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* HarsherInHindsight: The Master has been watching humanity for centuries, waiting for precisely the right moment to unleash his vampire plague, and chose the early 21st century because: 1) with modern travel and communications, it has never been easier for diseases to spread quickly on a worldwide scale; 2) the various nations are so politically divided and suspicious of each other that it becomes impossible for them to coordinate a united response to the crisis; and 3) on a societal level, individual humans are so wrapped up in their own conceptions of what's important - their careers, their relationships, their fortunes - that they will ignore clear warnings of a risk to themselves and their families until it is too late to act. These observations ceased to be science fiction during UsefulNotes/COVID19.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The Master has been watching humanity for centuries, waiting for precisely the right moment to unleash his vampire plague, and chose the early 21st century because: 1) with modern travel and communications, it has never been easier for diseases to spread quickly on a worldwide scale; 2) the various nations are so politically divided and suspicious of each other that it becomes impossible for them to coordinate a united response to the crisis; and 3) on a societal level, individual humans are so wrapped up in their own conceptions of what's important - their careers, their relationships, and their fortunes individual sense of self-worth - that they will ignore clear warnings of a risk to themselves and their families until it is too late to act. These observations ceased to be science fiction during UsefulNotes/COVID19.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The Master has been watching humanity for centuries, waiting for precisely the right moment to unleash his vampire plague, and chose the early 21st century because: 1) with modern travel and communications, it has never been easier for diseases to spread quickly on a worldwide scale; 2) the various nations are so politically divided and suspicious of each other that it becomes impossible for them to coordinate a united response to the crisis; and 3) on a societal level, individual humans are so wrapped up in their own conceptions of what's important - their careers, their relationships, their fortunes - that they will ignore clear warnings of a risk to themselves and their families until it is too late to act. These observations ceased to be science fiction during UsefulNotes/COVID19.
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And no, I'm not complaining, those are just common criticisms of the third book that I've seen.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: Many readers who loved the take on vampires as biological abominations described as "viruses incarnate" ''hated'' when ''The Night Eternal'' [[spoiler: revealed them to be descendants of a fallen angel, completely retconning the scientific explanations for most of their weaknesses]]. Besides that, they found Eph's storyline to be tedious and {{wangst}}-ridden.
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* {{Wangst}}: A common criticism of Eph, given the depression he fell into over [[spoiler:Zack's abduction.]]
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* {{Wangst}}: A common criticism of Eph, given the depression he fell into over [[spoiler:Zack's abduction.[[spoiler: Zack's abduction, which inevitably leads to him strongly considering selling out the human race to the Master just to see his son again.]]
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* TearJerker:
** Ansel Barbour's subplot in the first book. He has a mentally ill and extremely superstitious wife, and is slowly succumbing to his newfound thirst for blood, which culminates in him feeding on his two dogs, and his aforementioned wife killing herself.
** ''The Fall'' has this in spades. It's a DarkerAndEdgier followup to the first book, which was already grisly in its own right. One such example is Setrakian being forced to [[spoiler:kill his wife, who was turned by Eichhorst.]]
** The entire subplot with Nora's mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer's. It's not played in the {{narm}}tastic way the show portrayed it. [[spoiler:It doesn't help that she is sent to be slaughtered in the next book, with Nora being unable to do anything about it.]]
** [[spoiler:The death of Setrakian. Sure, it was equal parts FaceDeathWithDignity, HeroicSacrifice, DyingAsYourself, and DyingMomentOfAwesome, but it's still sad to have to see this kindly old man go. Even Fet tears up when Setrakian makes it clear that he has to die.]]
** [[spoiler:Eph's HeroicSacrifice in ''The Night Eternal.'' He blows up the Master's site of origin ... along with the Master, himself, Zack, and Quinlan.]]
** Ansel Barbour's subplot in the first book. He has a mentally ill and extremely superstitious wife, and is slowly succumbing to his newfound thirst for blood, which culminates in him feeding on his two dogs, and his aforementioned wife killing herself.
