abraham Lincoln was certainly a force to be reckoned with. The writing itself was quite good, and I could easily see many of the scenes in the book translating well to the big screen. The biggest issue I had with the story was that it felt like the later half of Mr. Lincoln's life was shoe-horned into the story in a rush to get to the inevitable conclusion, rather than taking its time the way the majority of the book was done. I didn't expect it to be loving detail for all 60 years, but a bit more fleshed out for those instances dealing with vampires later in the book would have been nice.