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Title: Gehenna, the Final Night: The Final Night (Vampire the Masquerade) by Ari Marmell ISBN: 1-58846-855-0 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: January, 2004 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An engaging read...
Comment: I think this book will satisfy the curious who are fans of White Wolf's novel series. Who survives, who doesn't, what's left? I really enjoyed the directions that Ari Marmell took familiar characters, though it left me asking about other individual who were sadly, not mentioned. Though it was somewhat predictable, "Gehenna, The Final Night" was a very entertaining read and fun to curl up with on a cold winter night.
Rating: 3
Summary: Too much, too soon
Comment: First, I try to use a realistic rating system. Three stars is not bad it is average. If every book gets five stars, then there is no constructive rating.
I gave this book three stars because the writing is adequate and the story is engaging ... to a point. The author may have been given too momentous of a task. To handle all of Gehenna in one novel is ridiculous. Each clan deserves its own novel. Many of the characters that we have read about over the years are not even mentioned in this book. And some of the big ones who are mentioned are little more than foot notes (see Jan Pieterzoon and Victoria Ash). Even if we accept the premise that this is the end of the world and that all of these vampires are propably dead, it would be nice to read about their final deaths and more importantly how each character reacted to their fate. Did they accept their fate with grace, disdain, despair etc. ?
Finally, though the book tries to give a glimpse as to how the end of the world begins and more importantly the final truth about being a vampire, the length of the novel prohibits the writer from ever generating enough momentum to draw the reader into caring about the characters. Even the final revelation seems to be a little lackluster and succinct. I would have preferred to have waited another year or so and had more material to digest with an in depth look at those characters who have captured the imagination in former WOD books.
Rating: 4
Summary: Surprisingly Satisfying
Comment: This novelization of the end of White Wolf's Vampire: The Masquerade was far better than I expected and I must say I put the book down with a "wow" on my lips. Mr. Marmell combined characters we know and love, with seat-of-your-pants action, to provide a gripping and moving story of The End. I'm almost tempted to buy the other two books in the series, despite my only being a VTM fan....
The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is that it did not provide what everybody wants/expects at "end of the world" scenarios: Answers. Come on, if White Wolf and its crew are the true "gods" of this world they made, they could at least provide us some answers to the myths and half-truths they've hinted at over the years. Yes, the book allows us a taste of Caine, gives us at least one (possibly two) Antedeluvians, and hints at a couple more, but that's it. Just crumbs. I personally wanted to know just which Antedeluvians were "real" and which were myths. What about the Second Generation of Caine? Who officially sired which clan, who's behind the Jyhad, what caused Caine to curse his childer, and so on (and, yes, I'm terribly PO'd over the "official" answer concerning the truth about the Antedeluvians given in Vampire: Gehenna). I would've preferred just a tad more clarification...but still a damn fine story.
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Title: Werewolf: The Last Battle (Werewolf) by White W0Lf, White Wolf Publishing Inc ISBN: 1588468569 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Judgement Day (Mage) by White W0Lf, White Wolf Publishing Inc ISBN: 1588468577 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: March, 2004 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Apocalypse: Time of Judgement (Werewolf) by Chris Bowen, Chris Campbell, James Comer, Harry Heckel, Rick Jones, James Kiley, Sean Riley, White Wolf Publishing Inc ISBN: 1588463230 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: World of Darkness: Time of Judgment (World of Darkness) by David Carroll, Michael Goodwin, Eleanor Holmes, Steve Kenson, Carrie Ann Lewis, Patrick O'Duffy, Greg Stolze, Kyla Ward, Chuck Wendig, Peter Woodworth ISBN: 158846475X Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: March, 2004 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: The Red Sign (Vampire) by Brian Campbell, Conrad Hubbard, Jacob Klunder, Carrie Lewis ISBN: 1588462455 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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