The Book With No Name (Bourbon Kid, #1)

Jul 27, 2011 Natha rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, thriller, translation, reference

Umm, sudah pengen buku ini sejak lihat covernya di GoodReads, dan lebih kepingin lagi sejak melihat sinopsisnya di web yang sama. XD
Mendapatkan buku ini dengan harga yang 'lebih murah' saat Pesta Buku Jakarta lalu, dan memutuskan untuk membaca awal bulan Juli, walau kalau kubilang, cukup lama proses pembacaannya, tapi bukunya menarik di eksekusinya.

Apa ya, bisa dibilang separuh halaman pertama (lebih bahkan), terasa sangat membosankan. Perpindahan karakter hampir setiap bab, perubahan sikon dan...more Umm, sudah pengen buku ini sejak lihat covernya di GoodReads, dan lebih kepingin lagi sejak melihat sinopsisnya di web yang sama. XD
Mendapatkan buku ini dengan harga yang 'lebih murah' saat Pesta Buku Jakarta lalu, dan memutuskan untuk membaca awal bulan Juli, walau kalau kubilang, cukup lama proses pembacaannya, tapi bukunya menarik di eksekusinya.

Apa ya, bisa dibilang separuh halaman pertama (lebih bahkan), terasa sangat membosankan. Perpindahan karakter hampir setiap bab, perubahan sikon dan nama cukup menuntut konsentrasi tinggi. :p
Dan satu peringatan, tidak boleh terlalu percaya pada tokoh yang terlihat di awalnya, akhirnya bahkan isi hati dari si tokoh tidak ada yang tahu. (well, cukup terkejut saat mendekati ending)

Adegan menghilangkan mata dan lidah cukup mengerikan untuk dibayangkan btw, untung tidak ada visualisasinya. :P Dan benar adanya peringatan yang tercantum di sampul buku :

Hanya kemurnian hati yang mampu memahami
halaman demi halaman buku ini.
Setiap halaman yang kaubuka, setiap bab yang kaubaca,
akan membawamu semakin dekat pada akhir.
Tidak setiap orang akan berhasil.
Banyaknya plot cerita dan gaya bahasa yang berbeda,
mungkin akan memusingkan dan membingungkan.
Dan sementara kau sibuk mencari kebenaran,
ternyata ia ada tepat di depanmu.
Kegelapan akan tiba, bersama kejahatan yang luar biasa.
Dan mereka yang telah membaca buku ini
tidak akan pernah melihat cahaya lagi.

*****

Santa Mondega, kota para pendosa, akan segera berubah menjadi neraka. Karena di sana terdapat sebuah batu biru misterius: Mata Rembulan.

Dan, Bocah Bourbon, Sang Malaikat Kematian, yang akan menjadi eksekutornya.

Di Santa Mondega juga terdapat sebuah Buku Tanpa Judul yang ditulis oleh seseorang Tanpa Nama. Buku itu akan membawa kematian bagi semua yang membacanya. Tetapi, hanya buku itu yang dapat mengakhiri semua kekacauan tersebut.

Semua rahasia tersimpan didalamnya. Namun, jika masih ingin bernafas, apa pun yang kalian lakukan, janganlah kalian membacanya.

Semua kata-kata yang tercantum di sampul buku bener banget!!
Tapi ngga akan bisa mencurigai apa maksudnya kalau tidak membaca sendiri. Aku jadi kepingin baca buku berikutnya deh ah~ XD(less)

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Apr 10, 2008 Gina rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: own, paranormal-supernatural, thriller

I thought this was great! I had spotted it on the shelf at the bookstore and thought it was intriguing how there was no title and no author's name. I read the synopsis in the back and though: "Go for it!" So I did, and I loved it. Kind of like a Dean Koontz meets John Carpenter. Terrific weirdness, gore and action kept me glued until the end. Twists and turns gallor, with it's only little mysteries and intrigues. Excellent!

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Jan 01, 2008 Cazzie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Very good, if strange and not-what-I-expected, book. Starts out in the style of a Western (a genre I despise), but for some reason kept me hooked until it morphed into a entertaining, complex crime/horror/mystery type tale.
Easy to read and very entertaining.

