Reviews - The Black Vampyre: A Legend of St. Domingo

39 reviews for:

The Black Vampyre: A Legend of St. Domingo

Uriah Derick D'Arcy

2.72 AVERAGE

moss_and_martyr's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

molliekami's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

queenie_literary2022's review against another edition

1.0

slow-paced

ki_rou's review against another edition

1.5

dark funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Appreciated for what it added to the vampire myth, but the execution of this work is sloppy at best. It seems as if d'Arcy wanted to both create a satire of Polidori's The Vampyre AND offer support(?) as an abolitionist (specifically regarding the Haitian Revolution.) Unfortunately the halfhearted execution of these ideas led to a work which doesn't come across as genuine.

incunabula_and_intercourse's review against another edition

4.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Even though D'Arcy occasionally mixes his vampiric metaphors and uses way, way too many exclamation marks, it's still a fun and pointed story speaking out against slavery. It's almost campy in tone, and I mostly found myself having a great time. The "rocks fall and all the Black Vampyres die" ending was a bit jarring, but hey,

Anthony Gibbons sure has weird cravings in the end

, so the story isn't over... There's still time to be haunted by a VAMPYRE!!!

courtenaywrites's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This short story certainly has a lot of depth for so few pages. A commentary on slavery through a vampiric lens, The Black Vampyre truly cemented the path for allegory.