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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness."
"My baby boy..." she whispers before dying.
Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatal affliction was actually the wor...more
"My baby boy..." she whispers before dying.
Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatal affliction was actually the wor...more
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Published
March 2nd 2010
by Grand Central Publishing
(first published 2010)
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Jul 30, 2012
Jared Vincent Lacaran
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
PPL HU DSNT LYK VAMP RMNCE
FINALLY, A VAMPIRE BOOK THAT'S NOT ABOUT SEXUALLY FRUSTRATED NECROPHILIAC TEENAGERS! I'M NOW ONE HAPPY MOTHERFUCKER.
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Slowly, I'm getting my blog reviews up here. Here's one from 2 years ago almost to the day. It's always nice to be a couple years ahead of the curve. :D
Like I said before, I'm not immune to peer pressure. The opposite is in fact true. I also realize this is probably getting as annoying as hearing about how busy people are and excuses as to why there's no posting. I'll attempt to refrain (doh!).
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter tells the story found in Lincoln's secret journal describing his alterna...more
Like I said before, I'm not immune to peer pressure. The opposite is in fact true. I also realize this is probably getting as annoying as hearing about how busy people are and excuses as to why there's no posting. I'll attempt to refrain (doh!).
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter tells the story found in Lincoln's secret journal describing his alterna...more
I usually don't read biographies or vampire lit. My boyfriend's mom passed along "Abraham Lincoln" Vampire Hunter," and I politely accepted. I remember rolling my eyes the first time I spied the flashy cover in the Minneapolis airport. Some weeks prior in a pitifully sparse lit section of Borders I realized the tremendous volume of vampire-themed novels. Author Seth Grahame-Smith is not alone. Authors are courting vampires like David Letterman and production assistants. I've never opened a novel...more
I came across this book at Barnes & Noble while I was at Union Station in DC and had to call a friend who has encyclopedic knowledge of books of this genre.
I was pulled in immediately by the cover and decided that I was going to buy it on my way home.
How could you not want to read a book about someone like Lincoln, who seemingly faced tragedy upon tragedy in his personal life only to be doubly tested in his political life.
The book is built on the premise that Lincoln kept a series of secret...more
I was pulled in immediately by the cover and decided that I was going to buy it on my way home.
How could you not want to read a book about someone like Lincoln, who seemingly faced tragedy upon tragedy in his personal life only to be doubly tested in his political life.
The book is built on the premise that Lincoln kept a series of secret...more
Brilliant premise, but oh-so-clunky in execution. This mish-mash of historical texts and vampire hunting action chugged along dutifully to the end, much like a dry textbook on U.S. History. With vampires.
I think my biggest gripe is that we are told again and again how great a man Lincoln is, how he could win over a crowd with his electrifying oratory, and yet we aren't shown it. I wanted to feel it, with examples, not the author's assurances. I also felt like Lincoln was kept at a distance from...more
I think my biggest gripe is that we are told again and again how great a man Lincoln is, how he could win over a crowd with his electrifying oratory, and yet we aren't shown it. I wanted to feel it, with examples, not the author's assurances. I also felt like Lincoln was kept at a distance from...more
Seth Grahame-Smith's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter had a prominent display place in my local library, which is how I picked it up but still haven't read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. It's a ripping yarn but the way Grahame-Smith has vampires involved in slavery and the Civil War shifts real historical figures' motives in ways I dislike and can't approve of. I felt that it cheapened things. I hated the ending, seeing it as out of character for Lincoln as he's presented in this book as well a...more
If it's your tendency to roll your eyes at literary mashups such as Jane Slayre and Android Karenina, then I bet they rolled back into your head when what seems to be an affront to the greatest president in American history was published: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Mine certainly did, and I'm a fan of Lincoln and vampires. However, Seth Grahame-Smith, who also wrote Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, did extensive research into Lincoln and the politics and culture of Lincoln's time and he en...more
When I first saw the title a while back, I had first thought it would be some ridiculously campy, cheesy vampire book. But then the movie previews caught my attention and made me reconsider. And since I've decided to watch the movie, I of course, had to first read the book.
AL:VH was so much more than I was expecting; rich in detail, the story quickly drew me in and I was hooked. The story was interspersed with newspaper articles and speeches that I assume are actual historical fact that gave it...more
AL:VH was so much more than I was expecting; rich in detail, the story quickly drew me in and I was hooked. The story was interspersed with newspaper articles and speeches that I assume are actual historical fact that gave it...more
Okay. Having seen the title, how can I not read this? It's too wonderfully weird and silly not to read.
