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blatdriver's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 Starts
I'm struggling to rate this book because some aspects I loved, like the action and the carnage, which was excellent and unique, and the characters were well developed, while other aspects were not my sort of thing, like some of the obscure words used, I had to look up, which distracted my from the story a bit, and the book seamed to shift focus at the last 1/4 of the story.
Overall I enjoyed it, it reminded me a bit of the 2003 movie Underworld, which delves into vampire politics between different groups and vampire legends.
I'm struggling to rate this book because some aspects I loved, like the action and the carnage, which was excellent and unique, and the characters were well developed, while other aspects were not my sort of thing, like some of the obscure words used, I had to look up, which distracted my from the story a bit, and the book seamed to shift focus at the last 1/4 of the story.
Overall I enjoyed it, it reminded me a bit of the 2003 movie Underworld, which delves into vampire politics between different groups and vampire legends.
ladilira's review against another edition
5.0
Return to a time where vampires don’t sparkle, but instead hunger for the life that flows through our veins. In Kozeniewski’s 5th novel, we enter a world that feels like Bram Stroker’s Dracula and Hideyuki Kikuchi’s Vampire Hunter D. A world where blood and gore are the clothes of the undead.
This story takes you back to the roots of vampirism, where gothic horror is the genre vampirism was meant to be. There is tons of blood, guts, and creepy night crawling things to keep you awake at night.
And…of course, there is the quintessential Kozeniewski character that keeps you smiling with his light and jokey remarks even in the face of battle. However, it was more subdued in this novel compared to his others.
I have nothing bad to say about this story. I found it entertaining, engrossing, disgusting, funny, and completely appropriate for the genre that it is meant to fit into. It was way more engaging than the original Dracula was, since that bored me to tears. And I think it is a perfect addition to the gothic horror genre and a refreshing throwback to the vampires of old.
However, please make note, while I keep referring to Dracula, this story is nothing like Dracula and is a complete and unique body of work. I only reference Dracula because that was one of the first gothic horror vampire novels.
If you’re a horror/vamp fan, then I only see one outcome, and that is you loving this story.
This story takes you back to the roots of vampirism, where gothic horror is the genre vampirism was meant to be. There is tons of blood, guts, and creepy night crawling things to keep you awake at night.
And…of course, there is the quintessential Kozeniewski character that keeps you smiling with his light and jokey remarks even in the face of battle. However, it was more subdued in this novel compared to his others.
I have nothing bad to say about this story. I found it entertaining, engrossing, disgusting, funny, and completely appropriate for the genre that it is meant to fit into. It was way more engaging than the original Dracula was, since that bored me to tears. And I think it is a perfect addition to the gothic horror genre and a refreshing throwback to the vampires of old.
However, please make note, while I keep referring to Dracula, this story is nothing like Dracula and is a complete and unique body of work. I only reference Dracula because that was one of the first gothic horror vampire novels.
If you’re a horror/vamp fan, then I only see one outcome, and that is you loving this story.
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