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Cargando... By Blood We Live [Unabridged] (2014 original; edición 2014)por Glen Duncan (Autor), Abby Craden (Narrador), Amber Sealey (Narrador), Steve West (Narrador), Rob Shapiro (Narrador) — 1 más, Random House Audio (Publisher)
Información de la obraBy Blood We Live por Glen Duncan (2014)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I liked the first two books in this trilogy and this one didn't disappoint. The author has a dry, snarky, pessimistic sense of humor that is fun to read. I have liked all of the main characters: Jake, Tallulla, and now Remshi. Remshi's back story was interesting and he was a fun character to get to know. It's well-written, had a good story, and a satisfying (if a little surprising) ending. ( ) Weakest of the three Last Werewolf novels. I just can't handle much more of Duncan's purple-prosed bestial erotica. The endless hand wringing by each character, vampire or were, over being a monster that loves to kill and eat but has a conscience. We all have our cross to bear. You cannot drag it out through three weakly plotted novels. It was lovely writing, just dull. We just don't care what happens to anyone. Duncan dissatisfies in the end to leave room for yet another future werewolf/vampire/human cliff hanger Tallula just can't seem to keep her men out of fatal trouble. She's bad news to date. Give her wide berth. She doesn't know where her kids are most of the time either. The werewolf trope is the hardest one to pull off. There was about one novel's worth of good stuff in all three books together. Again, just lovely writing about a difficult subject to transcend. I keep wondering if Duncan, who didn't start out as a genre writer, just sees this as a long practical joke that he happens to be able to line his pockets with while going along. He IS a very good writer, but you cannot overcome a weak and drawn out plot and characters nobody really empathizes with. I think back to [b:Doctor Sleep|16130549|Doctor Sleep (The Shining #2)|Stephen King|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1362415596s/16130549.jpg|17851499] by [a:Stephen King|3389|Stephen King|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1362814142p2/3389.jpg] where King actually manages to create evil characters that we really sympathize for their plight. They have been used and abused and we empathize with their condition while we despise what they do because of it. Duncan doesn't pull it off. King doesn't have nearly the language or phrasing that Duncan has but by comparison he is still the better novel writer. I won't be going back for a fourth helping if their is one. I'm full already. The last of the (spoiler alert) not-quite-so-last-werewolf trilogy is also the worst. Still entertaining but it has lost some of its magic by not having a single unique voice as in the previous books. Whereas the original narrator Jake was engrossing with his world weary view, when we get several narrators who all are eternally frustrated about this, that and the other it can quickly become somewhat monotonous. Worst, however, is the fact that the world's oldest vampire Remshi who in the previous two books was a mythic figure with few appearances, in this book he is reduced to being a weak and whiny wam...., pardon, vampire with only nominal charisma and no sense of his real ancient power. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"From the author of the best sellers The Last Werewolf and Talulla Rising, the hair-raising conclusion to the saga that has galvanized readers' imaginations: an electrifying, startlingly erotic love story that gives us the final battle for survival between werewolves and vampires, and one last incisive--brilliantly ironic--look at what it means to be, or to not be, human. Talulla has settled into an uneasy equilibrium: with her twins at her side and the devotion of her lover Walker, it's a normal family life--except for their monthly transformation into werewolves hungry for human flesh. But even this tenuous peace is interrupted for Talulla by nagging thoughts of Remshi, the 20,000-year-old vampire who haunts her dreams. In turn Remshi can't escape the feeling that he knows Talulla from years before (many, many, many years). They have their distractions: Talulla is being pursued by a fanatical Christian cult, and Remshi is following the trail of reckless feedings by a newly turned vampire. But, as the novel unfurls, they are inextricably drawn to each other--and toward the moment when an ancient prophecy may finally come to pass--in this tale of pulse-pounding supernatural suspense"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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