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| Original Title: | Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean |
| ISBN: | 0316014443 (ISBN13: 9780316014441) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Vampirates #1 |
| Characters: | Conner Tempest, Grace Tempest, Cheng Li, Lorcan Furey, Sidorio, Jeb Stukeley, Bart Pearce |
| Literary Awards: | Manchester Book Award Nominee for Longlist (2006) |
Justin Somper
Paperback | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 3.85 | 8649 Users | 712 Reviews
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This was a dumb book. The setting made no sense--they were supposed to be in the 26th century with 18th century technology, but that disjunction was never even hinted at. The characters weren't developed enough to even be caricatures and the book wasn't decent enough to have an ending. Quite literally, the author thought, "hmmm, vampires are cool and pirates are cool and 'vampirates' is witty!" And then he attempted the bare minimum needed to write a book that could be titled Vampirates. And failed.
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| Title | : | Demons of the Ocean (Vampirates #1) |
| Author | : | Justin Somper |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | April 2007 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (first published 2005) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Paranormal. Vampires. Young Adult. Adventure. Pirates |
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Ratings: 3.85 From 8649 Users | 712 ReviewsCriticism About Books Demons of the Ocean (Vampirates #1)
I am awarding this single star to Vampirate Lorcan, the only character I actually liked in this book. If I could award half stars, I might award half a star to Darcy, the living figurehead of the Vampirate ship... The narration is essentially a long, long children's book. Perhaps if it was marketed as such and peppered with lovely illustrations by the cover artist, I would feel less irritated by the amount of time I spent looking forward to reading it, reading it, and sighing loudly inI love vampires. I love pirates. What's better than either one? BOTH! I loved this first book: the story of a brother and sister, Connor and Grace Tempest, who face the death of their father, overcome the psychopaths that are their townsmen, and then seek adventure on the open sea, where they are separated due to a storm. Each knows the other is alive, but how will they find each other again? How will Connor cope? And how will Grace survive the odd ways of the vampirate ship? Full of
I'm really not sure how to rate this book. It was uniformly awful, but highly enjoyable because of it. So long as you read it aloud with a bunch of snarky friends, it's a fantastic way to pass the time. Friendly, law-abiding pirates who don't want to hurt anyone? Pacifistic vampires who also don't want to hurt anyone? Angsty teens? Ninjas in vases (who don't manage to hurt anyone)? You'll hurt yourself laughing.
3.5When I first saw the name of this series I thought, "Really? Are you serious? I can just imagine what the author was thinking: 'Hey, do you know what's really popular right now? Vampires. And do you know what else is popular? Pirates. I bet I could smash them together and make a mint!"Ugh. Pass.But... I had heard things about it in the one YA group I'm in, which helped to chip away, a bit, at my initial skepticism, and then, recently, I was at the library and they didn't have the book I was
The book had a great concept but only meh execution. Why are the pirates and vampires all so nice to each other? Neither of them want to hurt people?! I get that this book is aimed at younger audiences but there isn't even much fighting. And why is it based in the future when it could just as easily be based in the past; there is no inclusion of the idea that it's based in the future when the ice caps have melted and a new age of piracy has emerged except for in the blurb. And this is really
The premise alone is worth the price of admission. I mean, come on look at the title! How can I not read this ? Or. So I thought, so I thought. And. So he spoke, and so he spoke, that lord of Castamere. Sigh. Why won't life just be a very long composition by the ever sublime Sigur Rós? This book though is not as deep as this song I am listening to, is making it out to be. But at its core, it is about a pair of twin siblings. I can't seem to escape my fascination with this concept. For, what is
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