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So this wasn’t an awful book. Nice for a bit of light reading if you like a bit of detective work, violence, and vampires (with a zombie or two thrown in there for good measure).

It’s got pedophilia & rape in it though, so if that’s something you wanna avoid then you probably shouldn’t bother with this book. The book wasn’t too graphic about it, most of it was just mentions of past crimes by the bad guy, but it got pretty close for a character at one point, so just wanted to warn you. (The s*** head gets what’s coming to him though, so at least there was that)
The main character, Joe Pitt, has a soft spot for kids, especially since he was also abused as a child. So he doesn’t let s*** heads who hurt ‘em off easy. Joe’s a pretty tough guy. He’s basically hired muscle most of the time, but he’s sharp so people will hire him to do more than just beat some guy up cuz he owes money or something. He’s trying to make his way in his world without getting himself killed by the opposing vampire factions around NY city. He’s what they would call a Rogue since he’s not affiliated with any vampire Clan so unfortunately for him it means he doesn’t have much in the way of allies amongst his own kind.
This causes trouble for Joe quite a bit in the book cuz he’s pulled in different directions by different Clans. Then he’s got a zombie problem to deal with, a runaway girl to find, there’s some sort of thing out there that doesn’t leave behind a scent. So he’s got his work cut out for him.
The plot was alright, nothing too impressive but it wasn’t a total bust either. The book isn’t that long (268 pages), so like I said before, it’s good for a bit of light reading. It took me a bit longer to read cuz it didn’t hold my attention too well when I got my hands on other books (I think I read 3 other books in between the beginning and the end of this one). But I bet if you just sat down and read it, it wouldn’t take too long. The end picks up when some of the action really starts but I found this book to be pretty mellow. Maybe that’s cuz Joe was a pretty mellow guy.

I guess another point to bring up is that the vampire mythos is treated a bit differently, but not by much. Vampirism is a virus in this book and it needs blood to survive. So it makes its host a hunter; giving ‘em super strength, super speed, super senses, etc. Huston did stick with the no sunlight thing. It’ll straight up kill the vamps in this book. And if the virus isn’t fed, it causes extreme pain for the host and of course causes a lack of self control, pushing the host to go and feed. It’s pretty standard vampire stuff. Huston only treated it as more of disease, a real physical malady, instead of a supernatural one.

So yeah, it wasn’t that bad. Maybe if I have money and see the sequels in a bookstore, I’ll think about picking the series up again.


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Already Dead A Joe Pitt Novel Charlie Huston 9780345478245 Books Reviews

Wow. What an interesting book. After reading this one, I've been powerfully compelled to write a review. This book created a new genre for me hard boiled vamp noir. For all I know there are hundreds of books out there just like this one, but I doubt it. For that reason alone, I recommend this book, and add a star.

Really, with the plot and the world of this book, there is no need for spoilers. The fantasy in this novel in regards to the undead is explain in a pseudo-scientific way, to dispel the supernatural notion right out of your head. While there are elements that do seem to be magical, that is not the focus. The focus is the reality of everyday life, but everyday life for those that live in the seedy underbelly of the city. The same place the hundreds of good and cliche crime novels have been written since for over a century. It is a place I enjoy reading about, and a great place for a vamp to live.

The story has a lot of inner city politics, a fair amount of sex, crime, and a lot of punishment. Really, I detract a star because of the over abusive nature of this book. The main character Joe Pitt lives in a neighborhood that is a little too much for me to handle. It could have been toned down a lot and still been a good book.

The other detractor would be the fact that THERE ARE NO CHAPTERS! Sorry for the bold type, but this drives me nuts. It is like a book on too much coffee, that is spazing out and can't take a break. There don't appear to be too many natural breaks in the story as written, but it could use some. Reading without chapters seems to compress time too much, and pauses in time in the story don't pause us at all. Maybe you would like this, but not me. I just can't stand it.

Overall, a very interesting book that lost 2 stars and gained one. What does this mean for the series? Who knows, but it is a promising start.

