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wannabekingpin's review against another edition
4.0
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skaitom nakties rezimu
About the Book: Lawson’s business card states “I Travel By Night” and that line alone usually gets him the right kind of work. This time work has him searching for a mythical town in Louisiana swamp called Nocturne, one everyone swears doesn’t exist. Just physically couldn’t, it’s a literal swamp. And if it once did, surely by now it’s taken by a hurricane. Up until one man braves to say more, and points to a direction that indeed is seemingly all swamp. But tells a tale of a wicked town there, one that really shouldn’t exist…
My Opinion: One of those tales where vampire regrets his turning so much, he opts to hunt other vampires. In hopes it might redeem his soul a little. In disgust that he’s like them, a monster. With an unstable and doubtful promise of a possible cure to this condition. Set in Louisiana during or just after Civil War, where vampires have used the opportunity of bloodshed. Classic tale, really, well written, very simple. But very much not my vibe, hence I don’t yet know if I’ll read more.
night mode reading ;
skaitom nakties rezimu
About the Book: Lawson’s business card states “I Travel By Night” and that line alone usually gets him the right kind of work. This time work has him searching for a mythical town in Louisiana swamp called Nocturne, one everyone swears doesn’t exist. Just physically couldn’t, it’s a literal swamp. And if it once did, surely by now it’s taken by a hurricane. Up until one man braves to say more, and points to a direction that indeed is seemingly all swamp. But tells a tale of a wicked town there, one that really shouldn’t exist…
My Opinion: One of those tales where vampire regrets his turning so much, he opts to hunt other vampires. In hopes it might redeem his soul a little. In disgust that he’s like them, a monster. With an unstable and doubtful promise of a possible cure to this condition. Set in Louisiana during or just after Civil War, where vampires have used the opportunity of bloodshed. Classic tale, really, well written, very simple. But very much not my vibe, hence I don’t yet know if I’ll read more.
_b_a_l_'s review against another edition
2.0
Period piece vampires. Never a bad thing - but not likely to stick with you.
imsam's review against another edition
4.0
Fun wild west vampire novella. Good bit of action, and characters I could care about.
jimmypat's review against another edition
3.0
This was a bit of a disappointment, as I was hoping for the start of another excellent series like the Matthew Corbett books. A little too slight, slim, and unoriginal. Entertaining but nothing to get really excited about.
moonlit_shelves's review
adventurous
dark
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
3.5
david_agranoff's review against another edition
4.0
first thoughts...
This is a fantastic short novel. In McCammon terms 149 pages is a short story, the man who carried 800 never dragging pages of Swan Song returns to horror with this neat 19th century vampire tale. Did McCammon ever leave horror? The Five his rock and Roll thriller has true moments of horror as did his period murder mystery novels Speaks The Nightbird and Queen of Bedlam certainly had very dark moments. This however is true supernatural monster tale mixed with a southern gothic western.
Trevor Lawson is a soldier who should have died on a civil war battlefield. It wasn't the army of the north that killed him. It was vampires traveling under the banner of a group called the dark society. Lawson is an adventurer, who fixes problems using his supernatural powers. He has a card that provides the book's title.
The story starts when a father hires Lawson to get his kidnapped daughter back. The kidnapper's suggest that they will only take the ransom from him. Lawson knows this is trap set by the vampires. He has been killing his own kind, chasing the vampire that turned him. You see the rumor is that the only cure is taking the vampire that turned him.
This is a great little novella. McCammon is one of my favorite writers, he seems to be holding back. It is a rare, rare thing when I review a book and save something to the effect of "there could have been twice as much book."
There are many elements of a long epic novel and even more that could be used to build a series. Western horror adventure tales. Do it McCammon I am sure you had fun so how about you write about four more of these please!
Bottom line McCammon and horror fans...Pick this book up to read it is good fun.
This is a fantastic short novel. In McCammon terms 149 pages is a short story, the man who carried 800 never dragging pages of Swan Song returns to horror with this neat 19th century vampire tale. Did McCammon ever leave horror? The Five his rock and Roll thriller has true moments of horror as did his period murder mystery novels Speaks The Nightbird and Queen of Bedlam certainly had very dark moments. This however is true supernatural monster tale mixed with a southern gothic western.
Trevor Lawson is a soldier who should have died on a civil war battlefield. It wasn't the army of the north that killed him. It was vampires traveling under the banner of a group called the dark society. Lawson is an adventurer, who fixes problems using his supernatural powers. He has a card that provides the book's title.
The story starts when a father hires Lawson to get his kidnapped daughter back. The kidnapper's suggest that they will only take the ransom from him. Lawson knows this is trap set by the vampires. He has been killing his own kind, chasing the vampire that turned him. You see the rumor is that the only cure is taking the vampire that turned him.
This is a great little novella. McCammon is one of my favorite writers, he seems to be holding back. It is a rare, rare thing when I review a book and save something to the effect of "there could have been twice as much book."
There are many elements of a long epic novel and even more that could be used to build a series. Western horror adventure tales. Do it McCammon I am sure you had fun so how about you write about four more of these please!
Bottom line McCammon and horror fans...Pick this book up to read it is good fun.
senkahawke's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5