And what makes it work for me even more is...having seen a very serious catalog of American antiques (they specialise in Civil War-era items) that listed as from St.-Louis 1856 a boxed (patented! Dr. Someone's!) anti-vampire kit (two pistols, bullet mould, silver bullets, ivory cross that converts to a stake, vial of holy water, small mirror) for approx. $2500...I have to read this book. It se...more
And what makes it work for me even more is...having seen a very serious catalog of American antiques (they specialise in Civil War-era items) that listed as from St.-Louis 1856 a boxed (patented! Dr. Someone's!) anti-vampire kit (two pistols, bullet mould, silver bullets, ivory cross that converts to a stake, vial of holy water, small mirror) for approx. $2500...I have to read this book. It se...more
FINALLY!!!!!! FREAKING AWESOME! 4.5 STARS!!!
Jumping with joy!
And I want to do this after reading this book!
Because:
1. I still think that this is the book that manage to blur the line of fiction and non fiction. Interestingly, I know that I was reading an Abraham Lincoln true autobiography, but with added paranormal twist of vampires.
2. There is no vampire lamenting on their love towards human like the Twilight couples! No human adores the vampire with starry eyes and dreamy look (gah *shakes he...more
Jumping with joy!
And I want to do this after reading this book!
Because:
1. I still think that this is the book that manage to blur the line of fiction and non fiction. Interestingly, I know that I was reading an Abraham Lincoln true autobiography, but with added paranormal twist of vampires.
2. There is no vampire lamenting on their love towards human like the Twilight couples! No human adores the vampire with starry eyes and dreamy look (gah *shakes he...more
Feb 17, 2010
Liza
rated it
2 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
abandoned,
adult-fiction
I've been a Wisconsinite my whole life. I know cheese.
That said, I read 131 pages of this before I put it down. After all, cheese can be fun.
However, ALVH was more your store-brand Velvetta than your aged sharp cheddar.
I kept reading for a couple of reasons.
1) It was SO much better than Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
2) The concept was intriguing
3) Much like a plate of cheesy nachos, one often keeps going back for more when they really should stop
I stopped reading because -
1) The writing was...more
That said, I read 131 pages of this before I put it down. After all, cheese can be fun.
However, ALVH was more your store-brand Velvetta than your aged sharp cheddar.
I kept reading for a couple of reasons.
1) It was SO much better than Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
2) The concept was intriguing
3) Much like a plate of cheesy nachos, one often keeps going back for more when they really should stop
I stopped reading because -
1) The writing was...more
Alt-history by the creator of that trend of adding monsters to fiction, starting with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which quite frankly, I rifled through once, saw the bits that had been added, winced at how they'd been added, and put it gently back down and backed away.
See, that sounds like a great idea for a late night discussion at a pub when you're all tipsy and want to argue about what would happen if zombies invaded Jane Austen. To me, that remains the proper locale. Such discussions do...more
See, that sounds like a great idea for a late night discussion at a pub when you're all tipsy and want to argue about what would happen if zombies invaded Jane Austen. To me, that remains the proper locale. Such discussions do...more
Wasn't going to read this unless I found it for a steal at Goodwill or something, but the movie previews have been all over the TV piquing my interest, and a few GR friends have said it was actually very good, so I used some of my birthday money to get this paperback. Lo and behold, I liked it rather well! I'll probably have to wait until the movie's on DVD to see that, but the book's undoubtedly better anyway. At first it was kind of weird reading it in the way it's presented, the clips of 'jou...more
Abraham Lincoln is one of my personal heroes. I enjoy reading about his life and times, the Civil War and the biographies or diaries of people who lived through it.
I also enjoy dark urban fantasy; urban romance just pisses me off.
I should like this, right? Right?
Actually, I am pretty ambivalent about it. I enjoyed the story. It could have been any main character and the story of how vampires influenced the Civil War could have been an interesting premise. The life of the vampire hunter during t...more
I also enjoy dark urban fantasy; urban romance just pisses me off.
I should like this, right? Right?
Actually, I am pretty ambivalent about it. I enjoyed the story. It could have been any main character and the story of how vampires influenced the Civil War could have been an interesting premise. The life of the vampire hunter during t...more
OMG! OK...I loved this book! I've never read anything like this before. Recently I've been reading outside of my typical choice of genre and I'm loving it!
