Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

[deilaitha]

I recently gave this book a try, but I'm not sure that it lived up to my expectations. I enjoy alternate history/SF books, especially those by Harry Turtledove (his Guns of the South and Atlantis series are very good.

Vampire Hunter was a fun read, for sure. It made me giggle in that it was so serious that it obviously did not take itself seriously.

What do you guys think--did it live up to the hype?

 

[Endymion]

what hype?

 

[deilaitha]

Well, a lot of book reviews were talking about how great, clever, witty, hilarious, and exciting the book would be.

 

[Steerpike]

I haven't read it. I did read some of the hype about it early on, and have almost picked it up a few times, but not yet. I'll check out the movie, I'm sure.

 

[Tasha]

It's out in cinemas soon too D:
I did kind of like the book. It was really funny although I'm not sure it was meant to be. heh

 

[deilaitha]

Yeah, I kind of got that idea too, Tasha. I just assumed that it was tongue in cheek, over the top serious in a way that was meant to be funny.

 

[Tasha]

I'll still go see it because I love a good laugh. Wonder if the book will ever get a sequel? In the end it was a good read and iI certainly won't look at Lincoln the same way again lol.

 

[Endymion]

Well the trailer was pretty awful.

 

[deilaitha]

SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!

I liked it up until the end when Sturges turns Lincoln into a vampire.

 

[The Blue Lotus]

Na I'm sorry he is a relative of mine and I dislike people messing with my families history.

Won't be seeing the movie either.

 

[Tasha]

well no point going to see it now that i know how it ends lol

 

[The Blue Lotus]

Well to be fair the poster did say "SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!"

However s/he should have used the tag wraps in hindsight.

 

[Tasha]

My browser automatically jumps to the new post but heh saves me money on a disappointing film