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Darren Shan and The Looking Glass Wars

Started by Aura-Moon, Sep 05 2008 10:23 PM

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Posted 05 September 2008 - 10:23 PM

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The Vampire Chronicles/Vampire Diaries as some say is to me, best vampire novel series out there for young people. Better than that Twilight nonsense -which feels like a total rip off-. It feels so heartfelt and so tragic when you read what happens to Darren *sigh* I have to say, it's a good series, very underappreciated.

And The Looking Glass Wars = best adaption of Alice in Wonderland EVER. It's so sharp and deadly in places. And Hatter Madigan for the win. I guess I have a total soft spot for Alice and stuff.

So opinions folks? What's your feel for these if you've read 'em.

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Posted 05 September 2008 - 10:47 PM

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The Vampire Chronicles/Vampire Diaries as some say is to me, best vampire novel series out there for young people. Better than that Twilight nonsense -which feels like a total rip off-. It feels so heartfelt and so tragic when you read what happens to Darren *sigh* I have to say, it's a good series, very underappreciated.

And The Looking Glass Wars = best adaption of Alice in Wonderland EVER. It's so sharp and deadly in places. And Hatter Madigan for the win. I guess I have a total soft spot for Alice and stuff.

So opinions folks? What's your feel for these if you've read 'em.


Yay Alice! Woohoo! I HAVE to read all of Looking Glass Wars- I saw it in a bookshop and thought it sounded like a travesty of the original- almost American McGee's "Alice" meets political commentary. (Which Carroll's novel had quite a bit of...) It did inspire aspects of a nearly 200-page comic about Alice in Wonderland that I did, though.

Vampire Chronicles, you say? I love vampires as well as Alice- I should check that out!

Thanks for the suggestions. My lack of a social life lead to LOTS of reading, and I'm always looking for more books! :P

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Posted 06 September 2008 - 12:05 AM

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I've heard a lot about Darren Shan. I never read the book but I do like the manga adaption of it. o_o

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Posted 09 September 2008 - 04:21 PM

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I've heard a lot about Darren Shan. I never read the book but I do like the manga adaption of it. o_o


A manga adaption, you say? o_o I'm now very curious, Kichi...I've seen art on DA but not a manga adaption.
But read the books XD You get a feel for the character much much more.

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The Looking Glass Wars sounds fascinating. o.o I was planning to go to the library tomorrow to find a book to read, so I'll take a look at that.

I actually enjoyed American McGee's Alice XD Cool game, very interesting twist of horror on an old favorite. X3

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Posted 26 August 2009 - 02:16 AM

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I had a friend who read 'em; wasn't really a fan of the whole premise of the book.
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