Thirsty by M.T. Anderson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Thirsty
Book Review: Worst book to ever crawl into print
Summary: 1 Stars
Honestly the worst thing I have EVER read. I've read a lot too. There was not a single likable character, the main character was painfully boring, the writing truly horrendous, and the mindless, pointless plot is spotted with random and cruel depictions of badly explained violence.
I read the full book in the vain hope that one single ray of redemption would show itself, but no, the main character ends up curled up in his bedroom waiting for his obviously heartless parent's to turn him in to be killed horribly.
That was a major problem. In the beginning you are treated to the description of a vampire being led away to be blinded and killed horribly. Vampire yes, but you are given no reason. Was this person really this bad? Who is this person? Who honestly deserves this? I am not easily effected by violence, especially in print, but I just found this scene distressing.
And the main character, I don't even remember his name. Is he mentally retarded? This can be the only explaination he talks like an idiot. Something along the lines of "They walked ahead. I walked after then. I walked slower."
Any of the mythology thrown in is hopelessly tacked on in this badly missmatched excuse for a novel. You get a bit of an explaination, but nothing compelling or interesting. In the end, no one wins and it all just sucks. NOTHING HAPPENS. AT ALL.
Nothing important is resolved and what wasn't boring made me feel just plain bad.
It literally made me ill for the two days after I slogged through it's wash of horrendous writing. It's not even worth reading for the value of saying that "yes, this is bad."
Never touch this book. Ever.
Burn it if possible.
Book Review: Not Good
Summary: 1 Stars
I hated the ending. The book itself wasn't all bad. It was just mostly bad. I love vampire fiction and this fell way way short.Book Review: UGH
Summary: 2 Stars
I think this book was at most: okay?? maybe. Listen this book is too long winded to begin with because it's mostly him being whiny and doing really dumb stuff or wonder if he should have done something different. Also his character didn't really developed... even though he was turning into a vampire. So not only did he not gain anything but I as the reader didn't either. I actually lost something, my time.Book Review: Interesting but flawed
Summary: 3 Stars
An interesting take on the whole vampire legend. In Chris's world, vampires have always existed. People are wary of vampires, and lynch them when they find them. As his hometown prepares for the annual Sad Festival of Vampires with an ancient ritual (held in a Whitehen Pantry) that keeps Tch'muchgar, the Vampire Lord locked into a prison world, Chris seems to be turning into a vampire. Can he trust his friends and family NOT to lynch him, if that happens? Should he trust Chet a self described celestial being to help him not become a blood sucking freak?
While this was a good idea of a new approach to the old I-was-a-teenage-vampire novel, it was ultimately unsatisfying. It was amusing at points, but it just seemed like the author has a good idea that drove him about half way through the novel, and then he had no idea where to go. It meanders to an unconvincing end. It's quite bloody and violent, so if you prefer the more stylized vampire novel, (like the Twilight Saga) beware.
Unless you feel a need to read every vampire novel available, skip this one.
Book Review: depressing at the end
Summary: 3 Stars
This book allows you to jump into an alternate universe where vampires and other magical creatures are common place and humans act as the police of such creatures. While I enjoyed the subcontext of racism and prejudice, I did not enjoy the ending at all. While I will not revel it, I found that there was this large climax that just did not happen. I was waiting for it and then the book ended.