Seth Grahame-Smith has come into the possession of a strange journal, given to him by a strange man. As he reads it he discovers that it is the secret journal of President Abraham Lincoln who chronicles a hidden secret that almost doomed the nation; Vampires are real.
This is the premise of my latest e-book purchase; Abraham Lincoln; Vampire Hunter. I first heard about this story through my daughter and then saw a clip while at the movies watching The Hunger Games. I sank down in my seat and thought; ridiculousness.
But as I watched images of the 16th President of the United States welding a bloody axe and doing flips like he was in the movie The Matrix, I grudgingly became intrigued. Excitement began to bubble in me at the same time that I felt a sense of disgust. Oh what the hell, I want to see this movie so bad!!!! When I got home I pulled up the trailer and checked the 'net for info. I found that this was a pretty popular book.
The author also has a best selling novel entitled Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I decided to purchase the vampire story; completely expecting a bunch of sexless word porn. I was very surprised to find that Seth Grahame-Smith was a really good writer. That sounds mean but that's not my intent. He is a smart writer and tells an intriguing story. I was completely engrossed within two pages. I'm not finished reading the book so I can't provide a complete review but I can say that what I've read so far is intriguing, funny and very interesting.
Of the reviews that I've read, they have generally been thumbs up. I find it funny that among the criticisms, one reviewer wrote that the author stated he had done his research primarily through Wikipedia. The reviewer made fun of him and stated; "It shows!" I laughed so hard at that. Who cares if he did his research through Wiki since Abraham Lincoln was not actually a vampire hunter????
And thus you will find a stark difference in the caliber of reviews; those that recognize a tongue-in-cheek story and those that are offended on a literary level. One reviewer chastised the author for writing that Lincoln equated the need to rid the world of vampirism along with his need to end slavery...
Again I point out--Abraham Lincoln was not really a Vampire Hunter. We do understand that, right class?
Unbelievable. Must see.
ReplyDeleteWell except for the bloodiness (afraid I'd have to spend too much of the film with my eyes covered...more than a bit squeamish I am afraid!)I would expect I too am also intrigued all that wood splitting led to serious "guns" and the ability to take heads, eh?
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