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8797999's review against another edition
5.0
I have to say I didn't know what to expect with this and in truth I can't remember why I bought it. I think it is a case of judging a book by its cover. I'm not one for vampires and that sort of stuff but this was a top quality read.
Lighter on the gore and blood than I was expecting but thoroughly enjoyable and I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series. This gist of this is a London with Vlad the Impaler as Prince Regent to Queen Victoria and vampirism on the rise with the population becoming wurned from 'warms' to 'newborns'. In the background of the warm/vampire struggle is Jack the Ripper and his murders.
A fanatstic plot and flows very well, a nice melting pot of fiction and reality with real characters like Queen victoria, Inspector Abberline, Vlad the Implaer, Oscar Wilde and of course Jack The Ripper mashed in with fictional characters like Inspector Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes, Dr Jekyll and the charcaters for this book Charles Beauregard and Genevieve Duieudonné.
I'm glad I took a chance on it, it was great fun.
Lighter on the gore and blood than I was expecting but thoroughly enjoyable and I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series. This gist of this is a London with Vlad the Impaler as Prince Regent to Queen Victoria and vampirism on the rise with the population becoming wurned from 'warms' to 'newborns'. In the background of the warm/vampire struggle is Jack the Ripper and his murders.
A fanatstic plot and flows very well, a nice melting pot of fiction and reality with real characters like Queen victoria, Inspector Abberline, Vlad the Implaer, Oscar Wilde and of course Jack The Ripper mashed in with fictional characters like Inspector Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes, Dr Jekyll and the charcaters for this book Charles Beauregard and Genevieve Duieudonné.
I'm glad I took a chance on it, it was great fun.
psoglav's review against another edition
3.0
UKUPNA OCENA (overall rating) ★★★✫ 3.5/5
* Radnja (story) ★★★✫
* Okruženje (setting) ★★★★
* Pripovedanje (writing style) ★★★★
* Likovi (characters) ★★★✫
UTISAK (summary) - lako čitljiv i interesantan triler smešten u alternativnu istoriju sa gomilom istorijskih i likova iz poznatih književnih dela.
* Radnja (story) ★★★✫
* Okruženje (setting) ★★★★
* Pripovedanje (writing style) ★★★★
* Likovi (characters) ★★★✫
UTISAK (summary) - lako čitljiv i interesantan triler smešten u alternativnu istoriju sa gomilom istorijskih i likova iz poznatih književnih dela.
nimue0fiana's review against another edition
It's good, I'm just not feeling it right now.
the_reading_vampire's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
rui_leite's review against another edition
4.0
Anno Dracula really was a delight to read, a fun and clever book, packed with references to the brim, but still very well plotted and with a consistent passing and tone throughout. The setting, an unstable 1888 London under the rule of Price Consort Dracula is, indeed, as fascinating as it should, and it manages to pull off quite well the mix of an historical London with its many imaginary counterparts. Newman’s city, with a growing population of vampires crossing paths with real and fictional characters of the period, is two parts fantasy and one part history, in a combination that really works. The case of Jack The Ripper who, in this reality, is a vampire prostitute serial killer, was a very smart choice for a guiding thread to show us this very carefully crafted world and it is very effective at keeping the reader engaged, jumping from scene to scene.
Also as I’ve said it in my review of “Mysteries of The Diogenes Club”, Newman seems to me a very competent writer, his style is simple, not showy, but remarkably effective at times. The best examples of this is a chapter in which we see everything from the point of view of a newborn-vampire, or the entries in Dr Seward’s diaries… those worked, oh, so remarkably well.
I was also very glad to meet Genevieve Dieudonne, the vampire, and Beauregard, the agent for the Diogenes Club, yet again. I liked them in their alternate versions in the universe of “Mysteries of The Diogenes Club”, and I grew even fonder of them here. They just prove you can have a romance with a vampire and a human and do it decently, without watering down vampire lore. And make no mistake, in Anno Dracula vampires are monstrous, ruthless killers and predators like they always have been, some of them just deal with it better than others, that’s all.
I still have a few issues with the ending, which seemed maybe a bit too…well… too neat, clean, and over the top, but it’s nothing particularly damaging and doesn’t make all the rest of the book any less fantastic.
Also… there was an armadillo crawling about in Buckingham palace during that last scene, so it gets forgiven just for that! (Yes, I have odd fascinations, that particular reference just made my day…)
All in all a very solid four stars, with an added pair of fangs, just for decent vampirism.
Also as I’ve said it in my review of “Mysteries of The Diogenes Club”, Newman seems to me a very competent writer, his style is simple, not showy, but remarkably effective at times. The best examples of this is a chapter in which we see everything from the point of view of a newborn-vampire, or the entries in Dr Seward’s diaries… those worked, oh, so remarkably well.
I was also very glad to meet Genevieve Dieudonne, the vampire, and Beauregard, the agent for the Diogenes Club, yet again. I liked them in their alternate versions in the universe of “Mysteries of The Diogenes Club”, and I grew even fonder of them here. They just prove you can have a romance with a vampire and a human and do it decently, without watering down vampire lore. And make no mistake, in Anno Dracula vampires are monstrous, ruthless killers and predators like they always have been, some of them just deal with it better than others, that’s all.
I still have a few issues with the ending, which seemed maybe a bit too…well… too neat, clean, and over the top, but it’s nothing particularly damaging and doesn’t make all the rest of the book any less fantastic.
Also… there was an armadillo crawling about in Buckingham palace during that last scene, so it gets forgiven just for that! (Yes, I have odd fascinations, that particular reference just made my day…)
All in all a very solid four stars, with an added pair of fangs, just for decent vampirism.
payolac52's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-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
5.0
Absolutely exceptional book. Great reimagining/continuation of the Dracula story with a great cast of characters
mh_2796's review against another edition
3.0
I found this book difficult to get through; the writing style is strange and the ending was bizzare. I felt this had a lot of potential and although it was quite an atmospheric story with a clear plot, it was difficult to make it to the end.
haileyldavidson's review against another edition
1.0
so disgustingly dry i wished to be buried alive in the cold, parched earth rather than read about a man ripping open yet another woman's bodice.
vorpaldormouse's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Gore
Moderate: Body horror and Murder
Minor: Sexual content, Homophobia, Torture, and Child abuse
foxy_babe's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0