Nightwatch

by Sergei Lukyanenko | Romance |
ISBN: 1401359795 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Antof9 of Lakewood, Colorado USA on 8/21/2007
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Journal Entry 1 by Antof9 from Lakewood, Colorado USA on Tuesday, August 21, 2007
(pre-numbered label used for registration)

Purchased for book club.

Journal Entry 2 by Antof9 from Lakewood, Colorado USA on Thursday, March 20, 2008
ok, so the BBC read this right at the end of the year/beginning of 2008. And now it's almost the end of March, so I can hardly be expected to remember much of what I wanted to say. However, here's the link to all the blog entries on this book from the club, to start.

Second, I never in a million years would have thought I'd like a Russian vampire book, but I did. I really liked it, and read it very quickly.

Third, don't ever -- and I mean EVER -- watch the movie. It's horrible. Our book club usually has a movie night after each book, where we watch a movie made from the book, inspired by the book, or something that we somehow try to loosely connect to the book (or sometimes just one we've been wanting to see). This one was awful. Really and truly awful, and we found out later is sort of a combination of this book and the second one in the series, Day Watch.

Anyway, just a couple other comments on this. I didn't mark much in the book, but one of my markers reminded me to comment on the translation. We (all of book club) were really impressed at the translation. Not that any of us speaks Russian, but we all thought it was written by someone who really knows English -- understands its colloquialisms, and was able to translate it into something that sounded to us like it was originally written in our language. One funny thing about that, though -- every once in a while, the translator slipped up. In talking about vodka, he confused the expression "rotgut" and said, "It's not great vodka. Not gut-rot, of course, it's Dorokhov, but you know ..." That made me chuckle :)

Anyway, I liked Anton's internal struggles -- it made him so very human, and the idea that there's a good side and a bad side .... it was definitely appealing.

The only thing I could have done without is all the lyrics of Russian songs I don't know. Someone took the time to translate them into English, but they were basically meaningless to me. Probably would be enjoyed by someone who actually knew them.

This one and its sequel are headed out today to the Czuk house. I think I was reading the first one when I told her how much I was enjoying it, and that I'd share it with her.

Thus I'm prodded to finish my journal entries and get this out the door!

Journal Entry 3 by wingbookczukwing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on Monday, March 24, 2008
This arrived with the companion book Day Eatch in today's mail. Woo Hoo! Thanks!

The first thing to note is that javaczuk and I had a good czukle over "I never in a million years would have thought I'd like a Russian vampire book, but I did. I really liked it, and read it very quickly."

The next thing is that we had to figure out if we've already actually seen the movie. You have to understand that my husband has a great fondness for one star movies, even if he can't stomach the remake of Knight Watch on TV. :) So off to imdb and wikipedia we went. I think we have actually missed this particular vampire/paranormal movie (hard to believe considering some we've seen) but now that the seed is planted I am fearful that despite your warning, I'll be stuck finding something else to do one night while he watches it.

But this sounds like fun and I look forward to reading it sometime in the (hopefully) near future. And thanks for the little goodies tucked inside the cover. I will get them to their proper destinations.

Journal Entry 4 by wingjavaczukwing from Charleston, South Carolina USA on Saturday, April 12, 2008
I have to say that, despite liking this book, thanks Antof9, it was about the least scary horror novel I've ever read. Without giving away too much plot, the book is set in Moscow in a world parallel to and commingling with the human world, and describes the balance of power between the Light Ones, the good guys, and the Dark Ones, the baddies, bound by a treaty which is enforced by the Night Watch [comprised of Light Ones] and the Day Watch [the Dark Ones]. Phew. The plot and characterizations are excellent, and the translation from Russian is quite good. This was a good read, but I realized about halfway through that the subtext of this novel is an apology of the Russian mindset-- the Light Ones, of course, symbolize the Russians, who look out for the weak, flawed human race; the Dark Ones symbolize the West, who look out for themselves and whose byword is "freedom." One can, of course, not pay attention to the underlying message and just enjoy the book, unless you agree with the premise, in which case you can enjoy it doubly. I choose to be among the former and move on to the second in the series, Day Watch.

Journal Entry 5 by wingbookczukwing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on Thursday, May 29, 2008
I am headed into the night...

Journal Entry 6 by wingbookczukwing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on Sunday, June 1, 2008
I'm mulling over what to say about this book. Overall, I found it an interesting book to read, especially for another venture into the world of the "others"-- those vampires, sorcerers, shapeshifters, magicians, and folks who live in various supernatural worlds that one sometimes stumbles into in literature, art and film. This was an interesting exploration, a fresh take with vodka, on an age old question of good and evil. I was not as swept up in the stories (three in this book) as I was in the unfolding of the characters. Though Anton is the main fellow, the one that intrigues me the most is Olga. I want some back history on her.

Though I liked reading the book, I was not as caught up in it as previous readers. I have not decided if I shall read volume 2 or not. Javaczuk says that I need to let the story percolate and perhaps photoshop some pictures.... I promised guyczuk I'd hold this for him to check out to see if he wants to read it.

Interesting to note that the author is a psychologist.

Released 13 yrs ago (3/13/2011 UTC) at Zia's on Maybank near Terrace Theatre in Charleston, South Carolina USA

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Journal Entry 8 by rebekkila at Charleston, South Carolina USA on Monday, March 14, 2011
I caught this at the meet-up.

Journal Entry 9 by rebekkila at Charleston, South Carolina USA on Monday, September 12, 2011
I felt that the sections could have been combined into one continuous story. The levels that the others operated on didn't always make a lot of sense to me either.

Journal Entry 10 by rebekkila at Grand Traverse Pie Company in Lansing, Michigan USA on Saturday, October 8, 2011

Released 12 yrs ago (10/8/2011 UTC) at Grand Traverse Pie Company in Lansing, Michigan USA

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