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I, Vampire #5
Vampire Hunter
RISEN FROM A WATERY GRAVEEntombed for almost a century in the corpse of the Titanic at the bottom of the icy north Atlantic, the Vampire is finally released by a treasure-hunting expedition--that never makes it back alive.OVERCOME WITH BLOODLUSTIn a small South Carolina town, a stranger calling himself Charles Gabriel seeks desperate help from a beautiful psychiatrist. But while irresistible sexual passions are stirred by supernatural powers, the town falls victim to a horrifyingly rampant surge of an unearthly evil. THE VAMPIRE HUNTERTorn by his loyalty to a centuries-old, unholy brotherhood, the Vampire longs to be freed from his hunger, but he has become the prey of those who seek vengeance against him. Now the only escape is Death. . . .From the Paperback edition.
189 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 28, 1998
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November 2, 2023
It pains me to give a Romkey novel a two star review. Truly pains me.
I read all of his novels long ago and decided to pick up a few this Halloween, some decades later. I remember this as being the low point of his I, Vampire series. Wanting to give it a second chance, I read it again, pondering if, perhaps, I would think it was better some 20 years later.
Actually, it was worse. Far worse than I remember.
When reaching for Romkey, I'm used to well researched and thought out twists on science, medicine and history. Refined conversation. And likely a tale that helps me escape to lush landscapes I can only dream of one day seeing in real life. This book lacks David Parker, the illuminati, or classic banter and conversation between cultured vampires. Insert, instead, one vampire, lots of stereotyped characters, and page after page of a pedophile romance story.
This alone would be bad enough; that said, to me, the ultimate sin of this novel's rough understanding of the inner workings of behavioral healthcare. Usually the medical and scientific side of vampire novels in this series is, at least, rudimentarily believable; in some cases, such as The Vampire Papers, even mind-boggling in terms of what may be possible. From a healthcare worker's point of view, however, this one comes across as a more tawdry, over-the-top clinical setting imagined for a daytime soap versus an actual clinical environment.
To be fair, I do not want to deter anyone from reading Romkey. His vampire novels, and horror novels in general, are amongst the best of the best. His vampire world may be real. Romkey, himself, may even be a vampire, as he has lightly alluded to in other novels. ;)
This review is for the unfortunate soul that may pick this up as their first Romkey novel. Skip it. Discard it. Read other books by this author to get a better feel of more refined canonical characters.
I read all of his novels long ago and decided to pick up a few this Halloween, some decades later. I remember this as being the low point of his I, Vampire series. Wanting to give it a second chance, I read it again, pondering if, perhaps, I would think it was better some 20 years later.
Actually, it was worse. Far worse than I remember.
When reaching for Romkey, I'm used to well researched and thought out twists on science, medicine and history. Refined conversation. And likely a tale that helps me escape to lush landscapes I can only dream of one day seeing in real life. This book lacks David Parker, the illuminati, or classic banter and conversation between cultured vampires. Insert, instead, one vampire, lots of stereotyped characters, and page after page of a pedophile romance story.
This alone would be bad enough; that said, to me, the ultimate sin of this novel's rough understanding of the inner workings of behavioral healthcare. Usually the medical and scientific side of vampire novels in this series is, at least, rudimentarily believable; in some cases, such as The Vampire Papers, even mind-boggling in terms of what may be possible. From a healthcare worker's point of view, however, this one comes across as a more tawdry, over-the-top clinical setting imagined for a daytime soap versus an actual clinical environment.
To be fair, I do not want to deter anyone from reading Romkey. His vampire novels, and horror novels in general, are amongst the best of the best. His vampire world may be real. Romkey, himself, may even be a vampire, as he has lightly alluded to in other novels. ;)
This review is for the unfortunate soul that may pick this up as their first Romkey novel. Skip it. Discard it. Read other books by this author to get a better feel of more refined canonical characters.
June 6, 2015
Until the last quarter, it was one of the better ones since I, Vampire. Then it just got stupid, trite & it felt like Romkey was bored &ended it. This is becoming a pattern that I'm disliking & I may not read him any more.
February 22, 2019
Overall this series is holding my interest
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