Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #820310 in Books
• Published on: 2000-05-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 287 pages

Customer Reviews

Great series, poor novel.
While the Clan Novel series was a very enjoyable read (especially for those familiar with the World of Darkness from White Wolf), this chapter of the series was fairly disappointing. Concentrating on shock, the novel failed to engage me, and while giving me more pieces of the puzzle, was the series' low-point. I'm fairly certain you could skip this book and still put the pieces together in Clan Novel: Nosferatu, and I'd recommend saving your money.

No payoff
After slogging my way through this increasingly disappointing series of books, I had some hope for Clan Novel: Giovanni. There were many directions the book could have gone, and it seemed that Justin Achilli SAW those opportunities, but never took them.

A clan with such a rich and unsual history as the Giovanni offer an amazing opportunity for any Author, even beyond the obvious puerile topics of Necrophillia and Incest (which seems to be the primary focus of Giovanni authors, aimed to shock and titilate.)

Unfortunately Achilli never uses any of the opportunities afforded him.

The Saga Continues
In this book readers learn more about the Vampire Clan Giovanni, which by the way are an incestous family of Vampires, that have power over dead as long as they are not Vampires. However, because the Giovanni are an independent Clan they that they are neutral in the on going war between the Camarilla and the Sabbot. But as this book processes it becomes quiet clear that in fact they do sides, well that is any side that helps to push their agenda. In fact we learn that they have plans of their owns so it benifits them to help fan the flames of the war between the other clans in order to accomplish their goals. Anyway, this book is mostly about a Giovanni that was kidnapped in an earlier book of the series and the search for him. Also as we learn more of why he was taken, how this contibutes to the main plot of the Series. And of course we do see, some of our old friends from earlier books. The plot of the seires is picking up and many peices start to fall into place. Yet, still the overall mystery of what we discover in Nosfuratu is still pending.