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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
I've slowly become a regular consumer of audio books over the years. I decided to give this a try on audio for my second read. I did not expect that James Langton would blow me away with the narration like I did.
For Red Rising Langton sticks to a single voice for Lysander but here he takes on a variety of unique personas that help differentiate between the wide cast of characters.
Necroscope is such a powerful series full of ideas of the sort that make reading enjoyable. A man who speaks with the dead and vampires of immense power come together masterfully. It has many layers beyond that I don't want to spoil.
This series is not for everyone because it is horror and also has many triggers. Check trigger warnings if you are sensitive.
Even though I read this book over 15 years ago, it all came back while reading including some of the plot of the sequels. I can still remember events from the sequels because they are presented so vividly (even though I do not visualize.)
For Red Rising Langton sticks to a single voice for Lysander but here he takes on a variety of unique personas that help differentiate between the wide cast of characters.
Necroscope is such a powerful series full of ideas of the sort that make reading enjoyable. A man who speaks with the dead and vampires of immense power come together masterfully. It has many layers beyond that I don't want to spoil.
This series is not for everyone because it is horror and also has many triggers. Check trigger warnings if you are sensitive.
Even though I read this book over 15 years ago, it all came back while reading including some of the plot of the sequels. I can still remember events from the sequels because they are presented so vividly (even though I do not visualize.)
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I had no clue what I was reading the whole time, but it was pretty interesting. To be honest, I thought there would be a better balance between vampire, espionage, and eldritch, so I was a bit disappointed. Although, this was still an interesting read. Sometimes it slogged on, but I promise that it's worth it if you keep on going till the end.
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
For a book/series touted as a "modern vampire classic," I expected more vampire... anything. It's there, but only just.
Not a bad read, entertaining for sure, but it slogs for a while in the first half. Didn't make me want to stop reading, but man, it took me some time to trudge on through.
Not a bad read, entertaining for sure, but it slogs for a while in the first half. Didn't make me want to stop reading, but man, it took me some time to trudge on through.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was looking at the shelves I have marked this book with and I realized that I should probably add much more since this book was such a mixture of genres.
We have vampires but a totally uniques story with the simbiozis between the host and the parasitic vampire, we have dead rising at the end of the book - or better said zombies, we have scientific talk about time relativity and different dimensions, time travel etc. that open the door to scifi and there is probably something that I missed.
This was a very unusual read. At times it took me extra effort to keep on reading the book, especially where the stryline took me to Russia and to Dragosani...some parts were extra interesting but some that were Cold war talk were not so interesting to me. I guess that is because I have been small at that time, so I don't really appreciate the air that probably existed then.
On contrary, Harry's story gripped me from the start and I just wanted to know more of him. It was really interseting when his powers were finally explained at the end of the book and as well the newly gained talent he learned
I never expected the ending where
I plan to read the second book in the series and see where it takes us.
We have vampires but a totally uniques story with the simbiozis between the host and the parasitic vampire, we have dead rising at the end of the book - or better said zombies, we have scientific talk about time relativity and different dimensions, time travel etc. that open the door to scifi and there is probably something that I missed.
This was a very unusual read. At times it took me extra effort to keep on reading the book, especially where the stryline took me to Russia and to Dragosani...some parts were extra interesting but some that were Cold war talk were not so interesting to me. I guess that is because I have been small at that time, so I don't really appreciate the air that probably existed then.
On contrary, Harry's story gripped me from the start and I just wanted to know more of him. It was really interseting when his powers were finally explained at the end of the book and as well the newly gained talent he learned
Spoiler
going back and forward in timeI never expected the ending where
Spoiler
Dragosani keeps waking up in Thibor's vampiric body along with him and seening how he will again and again die by his own hand! That was really something...Dragosani was a really evil character and I'm not going to miss him lolI plan to read the second book in the series and see where it takes us.
dark
funny
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Horribly dated politically (British as the good guys lol), paper thin characterisation, iffy pacing.... But it's also just a fucking blast, cool take on vampires and lots of really gross shit happens. Really fun read and now I guess I'll read the other 90 books in the series.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No