Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

9 reviews

ladycranstonkc's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Death, War, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Medical trauma, Drug use, Hate crime, and Violence

reggiethebird's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Real silly historical fiction. I sort of wish there was more time dedicated to the vampire rules for this world, but we get what we need. I feel like adding vampires to Lincoln's quest of emancipation can be a little problematic by changing the reasons he did it, but like who cares!

I can't wait for the sequel, "Martin Luther King Jr., Vampire Hunter"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

purplepickle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was amazing. I seriously did not expect such a silly sounding title and interesting looking cover to contain such a well written and amazing book. Hands down my favorite book from this year. You wouldn’t think that it would work, but it just does. Abraham, you were an amazing man and president, but by God you were the most amazing Vampire Hunter to roam this planet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, War, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Slavery, Blood, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Alcohol

read.this.book.

phillyhufflepunk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

The writing, the story, the metaphor of the vampire is really good. However, it is Abraham Lincoln, the president who signed the Emancipation Proclamation, so slavery and racism are a main part of the book. If that is triggering for you, be cautious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Racism, Slavery, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, and War

heather667's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, War, Blood, Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Slavery

Moderate: Medical content, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Kidnapping and Genocide

hunkydory's review

dark emotional fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Violence, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, Gore, Slavery, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

mickij's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

This book, at least to me, was utterly fascinating. Perhaps it's due to the fact that I wasn't allowed to read vampire fiction when I was younger, or perhaps it's due the historical content. Either way, I very much enjoyed this book, due in large part to the sheer amount of research it took. There are many parts that I thought were embellished or simply untrue that turned out to be historically correct.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Gore, Murder, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Slavery, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

librarymouse's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

I listened to Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter as an audiobook on 1.75 x speed, and it felt like a fever dream that happened after doing hours of history and anatomy homework and then falling asleep at the desk. It's gory, historically accurate to a degree, and enrapturing. I generally don't go for political historical fiction, but I genuinely enjoyed this novel. The concept of a failed novelist being sought out by a vampire to write the narrative told in Abraham Lincoln's lifetime of journals is interesting and reminds me of Mary Shelley's introduction to Frankenstein. The shift between first and third person with the journal quotes and narration was slightly off-putting initially, but not a deal breaker.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Racial slurs, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Racism

Minor: Kidnapping and Medical content

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Murder, Gore, Blood, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Grief, Kidnapping, Racism, and Violence