Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Bloodsucking Fiends
Book Review: I want more Moore!
Summary: 5 Stars
Although not as laugh-out-loud funny as Lamb, this was a very enjoyable book. I really liked the characters. I wasn't too surprised by the way it ended, but it was a satisfying end - though I would have liked to see even more.Book Review: If Carl Hiaasen or Bill Fitzhugh wrote a vampire novel this would be it!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is another very enjoyable hilarious mild horror adventure that once finished will have you looking for everything else Christopher Moore has ever published. Bloodsucking Fiends is his third novel and easily one of his best. This book was written back in 1995 and has proved so popular he has recently written a second vampire adventure with some of these characters You Suck.
If you like the surreal eccentric character comedy novels also check out the authors Bill Fitzhugh (Pest Control's a great place to start), Carl Hiassen (Stormy Weather's as good as any other), Dave Barry (Tricky Business) and Max Barry (Syrup). If classic horror vampire tales are more your thing you can't go wrong with I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.
In Bloodsucking Fiends Jody is your average woman in her mid twenties, she lives in San Francisco, has a mother who's very disappointed in her life, a deadbeat boyfriend and a 9 to 5 job. Her life suddenly gets (or more accurately ends) a lot more exciting when she wakes up under a dumpster with a burnt hand after being attacked on the way home from work. She quickly works out she's a vampire and cannot venture outside in the day so will need a partner to get her car out of impound, find her an apartment and do a heap of other things you can't do at night. This is where yet to be successful write Tommy C Flood comes into play.
Tommy's recently moved to SF from Indiana and is having problems adjusting. He lives in a dorm room with a heap of Chinese guys named Wong. Mysteriously he keeps finding flowers on his bed which is weird considering he hasn't even encountered that many women let along interacted enough to get a secret admirer. A kind homeless man known by everyone as The Emperor tells him of a job as a night stacker manager going at the local supermarket, which turns out to be true and his. There he meets his fellow employees who are known as the animals. Along with unloading trucks they spend the nights skiing behind floor cleaners, bowling with frozen turkeys and other stuff day staff and customers don't know about. This is also where he will meet Jody who is about to make his life a lot more exciting and complicated! Fans of Moore's first novel Practical Demonkeeping will be pleased to know that homicide police officer Rivera has also moved to San Francisco and is one the case of a serial killer who is somehow draining pretty much all the blood from the bodies of the victims.
Book Review: Incredibly Funny Read
Summary: 5 Stars
This was the first Christopher Moore book I read and it turned me in to some sort of junky. I mean I went out and bought all his books after reading it, none of them disappoint.
It takes place in San Francisco and it has Emperor Norton in it, you gotta love that, and I really don't want to give the plot away. Read it.
Book Review: Kinda funny
Summary: 3 Stars
As I was reading this, I kept thinking to myself, "Do all straight guys think like this?" I hope not. It was pretty funny, but the protagonist's viewpoints made it lose it's luster for me.Book Review: Laughed out loud
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the first Christopher Moore book I have read. I wasn't expecting much from it, however, I have found that it is different from other supernatural books that I have read in the past. I am a big fan of Vampire, Werewolf, Witches and other similar books. This one was so funny at several times, I was laughing out loud. I listened to the book on audio, so people were constantly looking at me funny when I laughed out loud, for no apparent reason. I would recommend this book to anyone that enjoy humor and the supernatural. Before finishing this book, I bought the other 2 books in the series and can not wait to get started on them, as well.