Temple Drake
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- Thomson, Rupert
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NVK: A Novel door Temple Drake
I really liked the writing style, it was direct and exciting. No pointless asides! I also liked how not every single little thing was spelled out for the reader, that the author trusted us enough to leave some things unexplored and unsaid. It kept the book fast and tight and spare, perfect for a vampire ghost story.
I'm docking 1 star for the epilogue, which was just a bunch of nonsense. It 100% reads as if the editor forced the author to add some more "insights" and the book is worse for it. Going out on an ambiguous note would have been so fucking cool, I wish that they had had to the courage to be bold like that. … (meer)
She's a beautiful woman. She's an owl. She's a shape-shifting ghost. Yet another change of pace for Rupert Thomson,who's as unpredictable as authors come. His lucid, liquid prose, though somewhat restrained here, is always a pleasure. Classy supernatural tale. A series in mind?
I'm not entirely certain how to describe this novel - a thriller, a mystery, a horror? It's a strange blend that somehow works. What the title character, NVK, exactly is never quite becomes clear, although she's clearly supernatural and yet sympathetic. The ending of this novel left me with more questions and I'm hopeful that the note on the back of this book that this is the first in a series indicates sequel will be available soon.
quirky Chinese ghost/vampire story set in modern China. It never 100% jelled for me, but an interesting take.
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- 2
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- 84
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- #216,911
- Waardering
- 3.6
- Besprekingen
- 5
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- 6