Sign in with Facebook
Loading...
283rd out of 292 books
—
420 voters
Redlaw (Redlaw #1)
They live among us, abhorred, marginalised, despised. They are vampires, known politely as Sunless. The job of policing their community falls to the men and women of the Sunless Housing and Disclosure Executive - SHADE. Captain John Redlaw is London's most feared and respected SHADE officer. But when the vampires start rioting in their ghettoes, and angry humans respond wi...more
Mass Market Paperback, 416 pages
Published
September 27th 2011
by Solaris
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
155)
First off, let me say that, although I gave this a 2, it is not a bad book. Unfortunately, it is as far from being a good book as is excusable.
Also, just to keep things into perspective, I have to say that I read this after finishing Sergey Vasilievich Lukyanenko's series of Watches. It had a lot to live up to. & it failed. In more than a handful of ways.
I said that it is not a bad book so, let me first say what's good about it: the action and the pace. Specifically the second one. Pace. It'...more
Also, just to keep things into perspective, I have to say that I read this after finishing Sergey Vasilievich Lukyanenko's series of Watches. It had a lot to live up to. & it failed. In more than a handful of ways.
I said that it is not a bad book so, let me first say what's good about it: the action and the pace. Specifically the second one. Pace. It'...more
Future where vampires are a reality not a myth. They have been either thrown out of their countries or have been placed in designated safe areas. Redlaw is a member of SHADE, basically a group of cops who keep vamps in their "ghettos" and humans out of those same places. The vampires are kept in check by SHADE and by deliveries of cows blood to satisfy their hunger. There are a series of riots during these deliveries that Redlaw begins investigating which leads to corrupt politicians, greedy bus...more
Policing the Damned
They live among us, abhorred, marginalised, despised. They are vampires, known politely as Sunless. The job of policing their community falls to the men and women of the Sunless Housing and Disclosure Executive SHADE. Captain John Redlaw is London’s most feared and respected SHADE officer, a living legend.
But when the vampires start rioting in their ghettoes, and angry humans respond with violence of their own, even Redlaw may not be able to keep the peace. Especially when p...more
They live among us, abhorred, marginalised, despised. They are vampires, known politely as Sunless. The job of policing their community falls to the men and women of the Sunless Housing and Disclosure Executive SHADE. Captain John Redlaw is London’s most feared and respected SHADE officer, a living legend.
But when the vampires start rioting in their ghettoes, and angry humans respond with violence of their own, even Redlaw may not be able to keep the peace. Especially when p...more
I liked this book, it wasn't bad, but it was'nt really thought through. There were these little things that made me feel as if it was a cartoon, or a hastily put together story.
For example, the guy had been a "vampire hunter" sort of thing for 15 years but he knew almost nothing of vampires. We had to find out with him during the book. But how is it possible that he hadn't known all this earlier.
And also there was this problem in the book, that while they were delivering the cow blood to the v...more
For example, the guy had been a "vampire hunter" sort of thing for 15 years but he knew almost nothing of vampires. We had to find out with him during the book. But how is it possible that he hadn't known all this earlier.
And also there was this problem in the book, that while they were delivering the cow blood to the v...more
I realy wanted to love this book but couldn't. It was a bit too shallow in character development for that. The action kept things going but I found the characters a bit cardboard. I want to say "You can tell a man wrote this book." but that would be too dismissive since it is an interesting story and the world contained within the book is interesting. I just was not happy with the way the characters were left without any depth.
To me, this book was like a bowl of vanilla ice cream. I liked it, but couldn't help but wish it was something more, or different - or there was chocolate sauce.
If you like grim, actiony stories with stoic lone gunman heroes, you'll probably like it.
Very disappointing. I could tell pretty quickly that this wasn't going to be a great book, but I hoped it would at least be good. It wasn't. It wasn't even adequate, although I suppose if you really like tough guy cops and vampires then this might be for you. I've reviewed it for The Zone here: http://www.zone-sf.com/wordworks/redl...
Really enjoyed Redlaw and found it completely engrossing. It is, however, very much a pulp novel with a graphic comic feel rather than a literary novel.
This is a simple, unpretentious urban vampire novel. I enjoyed every moment of it.
http://opionator.wordpress.com/2012/0...
http://opionator.wordpress.com/2012/0...
A fun read. It should be a movie. Vampires that are actually dangerous!! That's a thought.
Great spin on vampire lore. Awesome!!!
Yes, another vampire tale but they never get old and this was a fun, couldn't put it down read. Definitely see potential for this to spin out into a series and/or film.
Not bad -- reads like a graphic novel (and would have been better as one).
Feb 13, 2013
Jane Mercer
added it
Very enjoyable
Interesting premise, horrible executed with bland characters.
cant wait for the nest in the series!
May 19, 2013
Kyra
marked it as to-read
May 09, 2013
Dave
marked it as to-read
Apr 29, 2013
Damaar Blount
marked it as to-read
Apr 28, 2013
Bakertyl
marked it as to-read
Apr 27, 2013
Christopher
marked it as to-read
Apr 17, 2013
Anna
marked it as to-read
Apr 14, 2013
Chris Sewell
marked it as 6-books
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
James Lovegrove is the author of several acclaimed novels and books for children.
James was born on Christmas Eve 1965 and, having dabbled in writing at school, first took to it seriously while at university. A short story of his won a college competition. The prize was £15, and it had cost £18 to get the story professionally typed. This taught him a hard but necessary lesson in the harsh economic...more
More about James Lovegrove...
James was born on Christmas Eve 1965 and, having dabbled in writing at school, first took to it seriously while at university. A short story of his won a college competition. The prize was £15, and it had cost £18 to get the story professionally typed. This taught him a hard but necessary lesson in the harsh economic...more
Share This Book
No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »
