Cav's Place

Read it in the hardest moment of my life and it still managed to capture me. Sure, Marius is not Lestat, no vampire could ever be, but, still, spectacular… And heartbreaking. Bad things: 1. Let me get this straight; Marius is blaming television for Akasha’s attempted reign of terror? That’s just bull. 2. What exactly […]

It‘s extremely well written and very “real”; it strikes me as exactly how mankind would develop, given the chance. You have all the filth, meaningless hurting of others, scheming, lying, deceit and downright evilness that humans are capable of. So I hate it! I know all those things; don’t need to also read about them! […]

It moves at a crawling pace, 80% of the book takes place in three nights, a good part of it are David’s memories concerning Merrick from when he was still human, it all seems to head for a single event… Simply lacks depth. Then things turn around towards the end and it gets interesting. Makes […]

It’s a good thing there were two books in one. The first seemed quite crappy, really. Sure, entirely new world, but one all too “real” for me. And the action happens in a time that’s too short and a space that’s too small to have any real significance. But everything’s different in the second. The […]

Wanted something to read in a day and picked this one up. Thought that the stories might be a bit better than what you usually find in anthologies, since they’re a bit longer, but I was wrong. A few interesting bits, but the overall impression was bad. Rating: 4/10