** ''The Fall'' has this in spades. It's a DarkerAndEdgier followup to the first book, which was already grisly in its own right. One such example is Setrakian being forced to [[spoiler:kill his wife, who was turned by Eichhorst.]]
** The entire subplot with Nora's mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer's. It's not played in the {{narm}}tastic way the show portrayed it. [[spoiler:It doesn't help that she is sent to be slaughtered in the next book, with Nora being unable to do anything about it.]]
** [[spoiler:The death of Setrakian. Sure, it was equal parts FaceDeathWithDignity, HeroicSacrifice, DyingAsYourself, and DyingMomentOfAwesome, but it's still sad to have to see this kindly old man go. Even Fet tears up when Setrakian makes it clear that he has to die.]]
** [[spoiler:Eph's HeroicSacrifice in ''The Night Eternal.'' He blows up the Master's site of origin ... along with the Master, himself, Zack, and Quinlan.]]
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* TearJerker:
** Ansel Barbour's subplot in the first book. He has a mentally ill and extremely superstitious wife, and is slowly succumbing to his newfound thirst for blood, which culminates in him feeding on his two dogs, and his aforementioned wife killing herself.
** ''The Fall'' has this in spades. It's a DarkerAndEdgier followup to the first book, which was already grisly inTearJerker: [[TearJerker/TheStrain Has its own right. One such example is Setrakian being forced to [[spoiler:kill his wife, who was turned by Eichhorst.]]
** The entire subplot with Nora's mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer's. It's not played in the {{narm}}tastic way the show portrayed it. [[spoiler:It doesn't help that she is sent to be slaughtered in the next book, with Nora being unable to do anything about it.]]
** [[spoiler:The death of Setrakian. Sure, it was equal parts FaceDeathWithDignity, HeroicSacrifice, DyingAsYourself, and DyingMomentOfAwesome, but it's still sad to have to see this kindly old man go. Even Fet tears up when Setrakian makes it clear that he has to die.]]
** [[spoiler:Eph's HeroicSacrifice in ''The Night Eternal.'' He blows up the Master's site of origin ... along with the Master, himself, Zack, and Quinlan.page.]]
** Ansel Barbour's subplot in the first book. He has a mentally ill and extremely superstitious wife, and is slowly succumbing to his newfound thirst for blood, which culminates in him feeding on his two dogs, and his aforementioned wife killing herself.
** ''The Fall'' has this in spades. It's a DarkerAndEdgier followup to the first book, which was already grisly in
** The entire subplot with Nora's mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer's. It's not played in the {{narm}}tastic way the show portrayed it. [[spoiler:It doesn't help that she is sent to be slaughtered in the next book, with Nora being unable to do anything about it.]]
** [[spoiler:The death of Setrakian. Sure, it was equal parts FaceDeathWithDignity, HeroicSacrifice, DyingAsYourself, and DyingMomentOfAwesome, but it's still sad to have to see this kindly old man go. Even Fet tears up when Setrakian makes it clear that he has to die.]]
** [[spoiler:Eph's HeroicSacrifice in ''The Night Eternal.'' He blows up the Master's site of origin ... along with the Master, himself, Zack, and Quinlan.
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* TearJerker:
** Ansel Barbour's subplot in the first book. He has a mentally ill and extremely superstitious wife, and is slowly succumbing to his newfound thirst for blood, which culminates in him feeding on his two dogs, and his aforementioned wife killing herself.
** ''The Fall'' has this in spades. It's a DarkerAndEdgier followup to the first book, which was already grisly in its own right. One such example is Setrakian being forced to [[spoiler:kill his wife, who was turned by Eichhorst.]]
** The entire subplot with Nora's mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer's. It's not played in the {{narm}}tastic way the show portrayed it. [[spoiler:It doesn't help that she is sent to be slaughtered in the next book, with Nora being unable to do anything about it.]]
