Seth Grahame-Smith
Paperback | Pages: 270 pages Rating: 3.83 | 7580 Users | 1236 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Unholy Night ASIN B005SCR5R6 |
| Edition Language: | English |
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From the author of the New York Times bestselling Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, comes UNHOLY NIGHT, the next evolution in dark historical revisionism. They're an iconic part of history's most celebrated birth. But what do we really know about the Three Kings of the Nativity, besides the fact that they followed a star to Bethlehem bearing strange gifts? The Bible has little to say about this enigmatic trio. But leave it to Seth Grahame-Smith, the brilliant and twisted mind behind Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to take a little mystery, bend a little history, and weave an epic tale. In Grahame-Smith's telling, the so-called "Three Wise Men" are infamous thieves, led by the dark, murderous Balthazar. After a daring escape from Herod's prison, they stumble upon the famous manger and its newborn king. The last thing Balthazar needs is to be slowed down by young Joseph, Mary and their infant. But when Herod's men begin to slaughter the first born in Judea, he has no choice but to help them escape to Egypt. It's the beginning of an adventure that will see them fight the last magical creatures of the Old Testament; cross paths with biblical figures like Pontius Pilate and John the Baptist; and finally deliver them to Egypt. It may just be the greatest story never told.List Appertaining To Books Unholy Night
| Title | : | Unholy Night |
| Author | : | Seth Grahame-Smith |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 270 pages |
| Published | : | January 2012 |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Horror. Humor. Religion |
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Ratings: 3.83 From 7580 Users | 1236 ReviewsCritique Appertaining To Books Unholy Night
I never did read the author's previous bestseller, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. It came out around the time of the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies craze and I judged it as just another one of those fun-yet-silly reads (I did read Zombies, it was good, but...).So when I picked up Unholy Night (having never heard of it thanks to living in rural AL without a bookstore!), it was a very intriguing concept. I had heard of A. Lincoln, so I wondered what kind of twist the author would put to theI enjoyed the hell out of this buddy read with Kells. Gotta admit, though, I did not expect that I would like this book as much as I did. I'm not one for mashups, so I've successfully skirted much of Seth Grahame-Smith's catalogue. You'll likely see me tackle that Abraham Lincoln vamp book, but only because I found it for a quarter. Found this one for a quarter, too, but had I paid ten bucks for the ebook version of Unholy Night, I don't think I'd be a bit disappointed. Well worth the price of
Find all of my reviews at: http://52bookminimum.blogspot.com/ "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, 'Fear not: for behold, I bring unto you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, which is Christ
As a Catholic, I was really wanting to see how Seth Grahame-Smith would incorporate a Biblical event and give it his own twist. The Three Wise Men were really greedy, sword-wielding bandits that just happened to fall into King Herod's bad graces and stumble upon our Lord, Jesus Christ as a baby?!? What the hell? The book was harder to get into simply because it seemed to jump around from character to character, yet as I allowed myself to get pulled into the storyline, I found this to be the best
The story of the birth of Jesus Christ may be one familiar to many, but on the other hand very little is known about the three wise men that brought him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. This is why this book is so entertaining. Unholy Night pretty much asks, what if these Three Kings were actually a bunch of thieves and killers?I was all prepared to give this book a high rating just for the unique and hilarious premise alone. And I would have, if only I wasn't so disappointed with the
This was my first Seth Grahame-Smith work and I have to say that I was surprised on a few fronts. First, I thought it was going to be a purely humorous book, but although there were definitely some very funny parts, there was a lot more substance to the book than I expected. But also, I thought it was going to be full of supernatural monsters, but that turned out to be only a very tiny part of the book, lol. I have no idea what the author's religious views are but irreverent is definitely one of
Jesus, Mary and Joseph...did not belong in this oneI get that it's Seth Grahame-Smith's thing to take classic stories (i.e. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) or famous people (i.e.Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) and throw his own twist on them. Normally a grisly supernatural twist that just adds so much life to the story.For Unholy Night, the twist was what if the three Wisemen were thieves and murderers who helped out the holy couple flee King Harod? That twist did not belong in this story. I'm
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