Derrick J. (ravensknight) reviewed Raiser of Gales (Vampire Hunter D, Vol. 2) on + 178 more book reviews
D faces off against some experiments leftover from some long ago powerful Noble. The aim of the experiments were to make daylight ennabled Vampires.
D, with his little 'handy' helper, sails through the story like the pulp fiction hero he is. Lots of unfinished sentences attempt to make things "mysterious". Corrugated cardboard has more complexity.
The throw-away female, a standard in these stories it seems, is a 17 year old who seems to exist to either get raped by her adopted father or to annoy D by acting like she is his wife. Someone who goes through what she does shouldn't be acting the way she does throughout the story, all light and fluffy.
These remind me of the Mars series by Burroughs. Lots of action, helpless females and a protagonist that is paper thin. Except this series has non-consensual sex and explicit violence. And Burroughs wasn't always trying to tell us how "unearthly beautiful" John Carter was.
D, with his little 'handy' helper, sails through the story like the pulp fiction hero he is. Lots of unfinished sentences attempt to make things "mysterious". Corrugated cardboard has more complexity.
The throw-away female, a standard in these stories it seems, is a 17 year old who seems to exist to either get raped by her adopted father or to annoy D by acting like she is his wife. Someone who goes through what she does shouldn't be acting the way she does throughout the story, all light and fluffy.
These remind me of the Mars series by Burroughs. Lots of action, helpless females and a protagonist that is paper thin. Except this series has non-consensual sex and explicit violence. And Burroughs wasn't always trying to tell us how "unearthly beautiful" John Carter was.