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Aug 06, 2011 Annisa Anggiana rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: terjemahan, horror, fantasy

Welcome to Santa Mondega! Sebuah kota dimana anda bisa menemukan berbagai jenis perampok, penipu, pembunuh bayaran dan aneka ria jenis penjahat lainnya. Di Santa Mondega secara rutin lima tahun sekali terjadi gerhana bulan total sehingga seluruh kota berada dalam kegelapan. Gerhana bulan tersebut dirayakan oleh warga kota, mereka menamainya festival bulan. Pada saat festival bulan seluruh warga kota bebas menggunakan berbagai macam kostum sebagai bagian dari perayaan. Santa Mondega adalah kota y...more Welcome to Santa Mondega! Sebuah kota dimana anda bisa menemukan berbagai jenis perampok, penipu, pembunuh bayaran dan aneka ria jenis penjahat lainnya. Di Santa Mondega secara rutin lima tahun sekali terjadi gerhana bulan total sehingga seluruh kota berada dalam kegelapan. Gerhana bulan tersebut dirayakan oleh warga kota, mereka menamainya festival bulan. Pada saat festival bulan seluruh warga kota bebas menggunakan berbagai macam kostum sebagai bagian dari perayaan. Santa Mondega adalah kota yang misterius.

“Kenyataannya, Santa Mondega adalah sebuah kota yang oleh warga dunia lain dianggap tidak pernah ada. Kota itu tidak akan ditemukan di peta manapun, dan tidak ada cerita yang terjadi di kota itu yang pernah diberitakan oleh stasiun berita diluar batas kota.”

Warga dunia tidak mengetahui bahwa lima tahun lalu, pada saat festival bulan, terjadi pembunuhan besar-besaran di Santa Mondega oleh seseorang bernama bocah borboun. Pembunuh itu dapat menghabisi puluhan orang dalam waktu singkat setelah menegak segelas burboun. Konon, pembantaian tersebut dipicu oleh perebutan sebuah batu berharga yang disebut mata rembulan.

Satu-satunya manusia yang selamat dari pembantaian bocah borboun adalah seorang perempuan bernama Jessica. Jessica ditemukan dalam keadaan koma oleh seorang Sanchez, seorang pemilik bar bernama Tapioca. Lima tahun kemudian Jessica baru tersadar dari koma panjangnya. Lima tahun kemudian pula serangkaian pembunuhan mulai terjadi lagi di Santa Mondega, bersamaan dengan hilangnya mata rembulan dari tempatnya.

Orang-orang yang ditemukan telah terbunuh secara kejam memiliki sebuah persamaan. Mereka pernah meminjam sebuah buku dari perpustakaan setempat. Sebuah “buku tanpa judul” dari pengarang yang anonim.

Detektif Jensen dan Sommers ditugaskan untuk menyelidiki pembunuhan-pembunuhan tersebut dan menemukan pelakunya. Apakah benar si bocah borboun telah kembali ke Santa Mondega? Apakah peranan dari mata rembulan? Mengapa Jessica bisa selamat dari maut? Apa isi “buku tanpa judul”? Apakah rahasia yang tersimpan di Santa Mondega?

This book is a whole fun of mystery. Saya tidak menyangka kalau pada akhirnya saya bisa menyukai buku ini. Cerita misteri yang mengandung banyak unsur kesadisan, tapi cara menggambarkannya komikal sekali. Jika anda merasa tidak nyaman dengan adegan seperti mata dicungkil, lidah dicabut, isi perut terburai dan cairan otak yang tercecer kemana-mana maka sebaiknya anda menyiapkan nyali sebelum membaca buku ini ^_^

Walaupun demikian misteri di buku ini sangat menarik dan membuat penasaran hingga halaman terakhir. Santa Mondega beran-benar sebuah tempat yang absurd dan misterius. Endingnya mengejutkan sekaligus menambah kadar penasaran karena konon buku ini berseri. Tapi buat saya tetep unsur yang paling unik dari buku ini adalah pengarangnya yang anonim. Ide cerdas untuk membuat sebuah buku terlihat stand out dan membikin orang yang meraihnya dari rak di toko buku tertarik.

