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littlelarks's review against another edition
2.0
The girl has swooned, and the vampyre is at his hideous repast!
Alright, at 325 pages, I am admitting defeat. This behemoth has beaten me.
The most infamous of all penny dreadfuls, the grandaddy of all Vampire fiction, Varney starts as a genuinely creepy atmospheric tale, descends into hilarious madcap adventures... and then just keeps going... and going... and going.
I mean, god bless, cause a boy's gotta get paid, and James Rymer knew how to keep that wordflow going. But around the time he casually changes a character's name with no explanation, and gives up on having this narrative make any sort of sense, I decided to give up too.
Alright, at 325 pages, I am admitting defeat. This behemoth has beaten me.
The most infamous of all penny dreadfuls, the grandaddy of all Vampire fiction, Varney starts as a genuinely creepy atmospheric tale, descends into hilarious madcap adventures... and then just keeps going... and going... and going.
I mean, god bless, cause a boy's gotta get paid, and James Rymer knew how to keep that wordflow going. But around the time he casually changes a character's name with no explanation, and gives up on having this narrative make any sort of sense, I decided to give up too.
mari_elwood's review against another edition
3.0
Varney the Vampire is extremely entertaining. I read this over two years ago and I can still picture the beginning scenes. I loved how after Flora screams, the household just stands outside her bedroom, having a panicked conversation, while Varney is inside "slurping" up her lifeblood. In a sparkly vampire obsessed world, this type of quirky vampire story is refreshing.
I don't recommend any extended reading of this book. The sentences/lines go straight across the page, which can get frustrating after a while. Mostly because it's hard to keep track of which line you're on and you can go a bit cross-eyed.
I don't recommend any extended reading of this book. The sentences/lines go straight across the page, which can get frustrating after a while. Mostly because it's hard to keep track of which line you're on and you can go a bit cross-eyed.
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