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Diary of a Blood Donor by Mati Unt – Review
Diary of a Blood Donor by Mati Unt
No TagUnt has a nice, playful style, but the presentation can begin to feel like a lot of free association — as if he has to prove that he has talent to burn. Still, it’s a decent modern take on Dracula and gives some idea of 1980s Estonia (which was certainly an odd little corner of the world, even without any real vampires). Oddball fiction, certainly, but worth a look.
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The Passage by Justin Cronin – Review
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The Passage by Justin Cronin The atmosphere has more the entertainment thriller vibe of Stephen King’s THE STAND than the bleak, literary vibe of Cormac McCarthy’s THE ROAD. And while it falls squarely into the post-apocalyptic genre, I loved that there were a couple of limited-reach dystopian societies thrown in for good measure. The central
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan – Review
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
The Strain: Book One of The Strain Trilogy by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan The Strain (Morrow, $26.99), by film director Guillermo del Toro and thriller writer Chuck Hogan, breaks no obvious new ground, as its vampiric plague is similar to, if in some respects a departure from, the generations of literary and filmic
Afraid by Jack Kilborn – Review
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Afraid by Jack Kilborn The strength of the novel is its ability to envelope the reader with its pacing, action, and terror. The bad guys are worse than one can imagine, and the good guys are seemingly doomed without hope of redemption or rescue. It is reminiscent of 1980s and 1990s Dean Koontz—it particularly reminded
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan – Interview
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The Strain by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan Vampires these days are sorta lovelorn and wimpy. Not Guillermo del Toro’s. His will suck you dry with a stinger-tipped tentacle. It’s not really the kind of stuff teen girls want to read. But Del Toro, director of the Oscar-winning Pan’s Labyrinth — as well as
Worst Nightmares by Shane Briant – Review
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Worst Nightmares by Shane Briant Worst Nightmares follows Dermot Nolan, a Booker-prize winning author and darling of the literary scene, who needs to come up with another wonderful novel before, his agent drops him, his publisher demands the advance that they paid him back, and he loses all credibility in literary circles. Throw into the
The Stormcaller by Tom Lloyd – Review
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The Stormcaller: Book One of the Twilight Reign by Tom Lloyd Overall, I found this to be a surprisingly good novel, and one of my favorite reads of the year so far (and I have enjoyed most everything I have read in 2009 thus far). If you are looking for a mix of the traditional
Der Turm by Uwe Tellkamp – Review
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Der Turm by Uwe Tellkamp Der Turm is set in Dresden, in the East Germany of the 1980s, then still the German Democratic Republic. The book covers the period right up to the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, though it moves at varying speeds across these years, lingering over particular episodes and
The Stepmother’s Diary by Fay Weldon – Review
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The Stepmother’s Diary by Fay Weldon It is rare to come across a contemporary novel written with as much panache as The Stepmother’s Diary. Cleverly constructed and told with brio, Fay Weldon’s latest book is ostensibly the story of Sappho, a young and successful writer who marries Gavin – a widower 19 years her senior
October Skies by Alex Scarrow – Review
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October Skies by Alex Scarrow This is a fascinating timeslip mystery in which modern TV programme-maker Julian Cooke stumbles upon a rotting wooden wagon in the mountains of Wyoming. It’s the remains of the Preston Group, a convoy of 130 settlers who disappeared in 1856, leaving – handily – a diary, written by Dr Benjamin