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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

4 reviews

ladycranstonkc's review

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Death, War, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Medical trauma, Drug use, Hate crime, and Violence

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

Every POC character is some combination of unnamed and a prop. They only seem to exist to be victims of the vampires. If it was meant to be symbolic to how whiteness tries to dominate every culture after sucking out anything that could be 'of use' it would be somewhat clever. It isn't written like that is what the intent was. Every female character also serves as little more than a prop. The end effect is like watching a very long, dry monologue. There were jokes within the tale, they just didn't hit for me and I am hard pressed to remember a single one even though I finished the story earlier today.
Other than that, in my mind, major issue the story was okay. Some scenes were enjoyable, others were not. I suspect I am just not a 'history turned fiction' reader as had these characters been wholly fiction my enjoyment of it would have been greater. 
If you like history but not enough to have read all about the events during Lincoln's life you will probably enjoy this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Death, and Slavery

Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Minor: Suicide, Terminal illness, Hate crime, Genocide, Kidnapping, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War

hunkydory's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Violence, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, Gore, Slavery, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

librarymouse's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I listened to Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter as an audiobook on 1.75 x speed, and it felt like a fever dream that happened after doing hours of history and anatomy homework and then falling asleep at the desk. It's gory, historically accurate to a degree, and enrapturing. I generally don't go for political historical fiction, but I genuinely enjoyed this novel. The concept of a failed novelist being sought out by a vampire to write the narrative told in Abraham Lincoln's lifetime of journals is interesting and reminds me of Mary Shelley's introduction to Frankenstein. The shift between first and third person with the journal quotes and narration was slightly off-putting initially, but not a deal breaker.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Racial slurs, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Racism

Minor: Kidnapping and Medical content