Tokoh-tokoh favorit saya adalah para pembunuh bayaran yang karakternya fenomenal dan komikal, Elvis, Jefe, Rodeo Rex. Yang mau membaca buku ini ayo pasang kuda-kuda! Siap-siap untuk berkelana ke dunia gelap nan absurd bernama Santa Mondega ^_^(less)

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May 25, 2010 Mazel rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller

Vous désespériez de trouver un équivalent littéraire aux films de Quentin Tarantino, de John Carpenter, de Robert Rodriguez ? Lisez Le Livre sans nom. À vos risques et périls.

Santa Mondega, une ville d’Amérique du Sud oubliée du reste du monde, où sommeillent de terribles secrets…

Un mystérieux tueur en série, qui assassine ceux qui ont eu la malchance de lire un énigmatique ʺlivre sans nomʺ…
La seule victime encore vivante du tueur, qui, après cinq ans de coma, se réveille, amnésique…

Deux fli...more

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Sep 05, 2009 Kirsty (Blatant Biblioholic) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: horror, fantasy, mystery-thriller

When someone tells you not to do something, your rebellious side always makes you want to do it... right? So when I read the blurb on this book, which starts with "Whatever you do, don't read The Book With No Name", I had to read it.

The plot is a little out there... the author certainly has a vivid imagination. I'm not going to try to explain it, because it's too complicated, however I'll just say that it's a story of a stone called the 'Eye of the Moon' that is wanted by many of the characters...more

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Jul 16, 2011 Matthews M. rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: buy-new

Buku yang menghibur, beberapa bagian terasa lucu, banyak bagian tidak cocok untuk orang-orang di bawah 21 tahun. Rating dari Penerbit Kantera justru cuma 18+.

Lalu tentu saja ada adegan pembunuhan yang brutal, kekerasan, umpatan, seks, pengkhianatan, kekerasan, vampir dan segala hal bagus yang bisa kita harapkan dari sebuah B-movie yang bagus!

Bourbon Kid yang sepertinya tak terkalahkan, dengan senapan Skorpion dan shotgun-nya, membantai semua orang dalam kegilaan yang disulut oleh sesloki bourbon...more

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Mar 18, 2009 Saima rated it 4 of 5 stars

Initially attracted by the title of the book - curiosity got the better of me ;) Good book, if not a little bizzare and not what I expected. The ending was a suprise - definitely didn't see that coming. Only thing that annoyed me a little was when switching between the two or three characters stories - just as you got to a crucial point you had to leave that character behind and switch back to another person. Not sure what genre it fits under... horror/ thriller/ a little bit of comedy. A good r...more

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Feb 23, 2013 Katia rated it 3 of 5 stars

Dès le début, de ce roman beaucoup de mystères et d'interrogations. L'intrigue se met en place peu à peu, et les personnages (et ils sont nombreux) apparaissent. Ils ont un point commun, ce sont tous des durs à cuire à la gâchette facile. Ce roman est très bon. Je le dis en mesurant mes mots. L'écriture est fine, percutante, simple mais efficace. L'intrigue se déploie et on pénètre dans un univers très riche. Les personnages sont spéciaux dans leur mode de vie, mais en même temps fascinants. On...more Dès le début, de ce roman beaucoup de mystères et d'interrogations. L'intrigue se met en place peu à peu, et les personnages (et ils sont nombreux) apparaissent. Ils ont un point commun, ce sont tous des durs à cuire à la gâchette facile. Ce roman est très bon. Je le dis en mesurant mes mots. L'écriture est fine, percutante, simple mais efficace. L'intrigue se déploie et on pénètre dans un univers très riche. Les personnages sont spéciaux dans leur mode de vie, mais en même temps fascinants. On découvre un milieu unique, une sorte d'interface où se croisent le western, le fantastique et le policier. Il y en a partout, il y en a pour tous les goûts, et on ne peut lire ce livre sans se sentir touché par au moins un personnage. Chaque lecteur peut trouver son compte dans ce polar. Les scènes s'enchaînent et ne se ressemblent pas, on se retrouve d'une page à l'autre dans des ambiances différentes, auprès de protagonistes variés, et on ne s'ennuie pas. Le livre sans nom est en fait une mise en abime puisqu'on s'aperçoit que c'est le sujet du roman d'une part, ce Livre sans nom que personne ne peut consulter sans mourir, et en même temps le roman lui-même, celui que le lecteur a en main. Il ne fait son apparition qu'à la page 208, ce qui laisse donc beaucoup de place à la mise en place de l'intrigue. J'ai entre autre remarqué le personnage de Rodeo Rex, qui sous ses airs de grosse brute invincible, est attachant lorsqu'il se révèle blessé et marqué à jamais par sa rencontre avec le Bourbon Kid. La scène de la bibliothèque est remarquable. Le personnages de Ulrika Price traduit bien, par sa rouerie, la finesse que l'auteur donne à ses personnages. Remarquez d'ailleurs que le mot "scène" n'est pas anodin. Ce roman est finement ciselé, à tel point que l'adaptation cinématographique semble évidente, et il me semble même qu'elle est en préparation. Enfin le dénouement est étonnant, ce qui est bien peu dire. Révélations, retournements de situations, et j'en passe. Pour finir, cet anonymat est une porte ouverte à tous les possibles, et le mystère qui plane autour de cet auteur est plutôt séduisant, ce qui tient sans doute un rôle dans le succès de ce roman. Une chose est certaine, il révèle dans ce roman des qualités d'auteurs de talent.(less)

