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Summary: "What an Odd Little Story!"
Review: At just 275 pages it took me only a day to read The Last Vampire by T. M. Wright, but what a curious and wonderful read! From Elmo Land's first few appearances in the opening prologue, I was taken with his rather enigmatic patterns of speech. The year is 2047; most communication between people is done via email; there is very little physical interaction anymore. The reader meets someone named Harpo, who although living in a rather large house with 27 other people, spends most of his time in his own small, square room that "contains no uncovered windows." Harpo uses his Book, which I think is probably a laptop computer, for everything from telling him when his day should begin to emailing his housemates. Elmo Land is a vampire who appears, in a manner of speaking, to Harpo and asks to use Harpo's Book to record his story as a vampire. Then Elmo's story begins to unfold; and as I read it, I found myself rooted in my chair, turning page after page, all else around me forgotten. When Elmo begins to repeat himself practically word for word, I thought at first I'd misread or the editors had goofed up; but then as he did it more and more I realized something strange and bizarre and detrimental was obviously happening to him, but I couldn't figure out what. The ending took me by surprise, and yet seemed appropriate. Upon finishing the book my verbal comment to the empty room around me was, "What an odd little story!" and proceeded to read through the prologue again to perhaps better grasp its depiction of Elmo Land, at THAT point in time. One of the criteria I have for giving a book 5 stars is, if even knowing the ending, I intend to read it again. T. M. Wright's The Last Vampire satisfies all my 5 star criteria; and as a matter of fact, I intend to begin reading it again tonight!
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Summary: great for insomniacs
Review: cant sleep? just try reading this slow paced ,no action vampire story .some of the storyline regarding the great war is more interesting than elmo lands sorry tale of his vampire life.i want my money back !!!!!!
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Summary: A Unique Vampire Tale
Review: Don't believe you've read this story before. It hasn't been written by Anne Rice, or Stephen King, or anyone else but Wright himself. Sure, it has the angst-filled vampire, Elmo Land, but he's got great reason to feel angst--he's becoming human again, and is also literally falling apart. He's becoming human because he's become unnecessary--supplanted by the evil of a third world war. There's LOTS more to this novel than that. The characterizations are wonderful and the story itself crackles with humor and negative energy. Read it.
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Summary: A Unique Vampire Tale
Review: Don't believe you've read this story before. It hasn't been written by Anne Rice, or Stephen King, or anyone else but Wright himself. Sure, it has the angst-filled vampire, Elmo Land, but he's got great reason to feel angst--he's becoming human again, and is also literally falling apart. He's becoming human because he's become unnecessary--supplanted by the evil of a third world war. There's LOTS more to this novel than that. The characterizations are wonderful and the story itself crackles with humor and negative energy. Read it.
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Summary: What a remarkable book!
Review: First, ignore the cover. its garbage and the dialogue on the back was very obviously written by someone who hasn't read the book. TM Wright, whoever you are, you should write your own cover...this one misleads.The book has an amazing story. Read it, enjoy it. Bizarre take on vampires, completely unique.
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Summary: What a remarkable book!
Review: First, ignore the cover. its garbage and the dialogue on the back was very obviously written by someone who hasn't read the book. TM Wright, whoever you are, you should write your own cover...this one misleads. The book has an amazing story. Read it, enjoy it. Bizarre take on vampires, completely unique.
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Summary: Treat yourself and read this!
Review: I agree with all the other reviews posted here. Wright deserves a huge audience and maybe these Leisure reprints will give it to him. If you want non-stop violence look elsewhere, but if you want real-as-life characters, unpridictable plotting, and a truly dark take on life in general, try this book and Wright's other works.
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Summary: Incredible Achievement
Review: Just when you thought all the vampire stories have been told and there is no longer any original work to be done in the genre, along comes T.M. Wright to prove you wrong. This a wonderfully dark story with fascinating characters you care about. T.M.'s emphasis is on atmosphere and less on graphic violence and gore (although he has that, too). This author writes for an intelligent audience by not spelling out everything for the reader. You have to read between the lines in many scenes. I became swept up in this novel and finished it in 2 days. If you are tired of the same old vampire story, give this breath of fresh air a try. You won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Incredible Achievement
Review: Just when you thought all the vampire stories have been told and there is no longer any original work to be done in the genre, along comes T.M. Wright to prove you wrong. This a wonderfully dark story with fascinating characters you care about. T.M.'s emphasis is on atmosphere and less on graphic violence and gore (although he has that, too). This author writes for an intelligent audience by not spelling out everything for the reader. You have to read between the lines in many scenes. I became swept up in this novel and finished it in 2 days. If you are tired of the same old vampire story, give this breath of fresh air a try. You won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Mondo Bizarro
Review: Mondo Bizarro is one of the ways Elmo Land's is described at the end of the book. In fact, this entire book could be summed up in these two words. For most of the book I could only picture Elmo Land as a Forrest Gump type speaking in the voice of HAL from 2001, A Space Odyssey. The book attempts to describe the world through Elmo Land's eyes in a post apoctoliptic time. Is he really a Vampire? Other than living for about 150 years, he could just as well have been a Hannibal Lecter, taking away all of the intelligence. Elmo's thought process is followed throughout the book as seen by the ongoing, disconnected thought pattern, as well as the continual repetition of text. This was entertaining for a while, but I could barely wait for the book to be finished. I got so bored with it after a while, the constant rambling, the repetition, the ignorance, and stupidity. As a real Vampire novel, I'd say to skip this one. If you're into horror, then this will be a good one to pick up since, for what it is, it is well crafted and delivered in a unique and imaginative way.
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