Fevre Dream
Ratings40
Average rating3.6
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Ratings40
Average rating3.6
When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something's amiss. But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain. For York doesn't care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh's dilapidated fleet. Nor does he care that he won't earn back his investment in a decade. York has his own reasons for wanting to traverse the powerful Mississippi. And they are to be none of Marsh's concern--no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious his actions may prove. Marsh meant to turn down York's offer. It was too full of secrets that spelled danger. But the promise of both gold and a grand new boat that could make history crushed his resolve--coupled with the terrible force of York's mesmerizing gaze. Not until the maiden voyage of his new sidewheeler Fevre Dream would Marsh realize he had joined a mission both more sinister, and perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare...and mankind's most impossible dream. Here is the spellbinding tale of a vampire's quest to unite his race with humanity, of a garrulous riverman's dream of immortality, and of the undying legends of the steamboat era and a majestic, ancient river.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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I wanted to see what GRRM could write besides Game of Thones, since I felt that book was lacking in the plot/epicness department. Wild Cards is a collection of stories by different authors, so that did not help me.
Fevre Dream is a book about steam boats in 1857 America. Martin certainly gave a lot of though and made a thorough research into the subject. So if you like steam boats and 19th century Louisiana slavery issues, this might be the book for you.
Captain Marsh is by the way very well fleshed out, precisely what I expected from Martin.
Read 2:38/13:48 19&
Le mythe du vampire revisité en 1982 par l'auteur de Game of Thrones, dans le cadre envoutant des bateaux à vapeur du Mississippi, dans l'Amérique des années précédant la Guerre de Sécession. Un peu longuet par moment, mais envoutant.
I gave up after two hours, the n-word is just used too much. It's not like this was written in 1857, this was 1982. Even if you want to be historically accurate you could just use it in the dialog, but no, even the descriptions use it.
Gave up at 13%.
Wasn't for me. I wonder if I have been unlucky with picking books this year or if I just feel more comfortable with DNFing books now
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