I must admit, I didn't pick up the book or give it a second thought, when I seen the original cover. However, when I laid eyes on the movie version cover, it grabbed my attention and I was in for the ride.
I even went as far as finding the movie trailer online: http://youtu.be/VOZb-x6q6u0 and http://youtu.be/wZp7eBStN1U
I enjoyed every bit of hi...more
I must admit, I didn't pick up the book or give it a second thought, when I seen the original cover. However, when I laid eyes on the movie version cover, it grabbed my attention and I was in for the ride.
I even went as far as finding the movie trailer online: http://youtu.be/VOZb-x6q6u0 and http://youtu.be/wZp7eBStN1U
I enjoyed every bit of hi...more
I am not an expert on Abraham Lincoln's life. I know he was the 16th President. That his election as President along with a few other events lead to the South seceding from the Union and the start of the Civil War. He emancipated the slaves, wrote the Gettysburg address and was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in the Ford Theater. I may know a fact or two more if I thinking about it. You may also think you know a lot about life but after reading this controversial biography you may be thinking...more
This is by the author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and I must confess I found that the joke – the combination of elegant manners and bloody mayhem – did not last nearly the length of the novel. However, Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter is surprisingly good. Apart from being an excellent and quite painless way of learning a good deal about American history (‘how many British people know that Lincoln’s assassination was only part of a wider plot which was to have included the death of the Sec...more
Tremendously exciting and compelling. Yet also frustrating and disappointing.
I had really mixed feelings about this book. The use of vampires as a plot feature is both an incredible blessing and a fatal flaw.
On the one hand, because "vampires" are the force behind slavery in the south, the author can afford to be brutally honest and shockingly direct about how bad slavery really was. It's worth noting that, even half a century after the Civil Rights movement, most so-called "literary" fiction a...more
I had really mixed feelings about this book. The use of vampires as a plot feature is both an incredible blessing and a fatal flaw.
On the one hand, because "vampires" are the force behind slavery in the south, the author can afford to be brutally honest and shockingly direct about how bad slavery really was. It's worth noting that, even half a century after the Civil Rights movement, most so-called "literary" fiction a...more
Here I go again...braving the waters of controversy in a skiff of electrons.... I know a lot of you like this book, some of you like it immensely. It caught my eye because (let's face it) this is less than usual subject matter. I suppose I expected the topic to be dealt with in a somewhat tongue and cheek manner. I'm not familiar Seth Grahame-Smith's other work, none of the others caught my interest. I'm not, after all a Jane Austen fan and I am relatively conservative, so his prior works just d...more
Dec 26, 2012
Gina Denny
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
supernatural-and-paranormal
Good fun but not OH MY GOSH YOU HAVE TO READ THIS.
It was less gory than I expected, but still earns the horror genre it's been shoved into. It focused more on Lincoln and his emotional state and personal reasons for being a vampire hunter, which was nice.
I found myself crying in several places because the emotional context was so strong.
You've probably heard of this and formed your own opinions, and if you think you'll enjoy it, you're probably right. It's well crafted, enough that you almost...more
It was less gory than I expected, but still earns the horror genre it's been shoved into. It focused more on Lincoln and his emotional state and personal reasons for being a vampire hunter, which was nice.
I found myself crying in several places because the emotional context was so strong.
You've probably heard of this and formed your own opinions, and if you think you'll enjoy it, you're probably right. It's well crafted, enough that you almost...more
Read for Fun!
Overall Rating 4.25
Story Rating: 4.50
Character Rating: 4.00
Audio Rating: 4.50 (not part of the overall rating)
Movie Review: 1.50 (not part of the overall rating)
Book Review: I really enjoyed Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter! It was a fun twist on a very well-known historic figure. As long as you suspended disbelief, it was easy to imagine this alternate version of the history. Seth Grahame-Smith stayed close to the actual historical timeline, taking a few liberties here and there, an...more
Overall Rating 4.25
Story Rating: 4.50
Character Rating: 4.00
Audio Rating: 4.50 (not part of the overall rating)
Movie Review: 1.50 (not part of the overall rating)
Book Review: I really enjoyed Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter! It was a fun twist on a very well-known historic figure. As long as you suspended disbelief, it was easy to imagine this alternate version of the history. Seth Grahame-Smith stayed close to the actual historical timeline, taking a few liberties here and there, an...more
This was an interesting book that I read in about 2 days time. I think Smith really does a good job at blending fact with fiction to make a really good story about the true founding of America, and the reasons behind slavery, and the Civil War.
