Anno Dracula
Oct. 24th, 2012 10:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
indiana_jAnno Dracula is enjoyable so far but seems far too pleased with itself. After all, Newman did manage to fit in 90+ fictional characters from something like 70+ sources (ranging from Dracula to Salem's Lot), plus 30+ historical figures, on top of any original characters. It just seems a little bit too much, too full of itself and far too pleased with its own cleverness.
Overall, it does detract from the novel - every time I see a name, I pause to see what book / story they're from or if they're a historical figure or original. And it seems that there's a shit ton of names popping up every few pages!
When it gets away from that, it's fun and I'll probably get the others (in eBook format this time; I could knock someone unconscious with this physical copy) but, damn, is it really necessary to stuff that much 'cleverness' into one book?
Overall, it does detract from the novel - every time I see a name, I pause to see what book / story they're from or if they're a historical figure or original. And it seems that there's a shit ton of names popping up every few pages!
When it gets away from that, it's fun and I'll probably get the others (in eBook format this time; I could knock someone unconscious with this physical copy) but, damn, is it really necessary to stuff that much 'cleverness' into one book?