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156th out of 258 books
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568 voters
The Eye of the Moon (Bourbon Kid #2)
by
Anonymous
Following a massive rampage that left the streets of Santa Mondega soaked with blood, the elusive supernatural serial killer known only as the Bourbon Kid is now himself being haunted. Hot on his heels are several vampire gangs, the Secret Service, a couple of werewolves, corrupt cops, and the Dark Lord himself, and none will rest until he is dead. But the Kid has a vengea...more
Paperback, 384 pages
Published
April 1st 2009
by Michael O'Mara
(first published 2008)
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A must for fans of 'The Book with No Name'. It's written in the same style, has as much action (or violence, whichever way you want to look at it) and is as funny and fun as the first. It has some returning characters, Dante and Kacy, Peto the Monk, Sanchez and Jessica. And of course the Bourbon Kid. There are werewolves, vampire gangs, vampire cops and a new (or very old) Dark Lord.
It lets you in on some back stories of some of the characters from the first book, as well as some of the charact...more
It lets you in on some back stories of some of the characters from the first book, as well as some of the charact...more
The Eye of the Moon by Anonymous is the follow up to The Book with No Name, presumably written by the same author. I read the first novel a couple of years ago and thought it was a fun, easy read that contained some entertaining elements. Based on that, I decided to give the sequel a try.
The story is once again set in the fictional sleazy American border town of Santa Mondega and follows various low lives as they try to get their hands on a magical crystal, the mysteriously monickered The Eye of...more
The story is once again set in the fictional sleazy American border town of Santa Mondega and follows various low lives as they try to get their hands on a magical crystal, the mysteriously monickered The Eye of...more
This book was ridiculous. Slapstick violence throughout, although some of it was very funny. I was describing a scene where one of the “baddies” (I’ve put baddies in quotes because nearly everyone was a baddie in this book) gets shot up in a lift and my son James (6) who shouldn’t have been listening found it hilarious. The first book “The Book With No Name” was much better, and if you remember my review of that I wondered how the book could continue to a second novel when everyone in the first...more
Pheeew.. Udah lumayan lama juga saya baca buku pertamanya The Book With No Name.. Waktu itu saya baca terjemahan dari penerbit Kantera, setelah ditunggu2 sequelnya The Eye Of The Moon ini ngga juga terbit jadi ya sudah beli yang bahasa inggrisnya saja.
Setelah baca mungkin akan lebih seru lagi kalo saya baca yang bhs inggrisnya saja dari buku pertama. Banyak banget jokes yang agak ganjil kalo diterjemahin ke bahasa indonesia. Di akhir buku pertama kita akhirnya ngeh kalau Santa Mondega adalah kot...more
Self-aware, straight faced parody can be a good thing. It worked pretty well with this book's predecessor, The Book With No Name: it was funny, well aware of the ridiculousness of the plot and it had engaging characters.
In The Eye of the Moon, the author decided to amp that up. Unfortunatly, it was a badly handled decision, and the plot turned really ridiculous and the characters became cartoony. (Not to mention some really glaring incongruences in continuity, but that's another problem.)
Parody...more
In The Eye of the Moon, the author decided to amp that up. Unfortunatly, it was a badly handled decision, and the plot turned really ridiculous and the characters became cartoony. (Not to mention some really glaring incongruences in continuity, but that's another problem.)
Parody...more
So here were are again, in Santa Mondega! We meet Elvis, Sanchez, the Mystic Lady, Dante & Kacy, the Bourbon Kid, obviously, and other characters again. This books picks up where The Book With No Name ended.
I was eager to get to know whether my questions which TBWNN left me with would be answered. And, damn, it did answer all of them! Mainly the one why tBK drink bourbon and why he is so violent, psycho and so on.
A page turner, you can't put it down! Which is awesome! Each chapter ends with...more
I was eager to get to know whether my questions which TBWNN left me with would be answered. And, damn, it did answer all of them! Mainly the one why tBK drink bourbon and why he is so violent, psycho and so on.
A page turner, you can't put it down! Which is awesome! Each chapter ends with...more
Ein Jahr ist vergangen seit dem Massaker in der Tapioca Bar in Santa Mondega. Bourbon Kid ist untergetaucht, nachdem er von einem Vampir gebissen wurde. Sanchez versteckt eine wunderschöne Frau über der Tapioca Bar, die seit dem Massaker im Koma liegt. Dante hat Kacy endlich einen Heiratsantrag gemacht, und sie wollen eigentlich einen romantischen Urlaub in Santa Mondega verbringen, wo ihre Liebe begann, als Dante den Auftrag erhält die örtlichen Vampirclan auszuspionieren.