** [[spoiler:The death of Setrakian. Sure, it was equal parts FaceDeathWithDignity, HeroicSacrifice, DyingAsYourself, and DyingMomentOfAwesome, but it's still sad to have to see this kindly old man go. Even Fet tears up when Setrakian makes it clear that he has to die.]]
** [[spoiler:Eph's HeroicSacrifice in ''The Night Eternal.'' He blows up the Master's site of origin ... along with the Master, himself, Zack, and Quinlan.]]
** Ansel Barbour's subplot in the first book. He has a mentally ill and extremely superstitious wife, and is slowly succumbing to his newfound thirst for blood, which culminates in him feeding on his two dogs, and his aforementioned wife killing herself.
** ''The Fall'' has this in spades. It's a DarkerAndEdgier followup to the first book, which was already grisly in its own right. One such example is Setrakian being forced to [[spoiler:kill his wife, who was turned by Eichhorst.]]
** The entire subplot with Nora's mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer's. It's not played in the {{narm}}tastic way the show portrayed it. [[spoiler:It doesn't help that she is sent to be slaughtered in the next book, with Nora being unable to do anything about it.]]
** [[spoiler:The death of Setrakian. Sure, it was equal parts FaceDeathWithDignity, HeroicSacrifice, DyingAsYourself, and DyingMomentOfAwesome, but it's still sad to have to see this kindly old man go. Even Fet tears up when Setrakian makes it clear that he has to die.]]
** [[spoiler:Eph's HeroicSacrifice in ''The Night Eternal.'' He blows up the Master's site of origin ... along with the Master, himself, Zack, and Quinlan.]]
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Vasily Fet in The Strain. He became a favorite of fans and the authors, and as such was a BreakoutCharacter in The Fall.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Vasily Fet in The Strain. ''The Strain.'' He became a favorite of fans and the authors, and as such was a BreakoutCharacter in The ''The Fall.''
* MoralEventHorizon: The Master was always a spirit of pure evil, drawn to the carnage and suffering of human beings. [[spoiler:What ''really'' cemented him as an irredeemable bastard, however, is how he deceived the nations into nuking each other, transforming the planet into a haven for vampires in which humans are rounded up like cattle and imprisoned in blood camps.]]
* MoralEventHorizon: The Master was always a spirit of pure evil, drawn to the carnage and suffering of human beings. [[spoiler:What ''really'' cemented him as an irredeemable bastard, however, is how he deceived the nations into nuking each other, transforming the planet into a haven for vampires in which humans are rounded up like cattle and imprisoned in blood camps.]]
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* ShoutOut: The character Eldritch Palmer is a clear shout out to the Creator/PhilipKDick novel ''Literature/TheThreeStigmataOfPalmerEldritch''.
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* ShoutOut: The character Eldritch Palmer is a clear shout out to {{Wangst}}: A common criticism of Eph, given the Creator/PhilipKDick novel ''Literature/TheThreeStigmataOfPalmerEldritch''.depression he fell into over [[spoiler:Zack's abduction.]]
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** [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Well, some of them]] [[DistractedByTheSexy ARE women]].
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Eph's vision in ''The Night Eternal'' is not one in itself, but a lot of the imagery in it ([[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext such as Matt turning into the Master, Fet having a rat head and smoking a cigar]]) is on par with the "Gutterballs" scene in ''Film/TheBigLebowski.''
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* ShoutOut: The character Eldritch Palmer is a clear shout out to the Creator/PhilipKDick novel ''Literature/TheThreeStigmataOfPalmerEldritch''.
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* Narm: {{Narm}}: The constant use of similes can reach comical levels.
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** [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Well, some of them]] [[DistractedByTheSexy ARE women]].
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** While Eldritch Palmer isn't nearly as sadistic, he was more than willing to trade humanity's place at the top of the food chain, frame good men for crimes they did not commit, sacrifice countless human lives, and [[spoiler: throw the planet into an atomic winter]], all for the sake of immortality.