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Feb 06, 2013 Aisha Putrina rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

ceritanya cukup unik, karena di awal membaca aku ga tau tahun cerita ini kapan, zaman dulu kah, zaman antah berantah kah, atau zaman modern? tapi semakin membaca bisa dikira-kira lah kapan latar ceritanya. tokoh2 yang ada di buku ini gabungan dari banyak tokoh, penjahat, detekfif, polisi, pasangan kekasih yang babil banget, biarawan, vampire, werewolf, sampai dewa kegelapan --'. lumayan aneh sih, tapi yang lebih aneh adalah karena ternyata buku ini seru,hhe, alurnya cukup ga ketebak. masih banya...more

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Nov 05, 2012 Steven Scaffardi rated it 5 of 5 stars

Imagine a story about gangsters, Kung-Fu Monks, an Elvis-impersonating bounty hunter, and swarms of vampires all living in a world that is a cross between The Lost Boys and From Dusk Til Dawn (and not a Twilight reference in sight)! Do I really need to say anything else to get you excited?!

Ok, I suppose I better had otherwise it would be a pretty pointless review...!

Miles Jensen is a detective in the mould of Fox Moulder from the X-Files, and he is sent to the lawless town of Santa Mondega to i...more Imagine a story about gangsters, Kung-Fu Monks, an Elvis-impersonating bounty hunter, and swarms of vampires all living in a world that is a cross between The Lost Boys and From Dusk Til Dawn (and not a Twilight reference in sight)! Do I really need to say anything else to get you excited?!

Ok, I suppose I better had otherwise it would be a pretty pointless review...!

Miles Jensen is a detective in the mould of Fox Moulder from the X-Files, and he is sent to the lawless town of Santa Mondega to investigate a spate of vicious murders. Unbeknown to Detective Jensen is that the root of all this evil is down to a mysterious blue stone known as The Eye of the Moon and all of the low-lifes and blood-sucking creatures of the night that prowl Santa Mondega will stop at nothing to get their hands on it.

It soon becomes very apparent that all of the victims have one thing in common - they have all read the ancient Book With No Name and not one of them has lived to tell the tale. Detective Jensen will need to piece together all the clues if he is to work out what the hell is going on, and he meets some very strange characters in the process, including The Bourbon Kid - who just happens to be a serial killer, blasting his way through the undead, but not before he has a sampled a shot of his beloved whiskey!

A special mention has to go to my favourite character - Sanchez the bartender. The guy is such a weasel, but you can't help but like his self-obsessed and bleak outlook on life. Then again, if you owned a bar and all your clientele were blood suckers, you probably wouldn't be too happy-go-lucky yourself!

This book packs a punch from the very first page and is laced with black humour that will have you chuckling away despite all the blood, gore, and guts that comes in between. The author, who remains anonymous to add further intrigue to the story, manages to convey his story in such a way that it is never a chore to read, and you are always looking forward to picking it up again.

The quickest way I can sum up The Book With No Name is by calling it a Quentin Tarantino movie in the making. It is such a pleasant change to read a proper good old-fashioned vampire story without a ridiculous love triangle splattered all over it. And if that ticks all the boxes for you then make sure you get yourself a copy of this book!