Bald ist wieder Hallow...more
Bald ist wieder Hallow...more
This is the sequel to The Book With No Name, there are many similarities , the extent of violence, the myriad of characters, the pace to name but a few. There are obvious improvements , this time the author has given the semblance of a plot with some characters playing a more central role to the one they played in The Book With No Name. e.g. Dante and others are playing initially a less sensational role e.g. the Bourbon Kid he previously rampaged and killed just for the fun of it but as this nov...more
even more gore, even more blood, even more weird creatures, even more twisted chracters, even more fun and sarcasm... it's simply amazing and funny and i dare to say that i nearly liked it better than the first one.
you also get to read a chapter or two on the bourbon kid's teenage years and why he turned out the way he is. i really liked that because it was very interesting and made me love his character even more than in the first book. in the first book i wouldn't really mind if he died but i...more
you also get to read a chapter or two on the bourbon kid's teenage years and why he turned out the way he is. i really liked that because it was very interesting and made me love his character even more than in the first book. in the first book i wouldn't really mind if he died but i...more
Este libro lo leí porque el primero no era malo así que me decidí por darle una oportunidad. Y a medida que avancé en la historia me di cuenta de que no me equivoqué del todo. (view spoiler)...more
Excellent. I agree with most of the other reviewers here - it's a superior book to the first in almost every way... the violence is better, the characters more defined and the humour spot on. Characters who bugged me in the first book have developed and have grown on me.
Great opening chapter - good to see Elvis again!
If you've read the first book and rated it 3 stars plus, you may as well read this - it's a star better than The Book With No Name.
Great opening chapter - good to see Elvis again!
If you've read the first book and rated it 3 stars plus, you may as well read this - it's a star better than The Book With No Name.
Seems like the body count was even higher here than in The Book With No Name. It was still a fascinating story, but didn't seem quite as well thought out. The author tried to give Bourbon Kid a motivation here, whereas in the first book, it was just the way he was - which actually was more in the spirit of the book.
I still really enjoyed it though, and had a very difficult time putting it down. It's wacky enough to appeal to my sense of the absurd, and only occasionally had me wincing from the g...more
I still really enjoyed it though, and had a very difficult time putting it down. It's wacky enough to appeal to my sense of the absurd, and only occasionally had me wincing from the g...more
Tongue firmly in cheek. This is a bit of a breath of fresh air to vampire stories. It carries on where 'the book with no name' left off. Although not quite as good (probably because it lacks the surprise element of the last book) it's still an easy quick read where you don't have to get overly stressed about liking any of the characters!
I thought this was a decent follow up to The Book With No Name. I felt like it was more of the same and although it took some bold choices in regards to who lives and dies, I didn't think it did enough to hook you. I felt all the 'hip' stuff got a bit much the more I read and the film refrences just fall flat. Like an unfunny joke. I don't like to tear anyone down, more so after I found out these books were slef published, but I it read like a fan fiction at times. By that I mean, the writer isn...more
Oh, I really enjoyed this book - like the first one "The book with no name".
Blood-soaked, vampire, fantasy, first class action - in the end!
The first two thirds of book were a bit slow - though the chapters are really short. So I was not able to get into the story easily.
But in the end the story catched me and I'm sooo curious what will happen next!
Blood-soaked, vampire, fantasy, first class action - in the end!
The first two thirds of book were a bit slow - though the chapters are really short. So I was not able to get into the story easily.
But in the end the story catched me and I'm sooo curious what will happen next!
Loved the first book but this one is probably better. There's actually more blood and guts in this book than The Book With No Name. And it has more twists and turns than an entire series of 24. Bring on the next one.
The Bourbon Kid rules!!!
The Bourbon Kid rules!!!
A disappointment: same writing style and still some fun parts, but it's too much a repetition of the book with no name. The (long) flash back at the beginning is overall quite poor and I found the ending a bit stretched.
Fun to read, hard to follow. There is so much going on that it is difficult to keep track of everyone. I wish the Bourbon Kid made more of an appearance. His story is way more interesting than Dante and Kacy, whom I want to like but also want to smack at other times. Still, an entertaining tale and I'm looking forward to the third installment.
Follow-up to The Book with No Name. This book is even better than the previous one. It has action fantasy romance and comedy. You have to try it to understand what I mean!
A brilliant follow up to the first book with just as much action and some of my favourite characters from the first book! I would actually love to live in this little town!
Même si j'adore cette série, ce tome n'était pas un grand coup de cœur comme il l'était le premier tome. J'ai adoré retrouver le Bourbon Kid et tous les personnages, me retrouver dans l'atmosphère bizarre et sinistre de Santa Mondega et la touche d'humeur qui me fait sourire même au milieu des massacres et tueries, mais le fait que dans ce tome est révélée l'identité du Bourbon Kid et son histoire m'a déplu puisque ça lui a ôté un peu de charme auquel j'ai succombé dans le premier tome l, aussi,...more
Terrible book, plot all over the place and the standard of writing is dire. Plus most of the setting is nicked from films. No originality, no quality.
not as good as the 1st but still very good and worth a read, this one has a ancient mummy a lot more vampires and some werewolves oh and few more killings
Once again a fantastic read and great follow up to the book with no name. It was just what the first book needed and boy did it do it justice.
I found this book to be even better than The Book With No Name - again very well plotted and with some wonderful humour and characterisation
Der Nachfolger von "Das Buch ohne Namen".
Hat Spaß gemacht aber zeitweise schlich sich ein Gefühl von Langatmigkeit ein.
Hat Spaß gemacht aber zeitweise schlich sich ein Gefühl von Langatmigkeit ein.
Another great read, next in collection from book with no name. Great to know the Bourbon kid is still killing.
A weird combination of vampire/werewolf/horror with some comedy and gore thrown in. I think I liked it.
volet 2 de l'auteur anonyme, entre fantastique et humour, le bourbon kid est toujours là !
The second book was actually a prequel of sorts to the first book - and it was much better.
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