Finally got around to starting the book this morning, enjoying it so far.
At the risk if being accused of necromancy, I finally got done reading the book, and eh...I gotta say I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. The upside is, the movie didn't really wreck a great book, it was an okay book to begin with.
I expected there was a vampirism = slavery metaphor in there somewhere probably because I expected the book to be about
something, and that was the most likely candidate.
But in the end, it wasn't about anything except taking a period of history and introducing vampires as a gimmick. Problem is, history as it really happened was more intesting (and scarier)!
Anther disappointment is that the author didn't do a very good job of re-creating the tone of 19th C writing. Lincoln's secret diary sounded exactly like what it was, the product of a modern novelist.
It wouldn't have been that difficult to try a little harder for an authentic style. He did make some effort, but I found it unconvincing at best. It might pass muster with a reader who was completely unfamiliar with 19th C writing, I suppose.
Infraction for continued trolling. You should be familiar with the drill by now
And he's probably laughing his ass off that people are taking him so seriously.
Gotta read the silly thing before it becomes apparent.
