The dialogue was pretty bad. And the whole "we need a redemptive arc for the protagonist"…there's something troubling to me about redeeming this guy who's been:

Will Smith may have ruined this for me. I've got several books on queue but I was thinking of giving it a try at some point, maybe.

I think this show and True Detective are very comparable. Especially with the reveal that Rust is really a vampire, and he got that nickname because he is actually 1200 years old and super rust-y.

Thanks for the suggestions. I just ordered "Enter Night" by Michael Rowe, "The Stress of Her Regard" by Tim Powers and "Vampire Tapestry" by Suzy Charmas. Oh…and "Sunshine" by Robin McKinley. I did some searching around at other people's suggestions on the interwebs earlier today. I'll take a look see at your…

I'll probably end up watching this despite the lukewarm review. A quick question to the more knowledge-able peoples out there:

I don't agree with a majority of this criticism Mr. VanderWerff . If the show is in danger of being unable to support a coherent and thematic narrative, it certainly isn't because of the HBO show writers. Nearly all the material that has been changed (and added) has been an improvement over the source material. If…

There is the Mage Knight solo variant, and then there are all other games running a distant second best.