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Dark Entries (Hardcover)

by Ian Rankin (Author), Werther Dell'edera (Illustrator)
3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 216 pages
  • Publisher: Vertigo (25 Aug 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1401213863
  • ISBN-13: 978-1401213862
  • Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.4 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Enter freely..., 21 Aug 2009
Award-winning - and officially honourable - crime writer Ian Rankin makes a remarkable debut as a graphic novelist in this superbly unsettling horror story starring the best anti-hero in the business. John Constantine, seedy modern magician and consummate bad seed tends to bring out the best in his writers, and although the plot here is nothing new the treatment of the large cast of characters is a deft juggling act nicely handled, while the narrative set-pieces are gripping and stuffed with good old fashioned creepy tension.

Constantine has acquired a certain reputation in the right circles over the course of his life, so he's not too suspicious when a sleazy TV producer offers him wads of cash to advise on the latest reality show Dark Entries wherein six contestants are isolated in a rigged haunted house, competing for big prizes and fully expecting to be scared out of their wits.

Unfortunately what's terrifying these housemates is nothing the producers and technicians devised but appears to be the real thing.

Quickly inserted into the show as a new contestant Constantine finds himself mired in a diabolical mystery involving the seemingly innocent competitors, and too late realises that he's fallen for the oldest trap in the world. Stitched up like a kipper, his only chance is to free his companions before he can escape the house and the horrors that built it.

Sharp, gritty and deeply compelling this is a powerful recapitulation of classic horror and murder yarns complete with sting-in-the tail that will leave the reader breathless and hungry for more.

Viscerally illustrated by Italian artist Werther Dell'edera this black and white hardback is similar in format to the old Paradox Press DC imprint to which gave us A History of Violence and Road to Perdition among other gritty adult thrills. Dark Entries is easily in the same class and would make any reader a very happy - if nervous - fan.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars If I hadn't known this was a first effort at the genre I would never have guessed., 6 Oct 2009
As a fan of Ian Rankin and a fan of graphic novels, this book is something of a dream come true for me and I have been looking forward to it for quite some time.
I was not dissapointed.
Suitably dark and sinister with a hint of twisted humour, this is an excellent first graphic novel and hopefully not his last (though it may well be as Mr. Rankin found it quite a task to write).
It's very well written, with plenty of clear, concise dialogue so you're never left behind (though I would have liked a bit more inner monologue). And it's very well illustrated in an appropriately gritty grey-scale. What more could you want from a comic book?
(And as I was lucky enough to get a few words with the man himself while I had my copy signed I can also add a bit of useless trivia regarding the title; Dark Entries is the 2nd single by a band called Bauhaus, and Ian Rankin has been wanting to use the title for a while but his publishers wouldn't allow it for a Rebus novel.)
You never know, maybe one day we'll see John Rebus in an equally well written/well illustrated novel of his own.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Author shows promise, 9 Oct 2009
By Ian Williams "ianw" (Sunderland, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dark Entries (Hardcover)
As a writer of graphic novels, that is. He also happens to be one of my favourite crime novelists. This dip into the murky world of DC/Vertigo Comics long-running character John Constantine, a favourite comic character of mine, is a highly competent if not outstanding piece of work. There's nothing wrong with it, though readers familiar with the character will guess the twist which comes around the halfway mark -it it hadn't already been given away by other reviewers, that is. Rankin has a good feel for the character of our bad-boy hero JC and his milieu and overall it's a decent contribution to Constantine's chronicles.

But -and you knew there was a 'but' coming- I absolutely hate the crude sketchy art by Werther Dell'edera. A matter of taste, sure; I've no doubt that lots of people will like the style, just not me. I also miss the colour of the regular comic.

So: 4 stars for the writing, 1 for the art.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Rankin and Constantine - a great cocktail
Magical jack of all trades Constantine and famous crime writer Rankin, creator of Inspector Rebus, is a mouthwatering combination and it doesn't disappoint. Read more
Published 25 days ago by Jo Bennie

3.0 out of 5 stars not Rebus but not bad
I enjoyed the plot but felt the writing in the second part wasn't as strong as in the first. As if IR was more comfortable with the mystery element than with the action. Read more
Published 26 days ago by kenpat

1.0 out of 5 stars Dark Entries *!*!*!*!
Don't know what to say about this one. Was mystified - not Ian Rankin's style at all in my opinion. Consigned to the back of the cupboard.
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. Marion Lornie

4.0 out of 5 stars Watch reality TV and be damned
A Big Brother type house and it's contestants are being haunted by ghosts so the show's producer gets Constantine in to investigate. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Wiggles

1.0 out of 5 stars CHECK IT OUT FIRST
This book is a comic strip, not to my taste, if you are looking for a proper novel do'nt buy this one. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dj Degnan

5.0 out of 5 stars Ian Rankins Dark Entries
A book which I had not expected Rankin to write and make a graphic novel out off. Dark and sinister in its plot as it is with the illustrations that accompany it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Michael Proctor

2.0 out of 5 stars dark entries indeed
The story was silly, and the drawing worse. This was recommended by Bryan Appleyard in the Sunday Times, a writer I usually find intellectually stimulating & profound. Read more
Published 3 months ago by mimlet

5.0 out of 5 stars German Entry
Before I went to see Ian Rankin presenting his graphic novel at Waterstone's/Edinburgh on October 15, I realised that my last contact with comics was 26 years ago when we would... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Robert Hrdina

1.0 out of 5 stars Not what it might seem to be at first sight !
It is a pity that the cover design is so similar to the usual design for the REBUS and other PRINT books by Ian Rankin. Read more
Published 4 months ago by OLD-BOY

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