Empire of the Damned: 2 (Empire of the Vampire)

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La acción es implacable y visceral cuando llega, y bastante gráfica. Escenas obscenas y con un humor negro y cínico infundido en la historia. Inky Awards: The Winners! | Inside a Dog". Archived from the original on 6 February 2018 . Retrieved 22 December 2016. There's a fair bit of swearing as well as some voyeuristic sexual content, so it's definitely not a book I'd hand over to a kid, but honestly? It works. The rough and raw language feels right for the story, and it never got old. And man, Kristoff knows how to write a dark, grim scene and still make it beautiful - that's some real talent right there. So yeah, despite some minor hiccups, Kristoff's writing is seriously impressive. Book deal, babeh | Jay Kristoff - Literary Giant". Archived from the original on 26 February 2018 . Retrieved 22 December 2016. Fridging. Jay Kristoff seems to looooove a good fridging. This is the phenomenon of a female character dying purely for the purpose of furthering a male character’s storyline. Just about every single significant woman in the main character’s life dies to push him on his little story.

REVIEW: Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff REVIEW: Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

All these issues made me struggle a LOT reading the first half of Empire of the Vampire. If it weren't because the beautiful interior artwork exist, and my buddy-read friends who convinced me to persevere, I would've given up. Fortunately, I did not give up. Lady Fortuna shines on me. What happened? Two words: second half. A bit of a mixed bag for me here, but with more positives than negatives. One moment, I found myself grinning at some brilliant quote, the next, I was rolling my eyes at some of the more juvenile jokes. There's definitely a fair share of dirty humor in there, which wasn't always my cup of tea. Through it all though Kristoff's writing style is intense and vivid, the sort that drags you in and doesn't let go. The first is that it uses a framing narrative where the story is being told by the main character to someone else (think: Name of the Wind). While this style ruins some of the suspense because you already know the fate of some characters, it was a joy to read the interactions between the main character and the person he is telling the story to - with routine jumping in/out throughout the book. The Nevernight Chronicles was a surprising trilogy for me. I went into it on a whim, never expecting I would like it, but I loved it. Since its announcement, especially after hearing it will be an illustrated novel, I was undoubtedly excited to get to reading Empire of the Vampire. Yes, it has been a year since this book was first released, and after all the hype, praises, and many special editions (oh so many), it's only now I can read it. The reading mood is a difficult maze to navigate, okay? More importantly, did Empire of the Vampire live up to expectations? No, and yes. My reading experience of this book felt like I experienced hell and heaven at once. Seriously, so few books I've read made me hate and love them as much as I did for Empire of the Vampire. By the way, I am also not a fan of the book or series title. Empire of the Vampire is an awkward name for a book or series; I would've preferred Vampire's Empire or The Silversaint Chronicles. But hey, that's just me. I am not the writer of this tale. I am, however, the writer of this review, and I shall begin it now.M/M sex referred to as sodomy (that means rape, in case anyone cares, a term which has absolutely no bearing on what happens between consenting adults) but yet underaged sexing/ problematic behaviour exhibited by the sketchy adults in the first half of this book is part of the narrative. I shudder.

Empire of the Vampire - Jay Kristoff

So this is my review, more like a recipe for a very enjoyable tale than a critique of plot or characterization. Because I have mentioned so many things that may be seen as 'standard' in fantasy novel, let me assure you that there are no standard characters nor a standard plot between these covers. It's an engrossing read in a rich world. Es una sensación agradable y entusiasta la de terminar el libro y querer otro, tener la cabeza funcionando hallando tus propias respuestas. Aurealis Awards finalists announced" (PDF). March 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2015. The cool thing about [the ‘vampire’ concept] is they’re a dozen different things to a dozen different people. You can have a dozen different vampire fans in the room, and they’ll all tell you a different reason why they like them, why they’re attracted to them.”Though Gabe was once the sort of hero who tends to have songs written about them, by the time he’s recounting his great deeds to his vampire captors, he’s become more of a “fallen hero” whose story is primarily “about redemption, or at least a reclamation of faith.” Me ha dejado con ganas de más. Una historia y un mundo envueltos por un manto de misterio y acción. La intriga de saber más sobre el origen de los misteriosos vampiros o la razón por la que el sol se vuelve negro. Is this review rambling and confusing and bouncing all over the place? Yes, of course it is, I'm just matching the vibe of the book okay.