Rating: Summary: The best by Mick - yet! Review: This is the best by Mick yet, and I thought he is very good already! He treats the subject of vampirism with unusual and unexpectedly deep sympathy, and delivers the whole package in a thrill-packed page-a-turn'in unputdownable roller-coaster thrill-ride. Vampirism is one of the oldest and stalest subjectmatter, almost a cliche. For Mick to bring it to life and instil in it a modern relevancy & immediacy is no mean feat - and he does it in barrels! Go for Mick as a brandname - he will never disappoint you! WE WANT MORE MICK! WE WANT MORE MICK! WE WANT MORE MICK!
Rating: Summary: The best by Mick - yet! Review: This is the best by Mick yet, and I thought he is very good already! He treats the subject of vampirism with unusual and unexpectedly deep sympathy, and delivers the whole package in a thrill-packed page-a-turn'in unputdownable roller-coaster thrill-ride. Vampirism is one of the oldest and stalest subjectmatter, almost a cliche. For Mick to bring it to life and instil in it a modern relevancy & immediacy is no mean feat - and he does it in barrels! Go for Mick as a brandname - he will never disappoint you! WE WANT MORE MICK! WE WANT MORE MICK! WE WANT MORE MICK!
Rating: Summary: If you're into spending $8.00 for toilet paper, Review: this is the book for you!Woah, what a stinker. Poor Mick, it must really hurt knowing you're such a poor author. Graphic, extraneous (and idiotic) descriptions of violence do not a good novel make. But unfortunately, that's the least of the reader's woes. This book contains nothing in the way of character development, plot development or believability. But don't worry, Mick writes with small words so that you won't be distracted by those unimportant ingredients. There are a few moments in "The Time of Feasting" where the author seems to be doing something interesting. Strangely enough, all those spots seem familiar - mainly because they were stolen from other authors, as any fan of Anne Rice or Poppy Z. Brite can tell you. The main character (such as he is) is the author in a thinly veiled disguise. But please, ignore the man behind the curtain. When Farren takes your hand and tells you that the vampire Renquist (read Farren) is irresistible to women (who fight, wine, and moan over him for no apparent reason) you're supposed to blindly believe it. When Farren carefully explains that, although Renquist spends most of the novel whining, complaining, and being an all around SOB, you're supposed to blithely ignore his actions and realize he's actually the concerned, mature, polished individual Farren wants you to think he is. Although Renquist seems to enjoy torturing, humiliating, and debasing women in particular, and vampires in general, Farren wants you to believe that he's the type of person *everybody* should strive to be. And just wait until the ending - you'll love it! It's actually WORSE than the first 300 pages of the book (if that can be believed.) Without a doubt, "The Time of Feasting" is quite possibly one of the worst novels I have ever had the misfortune to read.
Rating: Summary: This book stinks!!!! Review: This is the worst vampire book ever written. Not only was it very poorly constructed, it was full of impossible situations, coincidences, and other general baloney. The ending was rushed and smacked of sheer laziness on the part of the writer
Rating: Summary: great characters and great pace Review: This novel marks what could be a great series if the author wished. Renquist the vampire is close to Lestat when it coems to great vampires in fiction. The story moves along at a good pace and never lets up. The ending was a little weak but you can't beat the previous 300 pages for sheer vampire fun. If you're into vampire navels this is one to check out, especially reading how they came into exsistence. On a scale of 1-10, this one gets an 8!!!!!!!!
Rating: Summary: Great for the speeding mind! Review: This was the first vampire book that i have read and i was not well educated in the past of vamparism tales. Mick Farren made the plot very clear and he explained the events with great detail. I found this book to be one of the best books I have ever read.
Rating: Summary: Sorry Review: While I read the book, and honestly tried to enjoy it, I found the story to be poorly written and full of cliches. It wasn't the fresh, new look at vampire fiction I'd been lead to believe it was.
Rating: Summary: Don't believe any of the hype Review: While I was expecting a good book from all the great reviews I instead found a very mediocre book Don't get me wrong it was interesting to read once but it just wasn't anything I hadn't seen done before (or done better) in other vampire books
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