![]() ![]() When he arrives at his newly acquired castle his younger brother is there to greet him along with some of the locals. In this addition Strahd Von Zarovich has lead his men through the war and now they are on their way to claim his land and property. ![]() I found it rather interesting how in the Ravenloft series each book is written by a different author. I was not expecting to like this book as much as I did. No, but I could "see" the characters, wonderfully detailed and yet not bogged down. The entire book was excellent, no one scene was the "everything" scene and all downhill after that.ĭid you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? It held my attention all the way through the book and I'll look for the next one. This was a book more about revenge than sex,but love plays a role, too. I'm not a prude by a long shot, but it was nice the author didn't just put in excess sex scenes that didn't work in this story as per the times and mores, and that the story ran smoothly for that exclusion in this book. Sex, often over used in many novels, is almost not here at all, except for alluding to, not describing it. The emotional content is also fierce, as is the main character, so you would expect no less. The viewpoint is from the main character and remains true to his station and background, and historically, is pretty true to the times. The intensity of the characters, the building of the story made me stay with it and waiting for the next part. The story works- yes, it's a vampire story, so there are parts you have to suspend belief in reality some, but it's a sensible suspension, a logical thing. If you could sum up I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire in three words, what would they be? ![]() Hopefully someone will listen to us some day. I urge fans of these books or even the curious to request them through audible. At the very least the books I mentioned by Gene DeWeese, the excellent and rare anthology called Tales of Ravenloft which has another Strahd short story in it, as well as books from different worlds by J Robert King, Simon Hawke, and Nigel Findley should be added. ![]() Likewise other "iconic" Ravenloft novels as well as ones for other lesser known Dungeons & Dragons worlds like Spelljammer, Planescape and Darksun are also missing. The second book in the series ties directly into events from both Strahd novels. I, Strahd 2: The War Against Azalin is offered on Audible, but the two excellent Azalin books written by Gene DeWeese are not. My only real complaint isn't so much about this book, as it is about the series. I actually have the first 20 or so pages memorized I have read this so much. I can't tell you how often I had listened to the abridged audio read by Roddy McDowell. I actually did listen to this in one sitting.īy far one of my favorite books. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? Very adequately done, hard to compare to the abridged version read by the late incomparable Roddy McDowell though. What about Paul Boehmer’s performance did you like? As well as the anthology called Tales of Ravenloft.but sadly, see below. Gene DeWesse's King of the Dead and Lord of the Necropolis. What other book might you compare I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire to and why?
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