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Summary: One of the best series of books ever
Review: With only one book out of this great series being less than perfect and highly injoyable, Anthology will hopefully contine this grand tradition. I highly recomend this series and all its books to any who eother enjoy vampires the game or the general vampires of myth. You will be pulled in and held till you finish the set.
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Summary: I do not recomend this book
Review: Wow, I read all the books up to this one, and every one pulled me deeper. THEN this book came out. It is filled with stuff that just doesnt make sence. It liked reading my sterio instructions more than this, and it was more entertaining.This book can and should be skipped... you miss nothing other than a small trip my Victoria Ash
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Summary: Anatole's beyond awesome
Review: You absolutely HAVE to have an open-minded approach to this book if you are going to enjoy it. The author chose to write the book frequently using a stream-of-consciousness to portray the hero, something I would have expected to result in an incredibly bad novel given that the hero is a Malkavian. I will concede what everyone else who has reviewed this book to date has stated--that it is not at all an easy read. Having played "Vampire: the Masquerade" in both tabletop and live action versions, I have found few players who were able to capture what Malkavians are supposed to be all about--that the radical divorce from sanity yields insights into reality that the sane mind cannot comprehend. Different novels in this series have had varied levels of success in capturing what the essence of the clan portrayed is all about; Stuart Wieck exceeds every book to date, a crowning achievement given the enormous difficulty that the sane mind has in comprehending the insane mind. I would very very strongly urge that this NOT be the first book in the series you read; much of the stream of consciousness is symbolic, and you will not understand what you are reading if you cannot identify that the symbolism stands for things that have happened in past books, things that are currently happening, and things that will happen. Overall, one of the best books I've ever read (and I read a lot). Wieck captures the essence of the clan completely, keeps characters created by other authors consistent and true, and keeps the story moving. I wish that Wieck had written more of the books in this series, and regretted coming to the end of this book. It requires more out of the reader than almost any book you'll ever pick up for enjoyment, but the effort is well rewarded by this unusual and provocative tale's telling.
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Summary: Unlike Any Other Book I've Ever Read
Review: You absolutely HAVE to have an open-minded approach to this book if you are going to enjoy it. The author chose to write the book frequently using a stream-of-consciousness to portray the hero, something I would have expected to result in an incredibly bad novel given that the hero is a Malkavian. I will concede what everyone else who has reviewed this book to date has stated--that it is not at all an easy read. Having played "Vampire: the Masquerade" in both tabletop and live action versions, I have found few players who were able to capture what Malkavians are supposed to be all about--that the radical divorce from sanity yields insights into reality that the sane mind cannot comprehend. Different novels in this series have had varied levels of success in capturing what the essence of the clan portrayed is all about; Stuart Wieck exceeds every book to date, a crowning achievement given the enormous difficulty that the sane mind has in comprehending the insane mind. I would very very strongly urge that this NOT be the first book in the series you read; much of the stream of consciousness is symbolic, and you will not understand what you are reading if you cannot identify that the symbolism stands for things that have happened in past books, things that are currently happening, and things that will happen. Overall, one of the best books I've ever read (and I read a lot). Wieck captures the essence of the clan completely, keeps characters created by other authors consistent and true, and keeps the story moving. I wish that Wieck had written more of the books in this series, and regretted coming to the end of this book. It requires more out of the reader than almost any book you'll ever pick up for enjoyment, but the effort is well rewarded by this unusual and provocative tale's telling.
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