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The Fallen Blade - Jon Courtenay Grimwood
The Fallen Blade
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3.75 10
Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781841498461 (1841498467)
Publisher: Orbit
Pages no: 417
Edition language: English
Series: The Assassini (#1)
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MesunaSanpree
MesunaSanpree rated it
3.5 The Fallen Blade
Stephanie Meyer and Deborah Harkness need a lesson in what a vampire really is and that lesson is "The Fallen Blade". Jon Courtenay Grimwood has taken a step back (thank God) towards the more traditional vampire myth. However, what really drew me to this book was its setting in 15th century Venice -...
halfmanhalfbook
halfmanhalfbook rated it
4.0 The Fallen Blade (The Assassini, Book 1)
Complex & dark fantasy book
Jennavier
Jennavier rated it
Confusion and rape. Two of my favorite things! Not.
Seitenteich
Seitenteich rated it
2.0 Die Schatten von Venedig 01. Silberklinge
Ich stehe den historischen Romanen mit einigen wenigen Ausnahmen eigentlich äußerst skeptisch gegenüber. Ihnen gelingt es nur schwer, mich in ihre Welt zu ziehen und dort auch zu fesseln. Umso mehr hat es mich überrascht, dass mir J.C. Grimwoods Venedig sehr gut gefallen hat. Der Autor hat einen vie...
Datepalm
Datepalm rated it
I can tolerate constant, graphic sexualized violence if it has some point. I might also let it pass if it rounded out an actual good novel. Theres nothing here under the rapes and the murders and the excrement. Characters are flat, plot is boring and incomprehensible, writing bland.
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