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* CompleteMonster: The [[MonsterProgenitor Master]], one of the seven original [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]]. While his six brothers are content to rest in their homes and avoid conflict with the world at large, the Master is a sadistic tyrant, ever since ancient times. Crossing from Europe on plane, he kills and turns every passenger so when they revive, he sends them to feed on their loved ones, slowly building a vampire army. When the time is right, the Master initiates through his minions multiple nuclear explosions by destroying silos to kill the six other ancients, and blots out the sun, establishing a vampire kingdom where humans are cattle for his kind, locked in camps and used for blood. The Master shows a penchant for murder and torture for his own amusement as well, even keeping a minion he turned back in the second World War from the Nazi ranks to torment his ArchEnemy, a vampire hunting concentration camp survivor.
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* CompleteMonster: The [[MonsterProgenitor Master]], Master]] is one of the seven original [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]]. While his six brothers are content to rest in their homes and avoid conflict with the world at large, the Master is TheMaster has been a sadistic {{sadist}}ic tyrant, ever since ancient times. Crossing from Europe on plane, he kills and turns every passenger so when they revive, he sends them to feed on their loved ones, slowly building a vampire army. When the time is right, the Master initiates through his minions multiple nuclear explosions by destroying silos to kill the six other ancients, and blots out the sun, establishing a vampire kingdom where humans are cattle for his kind, locked in camps and used for blood. The Master shows a penchant for murder and torture for his own amusement as well, even keeping a minion he turned back in the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII second World War War]] from the Nazi [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi]] ranks to torment his ArchEnemy, a vampire hunting concentration camp survivor.
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** While Eldritch Palmer isn't nearly as sadistic, he was more than willing to trade humanity's place at the top of the food chain, frame good men for crimes they did not commit, sacrifice countless human lives, and [[spoiler: throw the planet into an atomic winter]], all for the sake of immortality.
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* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler: Setrakian.]]
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* CompleteMonster: The Master, even the other Ancients think he's cruel.
** Arguably Eldritch Palmer, despite his [[FreudianExcuse Freudian Excuse]]. His life may have been rather shit, but he is self-admittedly orchestrating a GENOCIDE.
** Arguably Eldritch Palmer, despite his [[FreudianExcuse Freudian Excuse]]. His life may have been rather shit, but he is self-admittedly orchestrating a GENOCIDE.
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* CompleteMonster: The Master, even [[MonsterProgenitor Master]], one of the seven original [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]]. While his six brothers are content to rest in their homes and avoid conflict with the world at large, the Master is a sadistic tyrant, ever since ancient times. Crossing from Europe on plane, he kills and turns every passenger so when they revive, he sends them to feed on their loved ones, slowly building a vampire army. When the time is right, the Master initiates through his minions multiple nuclear explosions by destroying silos to kill the six other Ancients think he's cruel.
** Arguably Eldritch Palmer, despiteancients, and blots out the sun, establishing a vampire kingdom where humans are cattle for his [[FreudianExcuse Freudian Excuse]]. His life may have been rather shit, but kind, locked in camps and used for blood. The Master shows a penchant for murder and torture for his own amusement as well, even keeping a minion he is self-admittedly orchestrating turned back in the second World War from the Nazi ranks to torment his ArchEnemy, a GENOCIDE.vampire hunting concentration camp survivor.
** Arguably Eldritch Palmer, despite
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**[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Well, some of them]] [[DistractedByTheSexy ARE women]].
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** Arguably Eldritch Palmer, despite his [[FreudianExcuse Freudian Excuse]]. His life may have been rather shit, but he is self-admittedly orchestrating a GENOCIDE.
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* ClicheStorm: While the buildup and atmosphere work for the most part, the characters are rather two-dimensional and events near the end feel typical of a set up for a sequel.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Vasily Fet in The Strain. He became a favorite of fans and the authors, and as such was a BreakoutCharacter in The Fall.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: There is nothing romantic about these vampires. Nothing at all.
* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler: Setrakian.]]
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: There is nothing romantic about these vampires. Nothing at all.
* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler: Setrakian.]]
