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A review by romankurys
Drachenfels by Kim Newman, Jack Yeovil
3.0
All things considered, this was a good read.
After having read a few short story compilations that took place in Warhammer universe, I was interested enough to read more about that world.
Admittedly I have never played anything Warhammer and have no idea what the rules are, so the review is just how I felt about the story Jack Yeovil had told.
Characters: 3
I really enjoyed the set up for characters here. There were a bunch of them and many viewpoints in a story have a special place in my heart.
I did not expect Vampires for one reason or another, however so got caught by surprise. What is even more surprising is that it is acceptable for vampires to just walk among the rest of the populace. Then when there was a monastery for vampires to just spend an eternity in to relax, that made my day.
I guess, all things considered, what I felt was that I enjoyed the variety of the side characters more that the two main ones. Although Genevieve is an intriguing femme fatale, she also felt like a side character.
From perspective of character development there isn’t much going on, but there are enough variety to keep things interesting. Good enough for me.
Plot: 4
Call me simple, but I was intrigued right from the start. I simply cannot recall the last book I have read that had anything to do with play making. Now, play making in fantasy universe with all sorts of dark gods and weird creatures is just weird.
I like weird.
It was obvious from the beginning that something had happened and we were in a journey to find out what. I knew something was sort of up in the air, but could not really guess for whatever reason what happened until the very end. In retrospect, I don’t know how I had not seen it, it probably was my fascination with all the dark mythical setting.
Setting: 3
Talking about the setting, that was the glue holding it all together. The more books in Warhammer universe I read, the more I enjoy it. It’s sort of like a compilation of a bunch of mythologies plopped together and then any happiness there is gets sucked out of it all.
BAM.
We’ve got Warhammer. What’s not to like?
Overall, nothing groundbreaking here. However, it is a solid, fun to read story with its own quirks and interesting world to delve into. It’s pretty short and definitely worth the read.
Roman “Ragnar”
After having read a few short story compilations that took place in Warhammer universe, I was interested enough to read more about that world.
Admittedly I have never played anything Warhammer and have no idea what the rules are, so the review is just how I felt about the story Jack Yeovil had told.
Characters: 3
I really enjoyed the set up for characters here. There were a bunch of them and many viewpoints in a story have a special place in my heart.
I did not expect Vampires for one reason or another, however so got caught by surprise. What is even more surprising is that it is acceptable for vampires to just walk among the rest of the populace. Then when there was a monastery for vampires to just spend an eternity in to relax, that made my day.
I guess, all things considered, what I felt was that I enjoyed the variety of the side characters more that the two main ones. Although Genevieve is an intriguing femme fatale, she also felt like a side character.
From perspective of character development there isn’t much going on, but there are enough variety to keep things interesting. Good enough for me.
Plot: 4
Call me simple, but I was intrigued right from the start. I simply cannot recall the last book I have read that had anything to do with play making. Now, play making in fantasy universe with all sorts of dark gods and weird creatures is just weird.
I like weird.
It was obvious from the beginning that something had happened and we were in a journey to find out what. I knew something was sort of up in the air, but could not really guess for whatever reason what happened until the very end. In retrospect, I don’t know how I had not seen it, it probably was my fascination with all the dark mythical setting.
Setting: 3
Talking about the setting, that was the glue holding it all together. The more books in Warhammer universe I read, the more I enjoy it. It’s sort of like a compilation of a bunch of mythologies plopped together and then any happiness there is gets sucked out of it all.
BAM.
We’ve got Warhammer. What’s not to like?
Overall, nothing groundbreaking here. However, it is a solid, fun to read story with its own quirks and interesting world to delve into. It’s pretty short and definitely worth the read.
Roman “Ragnar”