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delton215's review
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
jonathanrobert's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
eleven_hummingbird's review
adventurous
dark
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Vampires aside, this is my favorite Gotrek & Felix novel in the series thus far. Slower paced, but all the elements and arcs felt balanced and well utilized. A grimdark adventure that appreciaties its themes enough to maintain a sense of gravity, but not so serious as to shy away from cheese. A few of the dialogues and monologues are a bit long winded, but they are engaging enough to bring a bit of life, or unlife, to both the characters and setting. The romance is still lacking, and Ulrika continues to spend much of the story sleeping, but at least there is a romance or two.
I rather enjoyed King's vampires, though they land flatter than they deserve. I wish Felix were more reflective in this novel, as he as he used to be in earlier in the series. There are some meaningful conversations to be had here, but Felix proves about as shallow and dense as he deems his Slayer companions to be.
At times, the vampire narratives approach telling surprisingly engaging queer narratives. Almost.
I rather enjoyed King's vampires, though they land flatter than they deserve. I wish Felix were more reflective in this novel, as he as he used to be in earlier in the series. There are some meaningful conversations to be had here, but Felix proves about as shallow and dense as he deems his Slayer companions to be.
At times, the vampire narratives approach telling surprisingly engaging queer narratives. Almost.
mayastone's review
3.0
“***Spoiler WARNING***
This is the last of this series that I actually have with me, anyway in this instalment it is an all powerful vampire that is the source of the problem and in the end it is Snorri Nosebiter that finally gets him (Although Snorri finds this out after the fact).
The vampire falls for the resident Mary-Sue Ulrika and kidnaps her and ends up turning her, hehehe, so she is a vampire and I hope out of the series forever. Max, Gotrek, Snorri and Felix travel together and fight a whole bunch of stuff and team up with Ulrika’s father and later on a Countess and her “harem” as she is a vampire as well. In the end Ulrika, the countess, Felix, Gotrek and Snorri are left standing.
In this book the annoyance was Gotrek and his stupid “he dragged his thumb across the blade of his axe until a single drop of blood appeared” really after the fourth time reading this right before a battle it got OLD and started to sound stupid not menacing...he knows the axe is sharp, we know the axe is sharp, the whole bloody world knows the axe is sharp so what’s the issue?
True to the addiction of these books, despite their simplicity or maybe because of it, I am dying to know what happens next...although eventually the author changes so I’m not sure if I’ll like the newer ones or maybe the new author doesn’t do such silly annoying things like this one.
This is the last of this series that I actually have with me, anyway in this instalment it is an all powerful vampire that is the source of the problem and in the end it is Snorri Nosebiter that finally gets him (Although Snorri finds this out after the fact).
The vampire falls for the resident Mary-Sue Ulrika and kidnaps her and ends up turning her, hehehe, so she is a vampire and I hope out of the series forever. Max, Gotrek, Snorri and Felix travel together and fight a whole bunch of stuff and team up with Ulrika’s father and later on a Countess and her “harem” as she is a vampire as well. In the end Ulrika, the countess, Felix, Gotrek and Snorri are left standing.
In this book the annoyance was Gotrek and his stupid “he dragged his thumb across the blade of his axe until a single drop of blood appeared” really after the fourth time reading this right before a battle it got OLD and started to sound stupid not menacing...he knows the axe is sharp, we know the axe is sharp, the whole bloody world knows the axe is sharp so what’s the issue?
True to the addiction of these books, despite their simplicity or maybe because of it, I am dying to know what happens next...although eventually the author changes so I’m not sure if I’ll like the newer ones or maybe the new author doesn’t do such silly annoying things like this one.