Toreador

I ll start off by saying that this is not by any means a bad book The only other Old World of Darkness books I ve read was The Horizon War trilogy, which draws mostly on Mage The Ascension my preferred game material For the record, my approach to reviewing books is to not only review how good I thought the story was, but to also examine the prose and technique The story is fine The chapters are unnumbered and instead have headings for the time, date, and location of the text that follows it The [...]

So I read this because we re in the middle of a Vampire The Masquerade role playing game, and I wanted to get into that headspace a little better Would I recommend it to anyone who isn t interested in The World of Darkness No Definitely not The book relies on a lot of terms and ideas that aren t completely explained to those who ve never seen the rpg, and I don t know that the plot was fleshed out enough in this one novel to really hook someone.Each book in the series features one of the thirtee [...]

Still my favorite after all these years.

I recently finished Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines in case you re wondering, I first used a tremere and I m currently playing as a malkavian obfuscate is the shit so I decided to finally read this book that I bought for 3 euros at a local book bazaar It is the first novel of the Clan series, named so because each book mainly describes a single vampire clan As the name implies, this one is about the Toreador, the artistic vampires of the setting Leopold is a young Toreador who does not remembe [...]

This was an interesting reading experience The whole novel takes place in one night or so, and the story does pack a lot into that one night Though we are mostly following Victoria Ash and Leopold, the story moves back and forth between other characters, all with their different schemes and motivations If you like dark fiction with a lot of intrigue and machinations, then this book is for you because the vampires of The Masquerade, known as the Kindred, pretty much live to pursue Machiavellian p [...]

It was a very long book It took me at least half a month to finish it I can t say I hated it though I was extremely upset and pleased at the same time as soon as I read the final pages of the last few chapters.The idea of vampires in this novel pushed me into a whole new world I got so far in that actually forgot that the second half of the book took place in a single night.I remember it was around six or seven at night and I was screaming NO THAT CAN T BE THE WAY IT ENDED because they just left [...]

One of the problems with a planned series of novels is the difficulty of balancing the needs of of the overarching tale with the need to have each book stand alone by itself Stewart Wieck s Clan Novel Toreador fails the latter and arguably important requirement While Wieck struggles through much of the first half of the book making constant references to the lexicon of White Wolf s Vampire The Masquerade without granting a novice reader any insight and frustrating this reader who played the gam [...]

Real rating is fluctuating between 3.5 and 4I am rereading this book I I think read it when it first came out during the days of the Old World of Darkness game systems heyday.I m not quite sure how entertaining this book would be to someone who has not played the games I have the feeling that it would be easy for someone who doesn t know the world already to get lost in the novel.There is a lot of explanation throughout the book, in an attempt to clue in the casual reader To someone who has play [...]

Despite the short length of this book, it still took me weeks to finish The prose was boring and much too introspective and also full of typos I hope this is due to the fact that Toreadors are insufferable and self absorbed, because I m not sure I can take another 12 books of this kind I liked the brief chapters on the other non Toreador characters, so maybe this long, drawn out introspection is a trait unique to this clan book only The next book is about the cruelest of the Sabat clans, so I m [...]

This is the first volume in a 13 book set which focuses on the thirteen clans of the Kindred It is a huge undertaking to commit to a 13 book series but White Wolf Publishing is known for the quality of it s publishing and this series, thus far, does not disappoint The Toreador s are considered hedonists and are easily ignored by the other clans but one of the Toreadors has a plan That plan includes becoming the most powerful vampyre in Atlanta and to control the city She has set her plan in moti [...]

I had rather high hopes for this one I was quote enjoying iten it abruptly ended I think my main concern is that this is obviously part of some larger plot characters are set up, knocked down, then the book finishes Sure, I know there s a whole series of these the inclusion of chapters for another two of them rather bludgeon one into noting it but by itself this isn t particularly satisfying.Still, as I say I was enjoying it It certainly manages to mostly avoid the laboured feel from which a lot [...]

Rese a completa en mi blog drdeadwish 201El libro tiene sus momentos excelentes, pero tambi n algunos m s aburridos Por suerte los cap tulos son cortos y esos escollos se superan con velocidad.Dejando de lado lo malo, recomiendo esta novela a los amantes de los vampiros adultos, est n familiarizados con el Mundo de Tinieblas o no.

I have been a fan of White Wolf vampires for 20 years This book showcases predominately the Toreador clan the artists In this worlds vampiric society, there is a great deal of politics as well as intrigue, deception and fantasy This is a great first book of a 13 book series Very excited to read them all.

Starting in a slow pace and accelerating towards a riveting finale, the book is able to convey in an effective way how political the Kindred society is in a storyline of power struggle and hunger.Not the most thrilling read I ve been faced with but a good read none the less, especially if a fan of White Wolf s universe.

I liked it than the Tremere one, but it just ended in an illogical place I am going to get the volumes that include all of the novels in chronological order so that I can follow the story line better.

I really like the idea of The Masquerade and all the different personality sets there are for the vampires This was an awesome start to the series and I loved how it follows one person from the clan but gives and over all storyline.

As a vampire book, it was entertaining despite the foppish arrogance of the Toreador Clan But there was a lot of behind the scenes, cloak and dagger stuff going on, which didn t hold my interest.

I must have been reading a different book than everyone else because I hated this book It took me forever to read there were too many characters and too many vampire clans for me to keep straight especially when I didn t really care about any of them One of my least favorite books ever.

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Interesante historia el final muy peculiar quedron muchos cabos sueltos, muchas cosas en el aire pero este es el primero de la serie

Nice start that made me search for the other books of this series They are really rare in Brazil, though.

This is a fantastic series if you are a fan or player of the Vampire the Masquerade Table Top game I gave it a 3 because I don t recomend this series to those who are not.

its a good one, but i think it can be better

Starts slow and repeats itself but then turn pretty interesting.You should be familiar with Vampire the Masquerade before reading this or you ll be confused.