This book reads like a biography written about Abraham Lincoln from the sources of his own private journals. The book is full of these journal excerpts. While I was reluctant to read this book for that reason, I was surprised to find it well written and pr...more
This book reads like a biography written about Abraham Lincoln from the sources of his own private journals. The book is full of these journal excerpts. While I was reluctant to read this book for that reason, I was surprised to find it well written and pr...more
What’s fun, even charming, about Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is it reads like an earnest biography of Lincoln, chronicling his life from childhood to adulthood. Knowing very little about the man himself (save for trivial bits, like being on the penny), I actually learned a lot about him, which is...read more
I decided to read this book because the title itself is very intriguing and there's a movie adaptation coming out this summer. So, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is about a journal that has passages that describe a man and his encounters with the supernatural creatures known as vampires. But as the reader gets deeper and deeper into this journal, he finds out that it belongs to none other than the big-bearded, hat-wearing president, Abraham Lincoln. My favorite quote of the book was, "The day H...more
Book 33 2012 Reading Challenge--I just finished it twenty minutes ago, and my thoughts range from - it was okay and I liked it. It was more bloody and violent and gory than I needed. It was a jumble of parts that never all fit--some of the characters and themes were underdeveloped. It was an ambitious undertaking- it was a strange book. I am not, at all, sure how I feel about revisionist history, but I may be, overall, opposed to it. Historical fiction- this is not. What would happen if this typ...more
So much more fun than I expected! Tons better than PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, too! A perfect balance between actual biography and fantasy, I really did start to wonder if vampires hadn't funded the south's secession . . .
First off, this review comes from someone who did not grow up in the United States and thus knows virtually nothing of Abe Lincoln's life (other than he was involved in a war that had something to do with civility... probably). Thus, distinguishing historically accurate facts from elements exclusive to the subtle tongue-in-cheek narrative was difficult at times, but that has little impact on the brunt of the narrative.
Now, I am all for reimaginings and reinterpretations of pretty much anything....more
Now, I am all for reimaginings and reinterpretations of pretty much anything....more
The author
Seth Grahame-Smith is a best-selling author, screenwriter, infrequent political blogger and producer of film and television.
He grew up in Weston and Bethel, Connecticut, and received a degree in film from Boston's Emerson College. In 2004, eh quit a TV development job to become a freelance writer- and for a few years that seemed like a very bad decision.
Published in 2009 his first novel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list.
Seth lives in...more
Seth Grahame-Smith is a best-selling author, screenwriter, infrequent political blogger and producer of film and television.
He grew up in Weston and Bethel, Connecticut, and received a degree in film from Boston's Emerson College. In 2004, eh quit a TV development job to become a freelance writer- and for a few years that seemed like a very bad decision.
Published in 2009 his first novel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list.
Seth lives in...more
This is a very hard book for me to review because while I can appreciate the cleverness--even the audacity--of the idea, I didn't like the book. Maybe I just don't like the idea of taking a national icon and turning him into an axe murderer of the undead, maybe I don't like visiting more tragedy on a man whose life was already full of it, maybe I just don't like horror stories. Most likely it is a combination of all three, plus a couple of serious flaws in the story.
As Grahame-Smith explains in...more
As Grahame-Smith explains in...more
So Abraham Lincoln was the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather of Sam and Dean Winchester.
Kidding.
Okay so this book was chopped into 3 parts. The first chapter is The Boy. it's basically about Abraham and how he was during childhood days. Part 1 shows where Abraham started and how it - him being a vampire hunter-all started.
The 2nd part is actually the most fictitious part since it is the part where Abe is very much active in vampire hunting.
3rd chapt...more
Kidding.
Okay so this book was chopped into 3 parts. The first chapter is The Boy. it's basically about Abraham and how he was during childhood days. Part 1 shows where Abraham started and how it - him being a vampire hunter-all started.
The 2nd part is actually the most fictitious part since it is the part where Abe is very much active in vampire hunting.
3rd chapt...more
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Seth Grahame-Smith (born Seth Jared Greenberg) is an American author, screenwriter and film producer. He is best known for his novels Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter which both hit the New York Times' best seller list. Seth Grahame-Smith lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Erin, and his son, Joshua.
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