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Jun 08, 2012 Shelby Aldous rated it 4 of 5 stars

Oh, this book was strange. Strange but pretty good. It was very different to anything I'd read before, and kept me hooked. I love the way how different chapters are portrayed by different characters, and then throughout the book everybody is connected with everyone else, one way or another. This was a 'muder mystery' style book, so it was about finding clues and making assumptions, which is always fun. But of course, I don't want to give too much away with who does what in the novel. It would sp...more

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Mar 01, 2012 Marion Linder rated it 3 of 5 stars

J'avoue que je n'arrive pas à savoir si j'ai aimé ce livre ou non.
Quand j'ai vu sur la quatrième de couverture le résumé, je me suis dit que c'est le livre que j'ai toujours voulu lire, en tant que grande fan de Tarantino et Rodriguez. Il faut dire que "le livre le plus rock'n roll de l'année" ça donne envie.
Mais dès le premier chapitre, je commençais à me demander si c'était une très très grosse référence au film Desperado, ou si c'était copié, et déjà je commençais à m'irriter, ne sachant...more

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Nov 18, 2011 Duesterwald-Online rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: krimi-thriller

Inhalt:
In Santa Mondega gehen kuriose Dinge vor sich. Eine Reihe blutiger Morde, immer nach dem gleichen Muster, fallen vor und erinnern erschreckend an eine Mordserie von vor fünf Jahren. Mit darin verwoben sind ein blauer Stein, den alle Welt sucht und haben möchte und ein Buch, das weder Titel noch Autor hat und jeden tötet, der es liest.
Weil das nicht genug ist, steht Santa Mondega auch noch eine Sonnenfinsternis bevor. Eine Sonnenfinsternis, die nicht nur Dunkelheit bringen wird, sondern au...more

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Aug 02, 2011 Claire rated it 5 of 5 stars

Excellent book. I stumbled on it after buying The Book of Lost Things on Amazon and this cropped up as recommended if I liked the other, so I bought it. If you read the reviews on Amazon you'll see repeated that it is about a book, and everyone who reads the book ends up dead. I have to say this isn't strictly true, that makes it sound like a Ring rip off and while yes that is part of it there is also a heck of a lot more going on. With every single chapter ending on a cliffhanger you'll find it...more

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Jul 18, 2011 Shelby rated it 4 of 5 stars

Oh, this book was strange. Strange but pretty good. It was very different to anything I'd read before, and kept me hooked. I love the way how different chapters are portrayed by different characters, and then throughout the book everybody is connected with everyone else, one way or another. This was a 'muder mystery' style book, so it was about finding clues and making assumptions, which is always fun. But of course, I don't want to give too much away with who does what in the novel. It would sp...more

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Feb 16, 2011 Stephanie rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: crime, horror

This review originally appeared at www.readinasinglesitting.com

Goodness. While the identity of the author of The Book With No Name is apparently unknown, I’ll throw my hat into the ring and assert that it’s clearly a collaboration between acclaimed guts-and-gore director Quentin Tarantino and rather less acclaimed hokey-backdrop-and-visible-strings director Ed Wood. Akitchen sink type novel, it contains just about every plot element to have ever graced the pages of a book–other than the kitchen...more This review originally appeared at www.readinasinglesitting.com

Goodness. While the identity of the author of The Book With No Name is apparently unknown, I’ll throw my hat into the ring and assert that it’s clearly a collaboration between acclaimed guts-and-gore director Quentin Tarantino and rather less acclaimed hokey-backdrop-and-visible-strings director Ed Wood. Akitchen sink type novel, it contains just about every plot element to have ever graced the pages of a book–other than the kitchen sink. In short, it’s an uproarious four-hundred pages of unadulterated, unprompted violence, Monty Pythonesque deadpan humour, and homages to Elvis.