Recommended.
Just when I think you've seen every possible twist on the once-tired vampire mythos, I seem to find a new, completely different take--a new fleshed-out alternate world that sucks you into it. The first of 5 Joe Pitt novels, this mash-up of hard-boiled private investigator noir and a scientific rather than supernatural reason for "vampyres" (a "vyrus", rather like the T-virus "zombies" of Resident Evil [Blu-ray] but far more complex) goes that crucial step further and creates a detailed world altered by this different reality--I guess it'd be called the "Pittverse" these days (as in, character + -verse [for universe], I.e., Buffyverse, Enderverse, etc.). It's different though, due to the edgy first-person private investigator style narrative voice of Joe Pitt.

Totally unique genre-mash. Great writing. And a new alternate reality that gets deeper the further you go. Nothing sucks me in like a believable, fascinating alternate reality well-fleshed-out by an intelligent author with an attitude. That's why I'm so taken by book series like Sergei Lukyavenko's The Night Watch (Watch, Book 1), Stephanie Meyer's Twilight & (only just begun) Host sagas, Frank Herbert's Dune, Orson Scott Card's Enderverse & Tales of Alvin Maker books, J.K. Rowling's Potter epic, etc., and single book worlds as in M.T. Andersen's Feed, Heinlein's Starship Troopers, etc. And video -verses like Buffy, Firefly, Star Trek, etc.

It's no Night Watch (the ultimate literary alternate world I've discovered), but Almost Dead will not let you out of it's pages until it's over. Then, you'll crave the next book, No Dominion No Dominion A Novel. Fair warning.
So this wasn’t an awful book. Nice for a bit of light reading if you like a bit of detective work, violence, and vampires (with a zombie or two thrown in there for good measure).

It’s got pedophilia & rape in it though, so if that’s something you wanna avoid then you probably shouldn’t bother with this book. The book wasn’t too graphic about it, most of it was just mentions of past crimes by the bad guy, but it got pretty close for a character at one point, so just wanted to warn you. (The s*** head gets what’s coming to him though, so at least there was that)
The main character, Joe Pitt, has a soft spot for kids, especially since he was also abused as a child. So he doesn’t let s*** heads who hurt ‘em off easy. Joe’s a pretty tough guy. He’s basically hired muscle most of the time, but he’s sharp so people will hire him to do more than just beat some guy up cuz he owes money or something. He’s trying to make his way in his world without getting himself killed by the opposing vampire factions around NY city. He’s what they would call a Rogue since he’s not affiliated with any vampire Clan so unfortunately for him it means he doesn’t have much in the way of allies amongst his own kind.
This causes trouble for Joe quite a bit in the book cuz he’s pulled in different directions by different Clans. Then he’s got a zombie problem to deal with, a runaway girl to find, there’s some sort of thing out there that doesn’t leave behind a scent. So he’s got his work cut out for him.
The plot was alright, nothing too impressive but it wasn’t a total bust either. The book isn’t that long (268 pages), so like I said before, it’s good for a bit of light reading. It took me a bit longer to read cuz it didn’t hold my attention too well when I got my hands on other books (I think I read 3 other books in between the beginning and the end of this one). But I bet if you just sat down and read it, it wouldn’t take too long. The end picks up when some of the action really starts but I found this book to be pretty mellow. Maybe that’s cuz Joe was a pretty mellow guy.

I guess another point to bring up is that the vampire mythos is treated a bit differently, but not by much. Vampirism is a virus in this book and it needs blood to survive. So it makes its host a hunter; giving ‘em super strength, super speed, super senses, etc. Huston did stick with the no sunlight thing. It’ll straight up kill the vamps in this book. And if the virus isn’t fed, it causes extreme pain for the host and of course causes a lack of self control, pushing the host to go and feed. It’s pretty standard vampire stuff. Huston only treated it as more of disease, a real physical malady, instead of a supernatural one.

So yeah, it wasn’t that bad. Maybe if I have money and see the sequels in a bookstore, I’ll think about picking the series up again.