Devils Brood: Amazon.ca: David Jacobs: Books

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The Bride of Frankenstein is resurrected...The Werewolf of London bequeaths his legacy on the unsuspecting...Dracula creates a new creature of destruction...Voodoo drums beat and Frankenstein's Monster stirs. Now, as the forces of darkness draw together mankind is about to discover the true meaning of underworld...and that this summer, fear is Universal.

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3.0 out of 5 stars An ensemble cast of monsters that all want starring role, Aug 11 2001

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This review is from: Devils Brood (Paperback)

This book had its flaws no doubt about that. You had many monsters doing different things. Jacobs jumps all over the place from one scene to another, almost like a sick soap opera. It was like going to see a film with four academy award winners in it but they went in four different directions trying to be the main star. Jacobs trys in vain and hastily to tie this amalgam of a stew together, but it still leaves you feeling like the book was rushed to get each co starring monsters part in. As others have stated, Dracula's dialogs were utterly cheesy I never new the lord of vampires was so locoquacious. Okay, bashing over. I liked the book for the simple reason the action kept coming, never a dull moment. I am not impressed with 30 page chunks of description and background. There was much disconitutiy but I turned the pages for the next kill or discovery, entertaining at the least. The ending was abrupt and unsatisfying, but all the reason for me to read the next book. While written somewhat like a comic book, it turned its share o pages for sheer action. (Excuse the lousy writing; I am in a terrible rush.

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4.0 out of 5 stars promising..., May 23 2001

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Carl Slim (the factory) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Devils Brood (Paperback)

Yes, there are inconsistencies-as there were in the movies, and in "Return of the Wolfman"-but overall this is a decent book. Dracula's character is a little unbelievable, but I'm telling you, the scenes just before and during the ressurection of the Frankenstein Monster are fantastic, fairly original, and gruesome.Wow-very well done. I've never heard of Jacobs before, but based on this, he has an unusual style, sometimes making the story unique, at other times making it hard to tell which character spoke that last line. Definitely recommended, if you like the Universal monsters.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, poorly done, Jan 25 2001

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johnglor94 "johnglor94" (Hamden, CT USA) - See all my reviews

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After reading Jeff Rovin's excellent "Return of the Wolfman" I had high hopes for this sequel but, alas, Mr. Rovin didn't write this one, and it shows.

Jacobs takes Rovin's carefully thought out resurrection of our beloved monsters and shoehorns it into a so-so zombie/horror tale of his own making. And while Mr. Rovin gave us explanations for the return of the monsters, theres no reason given here for the return of Dracula's daughter. Jacobs keeps getting the Wolf Man's fate all wrong (he died in Rovin's book, but first Jacobs says hes alive, then says he was killed by a silver bullet, which was NOT his fate in the earlier novel)

Steer clear of this one Very disappointing

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2.0 out of 5 stars At Best, A Single
I'll grant David Jacobs one thing (or even two) -- Jeff Rovin's fine "Return of the Wolf Man" was definitely a hard act to follow, and Jacobs does toss in some allusions... Read more

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1.0 out of 5 stars a waste of time and energy
This book was awful. Out of the 300+ pages it caontained about 50 were of interest. Even though the author tried to include some 2nd tier characters like the Werewolf of... Read more