30 Days of Night

Absolutely loved the film and this is a graphic novel I’ve always had my eye on, so when I saw it available on Prime Reading I jumped at the chance.

The film followed the comic quite faithfully, of course there were a few changes and an addition, but not really diverging that much so it was really easy to see them both as the same thing rather than having to treat them as different beasts.

The story cracks along at a great pace with such a darkness that it almost comes off the page, a creeping terror that insinuates itself into the back of your head, with some of the panels screaming out at you with so many reds and blacks.

Following the story of Barrow, Alaska as the sun sets for the last time for a 30 day period and some vampires have the great idea that his will give them a fantastic hunting ground, as it does.

There are a couple of side plots that will take us into the universe further down the line but don’t greatly detract from the immediate story of desperation, blood, hunting, fear, and horror.

My biggest gripe is how short this initial run was as there was so much depth to the world that just didn’t get explored though the briefness is a great taste for more to come.

Overall a great example of the vampire story, with enough blood and darkness to keep you satisfied.