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Summary: Dark Fantasy at it's best!
Review: Sonja Blue is without a doubt one of the best Vampires in literature today. The story is a masterful work that captures the reader and drags his down into the "Other's" dark realm where nothing is what it seems.
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Summary: Slow Start; Confusing Prose
Review: The book starts in an asylum where "Blue, S." is the newest addition to the Danger Ward. Her interior monolog is awkwardly written; the segues into the life of an orderly and the antics of a female tele-evangelist seem more like poorly written subplots than actual narrative elements. Finally, around page 116, Sonja Blue breaks out of her institutional prison, and the pace picks up.Sonja's descriptions of her "birth" (becoming a vampire) and her years slumming around Europe are interesting, sometimes tasteless. The hunting sprees (she hunts other vampires) add some action, but are more or less pointless. The final climactic event (Sonja vs. Crazed Tele-evangelist) was one other high point, but on the scale of Sonja's life doesn't register higher than a blip. Thus, the entire book seems like an excuse to waste paper and the ending screams "sequel" but I won't be reading it. Sonja Blue is not a badass. She is a scarred, deeply disturbed girl (disappointingly, she became a vampire because she was stupid, and then runs around hating her maker). The book itself is filled with blood and guts, tasteless sex, none of it exceptionally well-written. Get this one from the library.
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Summary: I heard someone ask where the film is....
Review: This book rocks. period. and about the film, bud, if you actually READ the book, you know that with today's cencorship problems, there is no way the film would be released in the US. on to the review! let me just say that if you love vampires, are strong of stomach, and don't get offended too easily, READ THIS BOOK! Our main character is Sonja Blue, a renegade vampire, vampire slayer, owner of Renfeilds, and prostitute (sometimes). This book was really graphic, as were the illustrations sometimes. but i must say that to this day it is my favorite book, a close second being The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell, by Marilyn Manson, but that's another story. The story aside, this book is extremely realistic, and doesn't balance it's weight on iffy situations. Sonja's extreme suberbness, wasn't just a fluke, as so many movies are clicheing so much, she was a mess up, the byproduct of her creator's uncarefulness. My friend showed me this book, and since then i have gotten two more people into Sonja Blue, and i hope i can get you in too. Beautiful book, stunning story, vampiric vixen, what more could a guy ask for?
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Summary: I heard someone ask where the film is....
Review: This book rocks. period. and about the film, bud, if you actually READ the book, you know that with today's cencorship problems, there is no way the film would be released in the US. on to the review! let me just say that if you love vampires, are strong of stomach, and don't get offended too easily, READ THIS BOOK! Our main character is Sonja Blue, a renegade vampire, vampire slayer, owner of Renfeilds, and prostitute (sometimes). This book was really graphic, as were the illustrations sometimes. but i must say that to this day it is my favorite book, a close second being The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell, by Marilyn Manson, but that's another story. The story aside, this book is extremely realistic, and doesn't balance it's weight on iffy situations. Sonja's extreme suberbness, wasn't just a fluke, as so many movies are clicheing so much, she was a mess up, the byproduct of her creator's uncarefulness. My friend showed me this book, and since then i have gotten two more people into Sonja Blue, and i hope i can get you in too. Beautiful book, stunning story, vampiric vixen, what more could a guy ask for?
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Summary: very good book!
Review: This book was one of the first vampire books I had ever read. It was great and it started my love of the vampire stereotype.
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: This book was one of the first vampire books I had ever read. It was great and it started my love of the vampire stereotype.
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Summary: unVampire who cares
Review: This book will take you places. Into the heart of a child of darkness. Into the dark world of sanitariums and doctors who take graft. You'll meet millionaires and spoiled rich kids; and you'll meet monsters. In some way, Nancy Collins will make you care about all of them. Their mistakes, their stubborness, and the compassion they do and don't have. You'll meet teachers, mentors, villains, and seamy associates. You'll meet charismatic evil. A book that explodes the "safe world" of everyday life with characters that Bram Stoker would never have believed. Essential reading to those who have an interest in the Children of the Night.
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