Nightlife
by Jack Ellis
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Nightlife ISBN: 0786012595 Monster vs the Homeless Nightlife would be a great vampire / horror book if it didn't work so hard at trying to take a moral stance on the plight of the homeless and how various people from different backgrounds can all pull together for a common cause to defeat evil. This aspect of it was tolerable for a while, but when the book started focusing more on the social situation of the homeless and less on the Vampire, alot of the effect was lost, since the ending was become more predictable all of the time. Richard Carnitch lives and feeds out of Minneapolis and is often portrayed as a Vampire of incredible strength, being able to get into peoples minds, summon and control thousands of animals of many species, and cast evil sensations in entire neighborhoods. In other ways, he's seen as very weak, submitting to childish cat and mouse games, and finding himself unable to deal with a situation with a few people with little if any influence or money can stalk and attempt to destroy him. The book moves fairly quickly and has many interesting aspects to it but about two thirds of the way through, I couldn't wait for it to be over. Would I read a sequel? Probably. 7/24/03 |
