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I’d like to start by saying that this is the first book I have ever read on vampirism in an occult sense (as opposed to fictional works– I’m rather well-versed in fictional vampirism). As such, I won’t be able to comment on the accuracy of the contents of this book; I’ll just summarize and add my own thoughts on it. This post is a bit of a work-in-progress; I’ll make an additional post for each section as I read them.
Enter the Vampire
First Impressions
This is some sort of pre-introduction reader-insert short story of a fictional, but supposedly realistic experience as a vampire. It’s… giving 2016 Wattpad. The prose itself leaves a lot to be desired, and the reader-insert already feels like a pretentious prick by paragraph three. Whatever, I’ve certainly read worse.
After Reading in Full
Holy fuck, that was kind of painful. The descriptions give me visceral second-hand embarrassment– from the try-hard edgy MC to the descriptions that feel lifted from a 13 year old girl’s first foray into writing smut (well, not quite smut– the old term was “lime”, but I’m not sure how many people here would understand what I’m on about…). I’m being completely honest when I say that most of this section feels lifted from a Vampire Knight or Diabolik Lovers fanfic. Send help.
Unless you revel in cringe, I would suggest skipping this section. It nearly prevented me from reading the rest of the book, but I’m morbidly curious: will the rest be just as painful, or will it actually be interesting? I guess I’ll see.
Introduction
First Impressions
The writing itself is rather superfluous; the author likes to use flowery (or purple) prose where it is genuinely unneeded and makes him dither on for an unnecessary amount of time.
After Reading in Full
He takes over five pages to say that vampires exist in some type of limbo between fiction and reality, the book is his UPG, and he was popular on vampire forums in the ‘90s.
A Metaphysical Overview of Vampirism: Life’s Blood
This section suffers a touch less in the writing department. Essentially he says that all vampires are effectively energy vampires; the only difference is in the medium of energy transfer. Psi, or psychic, vampires directly use their energy body to interact with (and effectively leech off) the energy body of others, while sanguinarian vampires use blood as the conduit between energy bodies. He goes a bit more in depth about it, and throws in some personal stories as examples.
Enter the Vampire
First Impressions
This is some sort of pre-introduction reader-insert short story of a fictional, but supposedly realistic experience as a vampire. It’s… giving 2016 Wattpad. The prose itself leaves a lot to be desired, and the reader-insert already feels like a pretentious prick by paragraph three. Whatever, I’ve certainly read worse.
After Reading in Full
Holy fuck, that was kind of painful. The descriptions give me visceral second-hand embarrassment– from the try-hard edgy MC to the descriptions that feel lifted from a 13 year old girl’s first foray into writing smut (well, not quite smut– the old term was “lime”, but I’m not sure how many people here would understand what I’m on about…). I’m being completely honest when I say that most of this section feels lifted from a Vampire Knight or Diabolik Lovers fanfic. Send help.
Unless you revel in cringe, I would suggest skipping this section. It nearly prevented me from reading the rest of the book, but I’m morbidly curious: will the rest be just as painful, or will it actually be interesting? I guess I’ll see.
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Introduction
First Impressions
The writing itself is rather superfluous; the author likes to use flowery (or purple) prose where it is genuinely unneeded and makes him dither on for an unnecessary amount of time.
After Reading in Full
He takes over five pages to say that vampires exist in some type of limbo between fiction and reality, the book is his UPG, and he was popular on vampire forums in the ‘90s.
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A Metaphysical Overview of Vampirism: Life’s Blood
This section suffers a touch less in the writing department. Essentially he says that all vampires are effectively energy vampires; the only difference is in the medium of energy transfer. Psi, or psychic, vampires directly use their energy body to interact with (and effectively leech off) the energy body of others, while sanguinarian vampires use blood as the conduit between energy bodies. He goes a bit more in depth about it, and throws in some personal stories as examples.
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