Set in the ambiguously located town of Santa Montega (ostensibly somewhere in the southern US of A, or perhaps Mexico, or better yet, the shadowy setting of something out of a Frank Miller graphic novel), The Book With No Name is a tongue-in-cheek narrative that is what you might get if Mario Puzo had written The Name of the Rose. We have a vast ensemble cast (think a cast of extras similarly as extensive as that employed by Peter Jackson in The Lord of the Rings films) of characters so shady their shadows have shadows, and everyone’s either quick to anger or quick to slight someone else in the name of making a buck or two. Our main players? Sanchez, the greasy bartender of the seedy-as-a-watermelon Tapioca, who lives in fear of a recurrence of the massacre he survived some five years ago; the Bourbon Kid, a kid who, oddly enough likes to drink bourbon, and is the perpetrator of said massacre; a bunch of felons-turned-hitmen, hitmen-turned-wrestlers, and whatever other permutation of those three nouns is possible; a couple of running-foul-of-the-law kids; and some crooked cops. Oh, and some ninja monks. And an invincible girl who has just emerged from a coma. Also an Elvis hitman. And a psychic.

Two more things: a nameless book that, Ring-like, causes the death of all who read it; and pretty blue stone that grants immortality.

Ah, that stone. Together with the nameless book that crops up in the last hundred or so pages, this sapphire-like fountain of youth is the MacGuffin that drives every action in this book, and for the most part with witty cynicism. In the name of this thing whole rooms of people are bloodily tortured and murdere, pledges are made, voyages are embarked upon, and all manner of double crossing takes place. Once you’ve accepted that this book is a qualm-less, no-holds-barred pastiche, it’s a readable enough thing, although like Pulp Fiction or Glen or Glenda? will be something either loved or loathed.

But I’m afraid that my ability to suspend disbelief doesn’t work on an industrial scale, and after two hundred or so pages I found my attention beginning to flag. There’s a sameness to this book that makes one feel as though they’re reading a moebius strip, and the interchangeable characters (not to mention the painful racial stereotyping and the almost complete lack of women) with their interchangeable motivations do become a drag after a while. There’s certainly a lull towards the middle, as though the author is waiting for feedback from his online readers before launching, Dickens-esque, back into the next installment. But as far as I’m aware, Dickens didn’t throw vampires and highly dubious lunar eclipses into the latter parts of his serial novels (nor does he feel the need to explain in great detail each allusion, quip, or parallel). The Book With No Name does, and suddenly we have a Hellmouth, some quips about Buffy, people wearing Karate Kid and Terminator costumes, and a rapid devolvement into narrative nonsense. It’s a shame that this latter half of the book is so weak when compared with the first half, but even the best joke suffers when drawn out rather than being allowed the snappy delivery it needs. While the narrator has consciously intruded into the novel from the get-go, which is fair enough given that this book was originally self-published online, and was writtento an audience rather than for an audience, and things roll along with slapstick, rapid-fire (emphasis on rapid-fire, given the incessant violence) speed, this tendency towards as-you-know-Bob syndrome becomes more marked in the later pages, as though the author is becoming increasingly impatient about finally being able to type “the end” (and subsequently append “or is it…?” with adolescent glee). I suppose this is only to be expected given that by this point the majority of the plot is coming from not so much left field as beyond the bleachers all together, but a bit of editorial clean-up would have helped balance the book.

In sum, The Book With No Name is intended as a jaunty romp through the rank waters of gangsta-lit, and for a while (taking into account the caveats above) floats surprisingly well. However, things take a grim and gaudy turn towards the middle, and suddenly the narrative begins to flail so madly one that it seems as though it’s trying to cut a path between Charybdis and Scylla. The novel is fun (albeit somewhat disturbing) in concept, but doesn’t come through in the execution.(less)

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Jun 21, 2011 Bloody Bones rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Mais quel tuerie ! Digne des meilleurs films de Quentin Tarantino et de Robert Rodriguez.
Si vous avez aimé les films Desperado et Une nuit en enfer, ne manquez pas ce roman !
Un énorme coup de coeur, que je regrette de ne pas l'avoir acheté avant. (trois tomes étant déjà sortis aux éditions Sonatine)
C'est sans doute le thriller le plus prenant que j'ai pus lire. Bourré de références cinématographique. Le premier chapitre rappelle la première scène du film Desperado, le nom des deux flics Miles...more

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Aug 12, 2009 Martin Maher rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 5-star, read-in-2009, anonymous

"Whatever you do, don`t read the book with no name. An untitled book by an anonymous author brings death to anyone who reads it."- An interesting quote from the back cover that automatically captures your attention, leaving you wondering what the books about. It`s like when you are kids & your told not to do/touch something. You promise you won`t, but the next thing you know, you breaking your promise. THE BOOK WITH NO NAME is set in a city called San Mondega, which for all the world is like...more

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Sep 01, 2012 Charlotte Jones rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

This book is an adult book about a town called Santa Mondega, vampires, monks, an Elvis impersonating hitman, and a serial killer called the Bourbon Kid.

