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Loading... Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Storyby Christopher Moore
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I understand that this whole overplaying of clichées and stereotypes is intentional but it's just too much, way too much for me. Haha, stupid, ignorant, and naive people do stupid, ignorant, and naive things, haha. I just don't find that funny, at all. Intentional or not, It just makes me sad. If you can get behind that kind of humor, go for it. The entire plot was so implausible, and I'm not talking about the vampire part (cuz hey, you never know). What I mean by implausible is a young woman asking a man she's known for a day to move in with her, ESPECIALLY when she has a huge and disturbing secret that would make her completely at his mercy for her safety. I'm talking about a group of drugged up losers being able to effectively battle an ancient evil vampire, and people moving to San Francisco because of Jack Kerouac and other Beat writers. Also, none of the characters were likable. The one saving grace of the book is that it was set in San Francisco; I'm a sucker for seeing the names of my streets, neighborhoods, and local joints in print. I know this was written in 1995, but wow this is bad. I don't know if the author was trying to write this way on purpose to make a point, or a parody but it didn't work. It all came across as offensive, not witty. Characters are super flat and unsympathetic and not interesting at all. No chemistry in this 'love story' at all and barely any plot. The preview of the first chapters was interesting enough to take a chance, but it didn't carry through. I only made it to 42%. Don't bother, there are much funnier and better written books out there! Belongs to SeriesNotable Lists
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HTML: Jody never asked to become a vampire. But when she wakes up under an alley Dumpster with a badly burned arm, an aching back, superhuman strength, and a distinctly Nosferatuan thirst, she realizes the decision has been made for her. Making the transition from the nine-to-five grind to an eternity of nocturnal prowlings is going to take some doing, however, and that's where C. Thomas Flood fits in. A would-be Kerouac from Incontinence, Indiana, Tommy (to his friends) is biding his time night-clerking and frozen-turkey bowling in a San Francisco Safeway. But all that changes when a beautiful undead redhead walks through the door...and proceeds to rock Tommy's life -- and afterlife -- in ways he never thought possible. .No library descriptions found. |
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