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mysterious
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Loveable characters:
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Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Reading Around The World (9/199): Argentina
Feel a little bit betrayed by this reading experience; I was enjoying Part One so much as we follow our nameless vampire from old Europe to 1800s Argentina. The vibes were: Gothic, Lady Dimitrescu, BG3 Ascended Astarion, Phantom of the Opera, Noseferatu (2024). Everything felt dark, sensual, and desirous - one of the few vampire works where I fully believed the urgent craving for blood.
However, Part Two changes both POV and formatting (from chapters to dated entries) and I felt like it disrupted the flow from the first half of the book. Alma as a character also didn’t really work for me - despite all her struggles she is simply not as interesting as the vampire. Even when Alma does some literary weird girl stuff it felt forced.
I also didn’t understand where the prologue was supposed to fit in the timeline of events. Confusing :/
CW:Euthanasia
Feel a little bit betrayed by this reading experience; I was enjoying Part One so much as we follow our nameless vampire from old Europe to 1800s Argentina. The vibes were: Gothic, Lady Dimitrescu, BG3 Ascended Astarion, Phantom of the Opera, Noseferatu (2024). Everything felt dark, sensual, and desirous - one of the few vampire works where I fully believed the urgent craving for blood.
However, Part Two changes both POV and formatting (from chapters to dated entries) and I felt like it disrupted the flow from the first half of the book. Alma as a character also didn’t really work for me - despite all her struggles she is simply not as interesting as the vampire. Even when Alma does some literary weird girl stuff it felt forced.
I also didn’t understand where the prologue was supposed to fit in the timeline of events. Confusing :/
CW:
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder
Minor: Medical content