The plot was amazing in this novel! I think that the depth of the mystery in this book and the gore, contrasted with humourous dialogue and situations. Just the synopsis on the back of the book made me buy this and I toally understand why it is a number 1 international best seller. The plot was helped by the characters and writing and everythin...more

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Sep 30, 2011 Yvi rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: my-books, series-german

Merkwürdig, verwirrend, absurd... Ich bin mir nicht sicher wie ich dieses Buch beschreiben soll.
Ich muß zugeben, dass ich immmer noch nicht wirklich weiß, worum es in der Story geht. Geht es um Serienmörder, Mönche, Vampire, Werwölfe, Barmänner oder Polizisten? Wohl um eine Mischung aus allem. Aber eins kann ich sagen. Ich mochte es. Ich mochte es wirklich. Daher 4 Sterne und die Vorfreude auf die beiden weiteren Teile. :) ...

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May 11, 2013 Camille rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

Wow! This book was amazing <3<3
This is one of the best books I've ever read.<3<3

After only 20 pages,I was hooked. Since the very firsts pages you have a lot of questions that you want an answer to.

You are in Santa Mondega, a city where everybody seems to be a gangster or an hit man. The story develops around a mysterious gemstone named the eye of the moon wich a lot of people wants really bad and are ready to risks their lives for. A brutal death seems to be the consequence of readin...more

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Oct 17, 2011 Kat rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Nobody!

Shelves: why-did-i-even-bother, fiction

The Book with no Name fails to live up to it's dubious hype. No wonder the author wants to remain anonymous - the writing is very poor, the plot is juvenile and half-baked and the characters are unconvincing. I like both plot-driven and character-driven books but this is neither it just stumbles around and disappoints at every turn. If only the minimal sex references and maybe some of the strong language had been removed TBWNN would have been an acceptable book for young teens (actually, it migh...more

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Mar 16, 2013 Sigit Utomo rated it 4 of 5 stars

Ada banyak alasan untuk menyembunyikan identitas. (1) seorang pengecut yg akn aman dr kompensasi karya yg dituliskan. (2) seseorang yg mengeksploitasi hype promosi agr bs memicu keingin tahuan seorang pembaca. (3) orang gila yg ingin seorang pembaca ingin menikmati sebuah karya murni dr kualitasnya sendiri dan bebas dr stereotiping apapun yg berhubungan dengan nama penulis ya.
Dan buku "The Book Without Name" ini sepertinya memilih salah satunya. Buku ini seperti sebuah permainan bongkar pasang....more

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Aug 28, 2012 Marion Meert rated it 1 of 5 stars

I love Tarantino, Carpenter and Rodriguez' works of unconditionnal love! This book seemed like it could take over in the litterature area. Like everybody else, i was really intrigued by this anonymous author and thought it fitted perfectly for this kind of atmosphere.
After reading only 3 pages, i understood that this author wasn't inspired by these great movies and directors... worse! He (she?) only fished some items here and there, he recasted some characters (taking away what was really good),...more

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Aug 07, 2012 Redfox5 rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, fiction, mystery, thriller, usa, vampires, werewolves

I can't remember why I put this book on my wishlist, it wasn't what I was expecting but it was still pretty awesome. Everyone who reads the book with no name is murdered, so this may be my last review. However as a selling point, this could put off more paranoid readers. Most of the characters are scumbags. But there is something a bit likable about all of them. It's not often you'll find me cheering on thieves and liers but this book is a rare case. This book is also about vampires but they are...more

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Mar 11, 2013 Gaby rated it 1 of 5 stars

My dear god... I am so sorry if you actually like this book and find my review offensive. This was presented in an utterly gorgeous manner. I mean, come on. The Book With No Name by Anonymous? Must buy, right?

I tried. I really tried to like this. But in the end the only reason I have not thrown it into an open flame (I am in love with literature and can think of no greater sin than to deface a book) was that I found it useful as an example of how NOT to write.

