The Oldest Living Vampire Tells All: Revised and Expanded (The Oldest Living Vampire Saga Book 1)

I can't believe the bad rap this story is getting - I thought Gon's storytelling was awesome! I don't understand what everyone is getting so bent out of shape about in the slang department when it is obvious that Gon was speaking in contemporary terms so that we could understand their dialogue. It's no different than reading any other book that's been translated, like us manga or yaoi fans. This narrative was refreshingly imaginative and unique and brought to life an age that human beings alive now will only ever be able to speculate about in the most boring detail and this author did so in the most unique way imaginable by taking his vampire out of the cliches and breathing new life into a topic of paranormal fiction that has been nearly told to death by the retelling of the same vampire stories over and over again (you guys know what I'm talking about - those stories where vampires are fighting for the glory and honor of their pack while trying not to fall in love with some unsuspecting mortal girl with a secret, the kind where she might actually be half werewolf or half vampire or half...you get the point.) But vampires and cavemen? Come on, it doesn't get anymore unique than that!Gon is a 30,000 year old vampire who speaks very bluntly and makes no apologies for it. For that reason there is very explicit content in here that, understandably so, drew some backlash in some of the less flattering reviews. The offending scenes involves a pre-adolescent Gon and his companions engaging in some rather mature behavior and the vulgar terms used to describe the content did make it a bit awkward to read and have to picture children that age acting out the scenes described. So, yes, I was a bit uncomfortable reading that particular scene, but I will come to this author's defense all the same for writing it because he was trying to make the narrative authentic and is speaking through Gon and his experiences. You can easily skip it altogether since it doesn't harm the rest of the story in any way, but do realize that erotic themes remain prevalent throughout most of the story, although it isn't heavily emphasized like your traditional vampire romance.With that said, this isn't a romance at all. This book is exactly what it says it is - a tell all. And it quite obviously doesn't end here. Gon has had a loooong life so this series could go on indefinitely couldn't it? I hope so. I haven't been this entertained by a vampire story in a long time and I happen to like learning about prehistoric life so even though Mr. Duncan's paleolithic environment has very little bearing on what scientists have come to learn of the real environment of that time, I appreciate his fictional account of life for the cro-magnons and neanderthals and the harmony shared between them. So for those of you turned off by a little commune lovin' and cavemen who are way smarter than the human beings who are alive and running things now, then you're not gonna show Gon any love. That's okay - go back to reading Twilight. But if you want a vampire story told from one who was alive before Moses parted the Red Sea and Jesus Christ was performing his miracles, then this is your read. I can't wait to go on to the next.

Where does The Oldest Living Vampire Tells All: Revised and Expanded rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?I very much enjoyed a different point of view of a vampires beings and current life.What was one of the most memorable moments of The Oldest Living Vampire Tells All: Revised and Expanded?When Gon Killed his maker. Wow that was an intense moment in the book.What does Ian M. Walker bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?This great rough voice. He sounds like a 30,000 year old vampire.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?I thought it was so cute when Gon was 1st falling in love with his wife.Any additional comments?This is the 1st book that I have listened to by Joseph Duncan and Narrated by Ian M. Walker. I received this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.I was very interested throughout the entire book. I love history, I like vampire stories and I really enjoy stories of the 1st humans.Gon is the main character in the book. He has what sounded like the most perfect life growing up with a loving family. Than to being a young man falling in love. I thought the idea of sharing a house hold with more than one wife and husband would be ideal. Everyone would share and take care of each other. The children would grow up loved and safer with 2 more adults looking after them. I felt so sorry for Gon he had everything and lost it all. The only thing he was able to walk away with was the fact that he was able to claim his revenge of the one that took it all from him. I liked too that it was nothing like any vampire book I have ever listened too. What a clever imagination the author must have to tell this story. It was a fun twist on what really happened to the Neanderthal's.This is the second book that I have listened that Ian M. Walker has narrated. He was amazing again. He used a very rough voice that really fits the 30,000 year old Gon.