Toreador: The World of Darkness Exposed

... not with a bang, but a great sucking sound. This is the last volume in the 13 clan series set in the World of Darkness, home to the Vampire the Masquerade role playing system. Stewart Wieck is a great author who is intimately involved with the VTM system. This last novel answers many questions, but raises many more, tying together many storylines, and leaving plenty of room for creative/malevolent storytellers to draw their own conclusions on the fate of the bloodsuckers. If you are just beginning this series, don't read this one first, but it is possible to read it out of order.

Some would say that the book was hard to follow, hard to understand, page after page o nothing but jibberish. The takes of a Malk in the eyes of a Malk is not something that most people can follow. It is a bit hard to understand the point of an entire series, each clan book was seperated so greatly by the first persons ideals and prioroties, and while it is widely known to any one who has taken any research into this series of clans that the Malkavian clan is the most misunderstood. Why would the author protray them as anything else. I personally found the ideas and stream of consiousness intriguing and sometimes find myself with the same thoughts and ideation. The character telling the story never really seems to be the main character, just someone who understands the main character and the greatness of Anatole. If the story were told by Anatole it would be a waste of time completely, though i like the author using someone else, who is never really an active participant, just someone who is there to experience the events and can translate them into somewhat more thought out terms, than perhaps someone at Anatoles point of veiw could express. This content of this book is very metaphorical, so just try to think in terms of symbolism if you don't already know the whole background. This is a book that you either think about or ignore. But if you really have no understanding of the clan Malkavian it would probably just be a waste of time to read this book so don't even bother to buy the book. But if you want to hear a delusional person's explanation of a schizophrenic, go ahead and keep reading.

I loved the story. The Toreador as they were meant to be seen. The writing was so so in places. But the overal plot makes up for it. An extremly easy read I recommend to anyone.

With only one book out of this great series being less than perfect and highly injoyable, Anthology will hopefully contine this grand tradition. I highly recomend this series and all its books to any who eother enjoy vampires the game or the general vampires of myth. You will be pulled in and held till you finish the set.

ok kids. this is not your everyday, run of the mill book. this is about malkavians. it is mostly from the point of view of 'em too. get that set in your mind and prepare for the ride. if you don't like Malkavians, skip this book. you won't understand it. if you understand it, you're probably certifiable. the book is fun. (that's what life is all about, ya know) and in being fun, it is very informative as to how the Malks see the world. perception is key. don't forget.