Sorry for
such a late posting but I had been really busy and then went on vacation to a
place with no internet. I started reading this book because of the movie, more
like because of the movie's trailer on youtube.com. Well... I was expecting a
different kind of book - something between Blade (action packed vampire slayer) and Twilight (sparkling teenage vampires).
I was
pleasantly surprised to find it more along the lines of a historical read. The
entire vampire premise seemed somewhat legit, especially because of the
inserted pictures and also because the author managed to integrate it in the
era's look and feel. Some parts seemed
a bit far fetched and others seemed gratuitous with just a purpose to add up
more pages to the book (eg. Elizabeth Battory part).
As I had
mentioned before, the vampire premise was nicely inserted in the historical
background and I didn't feel it to be over the top. The political part
regarding the war between the North and the South from a vampiric point of view
was also well thought out. What I didn't like was the end, due to the fact that
the author forgot how the book started thus leaving me with a lot of questions,
especially because the ending couldn't have been known to the reader of the diaries since Lincoln had stopped writing
them when he died. Read the book and you will know what I mean.
All in all
was a decent book, I bet the movie will be more action than a "historical
lesson". This one, and the Hunger Games movie are on top of my list of
"movies to watch". I promise to update these articles with
impressions from the movies.
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