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Summary: Excellent Read!
Review: This was the first book that I read in the Ravenloft series: the pretense was so intriguing that I had to read it and see what it was all about, though I abhor horror and was not much for fantasy, either. The Memoirs of a Vampire? Spanning centuries, no doubt. One who had managed to be in power instead of hiding so no one figured out his true age? These questions and more are what led me to buy this book. At the beginning it does kind of seem to last forever, with a slow start hitherto noted as necessary for the development of the characters. But once that was accomplished, Elrod and Strahd just whirled me away to another land, another conception of reality so completely that I wish the book lasted forever! And that superior writing style and plot is what made me buy another Ravenloft, and another... All in all, this is a truly beauxdacious story!
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Summary: The best TSR book, but that doesn't mean it's good!
Review: TSR has the habit of getting all these awful writers to write stories based on their game worlds. I, Strahd is an exception. P.N. Elrod is tolerable, although she obviously aims at the juvenile reader. Strahd is sarcastic and mean, yet you can almost sympathise with him. However, if you like reading about vampires, I suggest you check out Anna Rice's Interview With A Vampire, which is a superb book. That's all
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Summary: first time i've ever read a novel without stoping at all.
Review: very faithful to the dungeons and dragons rpg.lot's of references to stuff seasoned gamers will enjoy and have a better understanding than the casual reader will initially,however,nothing that would leave a non rpg player in the dark. i'm dying to read the sequel!!
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Summary: Gatta love it!
Review: Well, what can I say, I just loved this book! Sinse I don't usually like reading books based on vilains I was abit tentative to read this one but Elrod sure proved my Vilain phobia to be false in this case. I really enjoyed this book becasue after reading Vampire of The Mists I really got to hate Strahd and I like getting to see the gentler, if only alittle, parts of a vilain. It also gave a better more realistic version of Strahd's transformation then Christie had(no offense of course). I also liked the slight likeness this book had to Bran Stoker's Dracula(one of my favorites). I can't really think of anything else to say without giving away the story, so just read it yourself.
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Summary: Let me tell you...
Review: When I was in 9th grade, I got to pick a book out of our "school library" to read for an entire 3 weeks in my english class (just to give the jocks time to catch up). I picked this one and wound up reading it twice in that 3 week period. I don't read books twice besides Treasure Island and that's my favorite so me reading this one twice SPEAKS VOLUMES. Get this book. Thanks be to Amazon for pooling all the used copies to make the price sometimes as low as a dollar.
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Summary: Very "Different"
Review: When I was younger I had read some books that were based off of a game and was very disappointed in them, so I was very weary when I decided to start reading the Ravenloft set. I started out with this one because I had always had an interest in Strahd, and it was also recommended by some of my friends. I had always had this image of Strahd being this evil vampire that had no care for anything, but yet had some tragedy in his past that haunted him. After reading this book, I am still convinced that Strahd is evil (no doubt about that). But I now understand what his motivation is, and what his tragedy is. The plot started off a little slow, but was necessary for the development of the character (especially Strahd). But after he makes his pact with "Death" the plot picks up and is full of twist and turns. It was able to catch my attention from the very beginning and I found it hard to put the book down when I got past the intro. Very well developed book.
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Summary: A pact with Death
Review: When I was younger I had read some books that were based off of a game and was very disappointed in them, so I was very weary when I decided to start reading the Ravenloft set. I started out with this one because I had always had an interest in Strahd, and it was also recommended by some of my friends. I had always had this image of Strahd being this evil vampire that had no care for anything, but yet had some tragedy in his past that haunted him. After reading this book, I am still convinced that Strahd is evil (no doubt about that). But I now understand what his motivation is, and what his tragedy is. The plot started off a little slow, but was necessary for the development of the character (especially Strahd). But after he makes his pact with "Death" the plot picks up and is full of twist and turns. It was able to catch my attention from the very beginning and I found it hard to put the book down when I got past the intro. Very well developed book.
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Summary: Spectacular work of fiction. Strahd would be proud.
Review: While not into vampires I found this book very intriguing. I had read "Knight of the Black Rose" and "Tapestry of the Dark Souls" first, then "I, Strahd." This book is a very good one and I would suggest to anyone to get it. I have bought it (the one I read was a friends) and am loaning it to others, so far all enjoyed it thoroughly.
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Summary: I, Strahd - a wickedly good yarn
Review: With any vampire novel the great danger is that of imitation: no matter what the protagonist, when the era, where the setting is, there will always be a question of how well it stands up next to the 'classics'. Well, move over Bram Stoker! Dracula, with all its nineteenth-century patriotism, stake-wielding self-righteousness, and gun-slinging 'technology' is gone: Strahd von Zarovich has arrived. Although not the very first of its kind, 'I, Strahd' is easily one of the best see-it-through-the-Vampire's-eyes gothic novels I have ever read. P N Elrod's style is fast without being rushed, passionate without being sentimental, and her anti-hero Count Strahd is immediately memorable to any reader. His story, too, is similar to that of the Transylvanian Count, but the first-hand view of Strahd's life (unlife?) and the atrocities he is driven to commit strikes a rapport with the reader. Here is a vampire who is evil, who kills without remorse, who has no feelings for life except his own (imperfect) facsimile...sometimes. Yet he is repentant, pining for a lost love, and loyal to his people's safety, willing to give his life to their protection and unification...sometimes. It is this double-nature of the protagonist which makes 'I, Strahd' a compelling read and stands comparison with 'Dracula' and 'Interview with the Vampire'. Enter if you dare...you will be smitten!
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Summary: Masterful creation, displays characters well.
Review: Wonderful, plausible (as fantasies go.) A compelling story displays emotions well. Wonderful description, characters well written. A gripping tale. Displays motives and intentions well. A splended tale!!!!!!!!
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