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Stainless

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Never in my life have I read a book that has managed to embrace so much pain, longing, and beauty in my entire life. The protagonist, broken rock musician Keith, is symbolic of the heavy hearted, hurting soul in all of us after the rejection and aftershocks of the cruel thing called Love. Set against the underside of L.A.'s music scene, "Stainless" tells the story of a talented man broken by the suicide of his girlfriend and the loss of the use of his hands (which were cracked one by one in a Venezuelan prison). Enter Justine, the soul sucking vampire with a sensitive side who can't save Keith, so she merely drags him further into a bleak, dark world of misfits, abuse, and lost denizens filled with longing. Through his beautiful descriptions, dream like visions, and painful metaphors, the author manages to present the reader with a raw view of life, unapologetic is its grief and sorrow. If you're looking for a book that touches your soul and brings you to tears, look no further. This is a definite masterpiece that will haunt the depths of your consciousness.

Stainless is brilliant. Find a copy anywhere you can and read it. You will be blown away.

I passed Stainless to a friend who at first wasn't that enthousiastic about reading "another vampire novel". She was blown away.It was so deep and moving that she didn't want it to end.
Stainless goes way beyond the genre. While keeping the codes of the vampire fiction, it transgresses its clichés and makes it a truly deep literary novel, brilliantly served by Grimson's poetic and original prose.
A romantic tragedy (in the best highest sense) for both vampire lovers and lovers of contemporary literature.

Okay, so the story is a bit gauzy. So there is nothing redeeming about this romp in gore and amoral sex and depravity. What do you want? This book is a five unit class in advanced composition. I mean it. This guy can work language. If you want to write you owe it to yourself to wade through this little book. He freed me from conjuction and gerund sentence hell and he can do the same to you. Thanks, Todd, baby, and next time give a little more thought to content, huh?

A vampire and her lover amidst trashy LA goth types.

The lead characters are rather hollow, and the goth characters are ugly and unsympathetic. There's also an evil vampire whom the goths end up serving, to their misfortune.

I guess this book is supposed to be a commentary of some sort on the vapid LA lifestyle. Sort of like LESS THAN ZERO with fangs. Lots of bored "been there, done that" characters on the fringes of the music scene.

It's not a "heavy" or "literary" as the author seems to intend, but it reads well. Not a bad book if trashy goth types interest you.

Never in my entire life have I read such a creative, heartbreaking book. Grimson's characters were so believable that I actually felt the broken rock musician protagonist's sadness. The plot, although not 100% original, was a nice change of pace from the usual bore and lore that can be found in Anne Rice's books. It's nice to know you won't find any whiny, "why must I continue to kill?" vampires here. The writing was pure poetry and I love his unusual style. Thanks for your contribution to the horror genre, Mr. Grimson.

As a vampire fan I liked this book. Well defined characters that are easy to relate to, and beautiful descriptive texts. It plays out like a movie. However, not for the young or easily offended.

Stainless is Like a Clive Barker and Anne Rice Novel molded into one devilishy delightful treat. The Author Todd Grimson writes in a way that will give you visual pictures of the scenes, you will swear that you are right there with the characters. This Book is a great buy and I recommend it to anyone who loves a good Vampire Novel.

I'm kind of a sucker for vampire stories, but it's rare that one impresses me as much as this. At first I was offput by the unsual tempo of the writing, but as I got into it I found that it was very effective in a stream-of-consciousness sort of way, and conjured up much more in the way of visual imagry than usual prose. I enjoyed the dark and offbeat story, straight through to the end. If you want an idea of what to expect, picture a modern day vampire story told in the style of say William Gibson, sort of a noir cyberpunk story without the cyber and throw in some vampires. I njoyed it a lot and highly recommend it to anyone who like either genre

While Grimsley may not have anything to say, he says it so well. True, the story is just more perverse gore, but I learned more from his sentence structure than I did in four years studying English Lit here and in England. This guy gives great syntax!