The Fallen Blade
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781841498461 (1841498467)
Publish date: April 1st 2012
Publisher: Orbit
Pages no: 417
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Science Fiction,
Urban Fantasy,
Historical Fiction,
Steampunk,
Horror,
Alternate History,
Dark Fantasy,
Vampires
Series: The Assassini (#1)
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 -...
Complex & dark fantasy book
Confusion and rape. Two of my favorite things! Not.
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...
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.