The story is okay. Not brilliant, n...more

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Jan 06, 2008 Lucy Sheridan rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book gets "only" four stars because I thought that sometimes the author had problems keeping up with the pace of his own story, for a few loose strands I'd have liked to see tied up and for the lack of female characters ;-) Apart from that, a very entertaining horror/fantasy novel with some really cool characters :-)

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Aug 03, 2012 cindy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: bukan-punya, indonesian, dragfrs-black-magic

Yah, jadi seperti yang saya tuliskan sebelum ini, buku ini ceritanya benar-benar aneh. Aneh dalam arti kata agak nyeleneh dan setengah-setengah (setengah fantasi-setengah gangsters dar-der-dor, atau setengah petualangan holy grail-setengah komedi). Bayangkan saja kalau Indiana Jones ketemu Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter dalam film Shoot 'Em Up yang sedang dalam mood melawak. Kombinasi yang sangat tidak biasa dan mengezuutkans.

Singkatnya, sebuah batu bertuah bernama Mata Rembulan dicuri dari perlindu...more Yah, jadi seperti yang saya tuliskan sebelum ini, buku ini ceritanya benar-benar aneh. Aneh dalam arti kata agak nyeleneh dan setengah-setengah (setengah fantasi-setengah gangsters dar-der-dor, atau setengah petualangan holy grail-setengah komedi). Bayangkan saja kalau Indiana Jones ketemu Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter dalam film Shoot 'Em Up yang sedang dalam mood melawak. Kombinasi yang sangat tidak biasa dan mengezuutkans.

Singkatnya, sebuah batu bertuah bernama Mata Rembulan dicuri dari perlindungan para biarawan Hubal. Batu ini dibawa ke kota Santa Mondega, yang anehnya, mengalami Gerhana Matahari setiap 5 tahun sekali. Di sana, batu tsb sudah ditunggu oleh banyak orang dengan agendanya masing-masing. Di Santa Mondega sendiri ada sebuah buku yang tidak berjudul dan ditulis oleh seorang yang tak bernama. Yang mengerikan adalah, semua yang membaca buku ini, mati dengan cara sangat mengenaskan. Lalu tak kurang ajaibnya, karakter-karakter di Santa Mondega ini, ada bartender yang super beruntung, tidak kehilangan nyawanya meski barnya pernah jadi ajang pembantaian, dua kali. Ada seorang pemuda bertudung yang jika minum Bourbon jadi kalap tak terkendali. Ada polisi yang terobsesi pada si bocah bourbon. Ada penjahat super sadis dengan 2 anak buahnya yang juga super sadis. Ada cewek yang sudah ditembak 100(!) peluru teuteup keukeuh belum mau mati juga. Ada Mystic Lady yang jago meramal, tapi gak bisa meramal kematiannya sendiri. Ada Elvis, ada Rex the Vampire Slayer, ada Terminator, ada Freddy Kreuger, ada Cat Woman. Lengkap!

Meski awalnya harus menahan-nahan hati melewati keanehan-keanehan itu semua, anehnya makin dibaca ceritanya makin menarik. Alurnya mengalir dengan cepat, dan walaupun sudut pandang penceritaan berganti-ganti tiap bab, keutuhan kisahnya tetap terjaga. Puncaknya, adegan dalam bar Tapioka di hari terjadinya gerhana dan penyelesaian akhirnya, memberikan sentuhan akhir yang benar-benar tak terduga.

Untuk ratingnya, 4 untuk ceritanya yang sangat unik, 4 untuk endingnya (terutama untuk Dante dan Kacy!), tapi 2 saja untuk adegan dar-der-dornya (sungguh bukan selera saya!!).(less)

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Apr 15, 2013 Ann Crane rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

baca blurb di belakangnya bikin penasaran.. trus ada yg udh kebuka di toko buku, makin penasaran.. suasana yg dibuat baguuusss.. suka banget sma gaya narasinya, penerjemahnya oke bgt :D

awal2 pas baca sy nd ngerti ni cerita mau dibawa kemana, sy mendadak kaget tiba2 muncul vampir!! pdhal ceritanya realistis bgt perasaan, smp di bab2 slnjutnya sy msi brtanya2 "beneran nih vampir?? apa tokohnya cma mau ngelawak??"

tp gara2 itu sy jd suka bgt n memutuskan terjun #cielah ke low fantasi!! XD

adegan yg...more

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