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Title: Clan Novel: Tremere by Eric Griffin ISBN: 1-56504-827-X Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 1.7 (10 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not as impressive.
Comment: Honestly, I would equivilance this book to the Clan Novel Toreodor. The bad side of it includes that the story is too vague to be truly enjoyed. Everything is in a dream state description. And most of all, I did not find any section of it pulling me to read it like some of the other Clan Novels. An example I would give is the beginning of it where Sturbridge is involved in a big ritual. How she got up there, the powers she used, the little component details were all lacking. The whole thing had little background and a lot of dream description. On the good side of the story, it did explain the Giovanni death. The author was really good about showing damn disciplined is the Tremere clan.
Not the best of the clan novels, that's for sure.
Rating: 1
Summary: One of the Worst Clan Novels
Comment: I was never a fan of the Tremere. All that blood magic and stuff; it just caught me as boring. Nevertheless, I have, in the past, enjoyed reading about the Tremere. The history of that clan, along with the unique discipline of Thaumaturgy (well, if you don't count Assamite Sorcery, Setite Sorcery, Koldunic Sorcery, or any of the other "magical" disciplines), usually made the Tremere (and the material they appeared in) at least worth a look. I was disappointed, then, after reading this book. To be blunt; it's not well written. Sometimes, when you're reading it, you'll wonder just what is going on, especially when one of the characters is engaging in an otherwise normal activity, then suddenly is transported to a place "in the ocean". I mean, it was distracting enough to want to just put the book down and quit reading it. Not only that, but none of the main concepts of the book were explained well enough. The book will give you a little bit of information, but then not expand on just what that information means. A good example of this would be when Aisling learned that Vitel knew a Tremere named Dorfman. What WAS the significance of this? Don't presume that we already know -- at least tell us; it really wouldn't take that much more work, after all.
These are a few more examples:
What exactly is "The Dragon's Graveyard"? And who or what is "The Dragon"? I read the Transylvania Chronicles and I heard that "The Dragon" was Salout, but he isn't in New York City, right? The main Anteduvilian that was in NYC was Tzimisce, so is "The Dragon's Graveyard" just where Tzimisce rests?
I know this was a main part of the book but I still can't understand -- what is "the well"? Is it just something in the Tremere blood that allows them to use "magic" disciplines? Is it something that allows them to retreat inward and escape from the outer world? And, for God's sake, WHO are the Children? Souls of those that were killed? But why would they be inside of Aisling's well? Didn't make sense to me.
Another thing; was Maeve actually Aisling's mortal child, or just a metaphor for Aisling's "new life"? Because that's the only thing I could come up with after reading how Eva was "comsumed utterly" by the light -- whatever that light was.
Why did the Tremere all think that Aaron was a hero for allowing Foley to be killed? And why did Anwar (the Assamite who did the deed) keep refering to him as "Aaron-light bringer"?
Also, I would like to point out a typo. On page 258, it says, "Jacqueline let Sturbridge's hand drop." By this point, Jacqueline was ALREADY DEAD, and not only that, it was Eva and Sturbridge who were having a conversation; Jacqueline was not even in the conversation. The book was also never kind enough to tell us exactly WHY Jacqueline died, or who was responsible for the deed (after all, Kindred are immortal; if they die it's probably because they were murdered).
Lastly, what was the point of the stories that Talbott kept telling? They DID NOT have ANY relevance to the story at all! I didn't even know who the main character in those stories was, much less what they were supposed to be telling.
Overall, you will read this book only if you have to. It IS part of the series, therefore you may have to read it to understand a little bit more. In other words, to get you ready for book 13. Nonetheless, you will not enjoy reading it; and when you are done you will probably not know any more than you did before you started reading it; so there's really no reason to even spend six dollars on this.
Rating: 1
Summary: Discontinuity, Needless Wordy Metaphors, Waste of Time
Comment: Although hard to believe a book in the series could be worse then Malkavian, this takes the trophy. I've never seen an author try to use so many words to discribe the irrelevant. The chantry seems to be run like a one room school house, complete with crying children and story hour. Trying to pull some meaning from the events is further confused from the chapters needlessly jumping back and forth in the story line. This is the single worst book I've read and is greatly over-rated at one star.
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Title: Clan Novel: Giovanni by Justin Achilli ISBN: 1565048261 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Brujah by Gerbod Fleming, Gherbod Fleming ISBN: 1565048253 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Clan Novel: Ravnos by Kathleen Ryan ISBN: 1565048083 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Clan Novel: Malkavian by Stewart Wieck ISBN: 1565048199 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: April, 1900 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Clan Novel: Lasombra by Richard E. Dansky ISBN: 1565048075 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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