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Book Reviews of Thirsty
Book Review: Thirsty
Summary: 3 Stars
I liked the main character, and the way it made you think about him. I didn't like the fact that the book was short and didn't end as well as I would have liked. I guess I am used to longer books that went into more detail about the character. I liked the part about the party the best. I think the book would be really good for someone around 10 to 16 years old. Then I might rate the book better.Book Review: disappointing puts it mildly
Summary: 1 Stars
And this book was so bizarre!
Harry Potter meets the Lost Boys.
But the worst thing about this book is the ending.
It just falls flat. There is no ending.
Chris just ends up back at square one and
the whole point of everything just read is futile.
I recommend a bypass on this one. Read I Am Legend instead.
Book Review: Giving it one star is being gentle!
Summary: 1 Stars
This book made me want to vomit continually. It was that bad. It was horridly written and sounded like a 4th grader had written every piece of dialogue in it. The characters are so stereotypical and two-dimensional it makes it impossible to know the characters beyond their stereotype! Simply horrid writing style + bad characters + 4th grade dialogue + Elementary School plot = Thirsty by M.T. Anderson.
So, let's discuss the stereotypes. We have the brainless, action-movie-big-boobs junkie; the sex-crazy teen girl who acts like a prostitute and overuses the word "like"; the teen boy who angsts for no reason; [I was strangely reminded of the Potter Puppet Pals: "I feel cranky and pubescent today and I don't know why!"] the mysterious, older, cool, obviously-going-to-be-bad-guy [and dresses like CIA]; and finally the typical, name-calling, here-when-we-need-page-fillers older brother.
"BUT WAIT!!" All the people who actually liked this book scream at me. "Our stereotypical teen angsty character does too have a reason for angsting!" And no doubt you'll all say that he's turning into a Vampire in a world where Vampires are killed on sight. "Surely that's a good enough reason!!" Well, ya know what? IT'S NOT!
Sure, he's turning into a Vampire, but you wanna know why that doesn't count? Because the idiot doesn't realize he's turning into a Vampire. Even after the "symptoms" are becoming so obvious the reader starts to wonder why no one else is noticing what's happening to him. That is the reason he had no reason to angst, because he doesn't know what's going on. By the time the idiot realizes what he's turning into, his family should have noticed as well. But no one does until the VERY end.
Have you noticed that this review is somewhat of a rant? There is a reason for it. This book is in 1st person, so the thoughts are...thoughts. Much like this rant.
Do NOT read this crap book. If you want a Vampire Novel read Anne Rice's earlier works like Interview with a Vampire, Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series, or the Vampire Hunter D Novels. Those are masterpieces, beautifully written, believable, realistic, and once more, beautifully written!!
Don't read this book. IT'S HORRIBLE!!
Book Review: So Very Alone...
Summary: 4 Stars
So I've finally read all of M.T. Anderson's young adult novels. I still love his fresh, entertaining, and complex writing style. His first young adult novel, THIRSTY, is no different. Playing on themes of teenage angst turned vampirism, the oppression of different races, and the right of a creature to live even if it has to kill -- Anderson delivers. While this book is not Printz Award-finalist FEED or National Book Award winning OCTAVIAN NOTHING, it's a solid debut and better than most of the drivel out there.
"How can you tell people you're all alone when you're all alone?"
Chris wants his life back -- the one where he's digging on Rebecca Schwartz and hanging with his best friends Tom and Jerk (aka Michael Polinsky). The trouble is, he is turning into a vampire.
Chris' Massachusetts town is gearing up for the annual Sad Festival of Vampires. Each year the rituals and celebrations are performed to keep the Vampire Lord, Tch'muchgar, The Melancholy One, locked in his underwater prison beneath the Wompanoag Reservoir. As long as the town does its part, then the dark god cannot escape and take over again.
Chris' family is a little crazy. His parents -- affectionately referred to as Ward and June (get the cleaver joke there? Eh?) -- are headed for divorce. His brother is a year older, drives a car (danger, danger), and is a royal pain in the finger.
And Chris? He's been obsessed with his reflection lately. And people's necks. Then there's the sound that he thinks he hears of blood pumping through people's veins. Pointy teeth are filling his mouth and making it hard to talk. He's getting letters from vampire girls like Lolli Chasuble, inviting him to "come out of the coffin" tonight with her. And all of a sudden, mirrors are really freaky.
So when he and his friends hop over to Bradley to watch the public lynching of a vampiress, things get a little crazy for Chris. For one, the vampiress looks right at him like she knows something. Then he gets a visit from a man in a suit who calls himself Chet the Celestial Being and says he works for the Forces of Light. The vampires are planning an attack, he says. At the height of the festival, they are going to release Tch'muchgar and take over the town and maybe the world.
But here's the catch: if Chris helps take The Arm of Moriator into The Vampire Lord's kingdom then Chet will keep Chris from becoming a vampire.
Seems easy enough, right? Until Chris tries it.
-- Reviewed by Jonathan Stephens
Book Review: "The Curse" has never been so funny!
Summary: 4 Stars
This book has action, has emotion, has an integrated plot, and builds a very interesting world. But the best part of all is its witty humor.
The characters in this book talk like real people. All the "um"s "yeah"s and awkward pauses are there in the dialog, giving it a strange freshness, and maybe even causing us to laugh at ourselves in acknowledgement of how silly we can sound when we take ourselves too seriously.
The stereotype of uber-dangerous vamps, romantically stalking through the night, is turned on its head in this tale! In Anderson's world these vampires gather together at suspicious smelling potlucks like cult devotees; and the so-sexy, blond blood-drinker who tries to convert the main character is a brainless valley-girl who writes cutesy notes in multicolored pen! However much we might want to love these demons of the night, Anderson reminds us that, sometimes, the forces of evil are just plain stupid. And hilarious.
Many authors might have taken a "coming of age vampire story" and turned it into just another ho-hum teen drama, but Anderson keeps everything light with satire and plenty of sarcastic wit from the main character!