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spookygrrrl's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
throatsprockets's review against another edition
4.0
If Evelyn Waugh wrote a vampire novel, it might look a little like this.
jayrothermel's review against another edition
5.0
A strange, exotic, and perfectly composed novel. Wit and style to rival Wilde and Waugh.
thevapidwench's review
2.0
Dennis Wheatley meets Donna Tart by way of Agatha Christie. Some very old world attitudes combine with a modernish tale of vampirism, sado-masochism, upper-class privileges, and extensive knowledge of ancient Greece.
As posh as the leather wingback chair of a gentleman's club, polished to a high shine by many a bum.
As posh as the leather wingback chair of a gentleman's club, polished to a high shine by many a bum.
mhartford's review
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
geckers's review
2.0
This book is supposed to be a horror/ thriller novel, and yet the horror parts were extremely boring. I have not read anything else by Simon raven, but I believe he is better suited to character studies and coming of age tales set on college campuses. I took off 2 stars because it was not thrilling or scary. I took off another, because the long winded explanations and justifications of theories that did not need to be explained or justified got on my nerves and killed the flow.
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