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Liked It “The book was really awesome!! It always has me right on the edge of my seat with all the action.Full of comedy though maybe on a adult level but still great. Far out futuristic vampire human rivally for salvation.Amazing Character discription and lots of personality.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“The book was really awesome!! It always has me right on the edge of my seat with all the action.Full of comedy though maybe on a adult level but still great. Far out futuristic vampire human rivally for salvation.Amazing Character discription and lots of personality. ”
Sarah V wrote this review Monday, October 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“An excellent introduction to the half-noble, half-human Vampire Hunter D!”
Devin L wrote this review Monday, September 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“this book was amazing! the action and romance is terrific! the mystery behind D and his father is just mind boggling! u just want to know more about it! love this series ”
Phantomgirl wrote this review Saturday, May 23 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“You can tell it was translated from another language because at some points there are awkward phrasings, but other than that, D was a fast-paced read combining vampires with a wild-west steam-punk theme. Highly enjoyable and while it inspired the anime, it isn't the same story. ”
tmmercury wrote this review Wednesday, October 22 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is the one that started it all, I guess. But having read this book, I cannot for the life of me understand why I loved the movie so much. Perhaps the film editors worked on the dialogue some, or jettisoned extraneous characters. In any case, if you ever watched that piece of anime from the 80's, keep that memory for yourself. The book isn't really what you're hoping for.
bookbabe wrote this review Thursday, May 22 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
On the other hand, the book does give a bit of D's back story, if you couldn't piece it together for yourself. Moreover, it gives quite of bit of the history of the world in 12,090 A. D., something I don't remember the moving doing, which was helpful. Not enough to save the book, though.
The story is basically that a young girl of 17, Doris Lang, has been bitten by a vampire, the dreaded Count Magnus Lee. She's in search of a vampire hunter to kill the Lord; if that's done before the Count can completely turn her, she'll go back to being a normal human again. Doris and her younger brother Dan live on a farm on the outskirts of town; their parents, both Hunters, were killed a few years ago. Enter D, who accepts Doris's offer (although not completely). He becomes a bit of a big brother to Dan, making it all the more painful when he must move on at the end of the book. No, that is not a spoiler; there are at least 11 more volumes in this series, so you know D goes on to have more adventures.
There are a lot of characters to keep track of in this first installment, and I really didn't see all of them as necessary to the plot. Also, there is little to no character development, perhaps not all that surprising when one considers the manga origins of this translation. However, to say that a graphic novel is merely a flat comic is doing a grave disservice to such works as "Sandman", etc.
I myself will not be searching out any more of the Vampire Hunter D books. I prefer to remember the Vampire Hunter D of the movie; he was truly a work of art.”
“This is a pretty good book. I like the plot and the setting is amazing.”
Marissa wrote this review Thursday, April 17 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“While it may seem a little cliched in this day and age, what with lesser dragons and poison moth men, I found Vampire Hunter D to be a book with a plot line worth every single cliche it could possibly have. Dark fantasy directly fused with science fiction, it can't get any better! The classic vampire is given a little bit of a makeover, and while the translation reads a little strange in places, it's still quite worth the read.”
Silverstein wrote this review Monday, February 11 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I remember watching the movie and enjoying that back in the 80s, making me a D fan. So I was excited when the book came out.
A. Dawn Wolf wrote this review Monday, October 22 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
This one really explains more on what's going on and gives detail on characters that weren't even really mentioned in the movie.”
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