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Vampire Rising (2010)

by Jason Henderson(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0061950998 (ISBN13: 9780061950995)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Harper Teen

series

Alex Van Helsing

review 1: I was not impressed by this book at all. The characters were all basically carbon copies of one another with no defining features to make them unique, the teacher didn't even speak like a teacher, and the author tries to hard to be clever.The only credit I can give the author is that he clearly knows his stuff about Byron. There are facts in here that many people don't know about and I was impressed by that as a Byron aficionado myself.Overall, I will most likely not read the next book in the series.
review 2: Do you enjoy books that are paranormal? If you do then the book Alex Van Helsing: Vampire Rising is for you. Alex Van Helsing isn’t my favorite book in the world, but it was enjoyable. This book has great action and it’s an easy read, even thoug... moreh the beginning is a little slow. This book is enjoyable because of the action in the plot and the interesting characters; the setting, on the other hand, wasn’t the best. The setting of the story is very average because there isn’t anything special about it. It takes place in modern-day England in the suburbs at Glenarvon Academy, a boarding school. This book also takes place in a forest, where vampires start to appear. These parts of the setting were typical because a lot of other books have settings like it. Some examples are Harry Potter and Twilight. Those books both have a forest and a school as part of the setting. In my opinion, the most interesting part of the setting is the Scholomance, a school for new vampires. This was quite unique. I have never read a book that has a vampire school like it. The characters of Alex Van Helsing were very interesting. Each of them had their own unique personalities and interests. Most of the characters also seemed very realistic because of their personal traits and interests. The most important characters in the story are Alex and Mr. Sangster. Alex is very brave and without knowing it, has been trained to fight vampires all his life. I really like that Alex is the hero of the story. His traits of being brave and strong fit him well and I could imagine doing the same things he did throughout the story. Mr. Sangster, on the other hand, seems very cool and understanding. He probably has these traits because of the line of work he’s in. Mr. Sangster is a teacher during the day and a vampire hunter at night. Also I would love to have Mr. Sangster as a teacher because of all the neat things he could teach me. Alex’s friends add to the story a lot, they are so understanding and loyal to Alex. One of Alex’s friends is Sid. He’s obsessed with vampires. That's pretty much all he talks and reads about. Another one of Alex’s friends is Minhi. She knows Kung Fu and is really good at it. Finally Paul is connected with Alex and Sid at school. His personality is really hard to figure out, but he’s a good friend to Alex. I feel all these character besides Paul are good friends to Alex. They seem like they’ll stick by his side no matter what. Icemaker, the leader of all vampires, was introduced to Alex: “That was the arriving caravan of a clan lord, a big boss, that we call Icemaker.” He seems very smart and alert, qualities necessary as the leader of vampires, so when he senses attacks from vampire hunters he can easily make a plan to divert the attack. Icemaker is definitely the villain of this story. Whenever he was about to do something it was like I just wanted to know what he was going to do next. I’m so glad that Alex didn’t end up being captured by him. Parts of the story had so much action that you could visualize the scenes and feel what the characters were going through. This comes to life at the climax of the story, when Alex infiltrates the Scholomance to save Paul and Mihni from Icemaker, who was planning to use them for a ceremony as sacrifices. It is also true when Alex gets caught in a vampire fight and learns of his destiny when Mr. Sangster tells him that Alex’s father has been preparing him his entire life to be a vampire hunter by saying, “He’s been preparing you. All your life. Self-Defense. Mountain rescue. Whether he likes it or not, he knows what you’re going to be.” Even though the setting wasn’t the greatest, the characters had a lot of spunk in them and the plot was full of action. Overall, I definitely enjoyed it. I thought this book was a good fiction story that showed a different angle on vampires, since vampire books are usually focused on vampires themselves instead of vampire hunters. Also, since this book is a trilogy, it’s safe to say that that I would read more books in the series. less

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