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Book Reviews of Thirsty
Book Review: Blood, guts, gore I want more
Summary: 4 Stars
Thirsty is a book about a young lad named Chris who has the misfortune that he is turning into a blood- sucking vampire. He meets a man named Chet who says ha if he does his bidding he will change him back into a human, But if he fails the vampire Lord Tch'macgar will be unleashed onto the world and will cause destruction.
My favorite part of the book is when Chris is at lunch sitting next to Rebecca Schwartz the love of his life. Even though he knows he doesn't need to eat he takes a bite of his meatball sub anyway. Suddenly he gets a weird feeling in his stomach and then he throws the meatball sub up everywhere. He runs off to the restroom his thoughts spinning. When he gets into the restroom he looks into the mirror and all he sees is the blank wall looking back at him. He knows that he's in his vampire mode. When he's out of the restroom he sees Rebecca waiting for him but he purposely avoids her because his reflection still isn't showing up on the shinny lockers.
I recommend this book to any young reader. Its adventurous, it has a lot of action and drama. Ans the best of all lots of blood and gore. This book isn't one of those books that starts of slow then builds up, this is already into the action in almost the third chapter. It's an easy short read and its lots of fun. You don't have to be young to red this; I think anyone can enjoy Thirsty.
Book Review: Blood, guts, gore I want more
Summary: 4 Stars
Thirsty is a book about a young lad named Chris who has the misfortune that he is turning into a blood- sucking vampire. He meets a man named Chet who says ha if he does his bidding he will change him back into a human, But if he fails the vampire Lord Tch'macgar will be unleashed onto the world and will cause destruction.
My favorite part of the book is when Chris is at lunch sitting next to Rebecca Schwartz the love of his life. Even though he knows he doesn't need to eat he takes a bite of his meatball sub anyway. Suddenly he gets a weird feeling in his stomach and then he throws the meatball sub up everywhere. He runs off to the restroom his thoughts spinning. When he gets into the restroom he looks into the mirror and all he sees is the blank wall looking back at him. He knows that he's in his vampire mode. When he's out of the restroom he sees Rebecca waiting for him but he purposely avoids her because his reflection still isn't showing up on the shinny lockers.
I recommend this book to any young reader. Its adventurous, it has a lot of action and drama. Ans the best of all lots of blood and gore. This book isn't one of those books that starts of slow then builds up, this is already into the action in almost the third chapter. It's an easy short read and its lots of fun. You don't have to be young to red this; I think anyone can enjoy Thirsty.
Book Review: This Book Sucks (Blood, Of Course)
Summary: 4 Stars
One of M.T. Anderson's earlier works, THIRSTY takes the vampire genre into the YA field with aplomb. A tragicomedy of sorts, the book assumes from the get-go that vampires are a part of normal life -- at least in the many real Massachusetts towns named.
High school freshman Chris seems like your everyday teenaged protagonist, but he has a bloody secret that's news even to him -- the vampire-killing festival his hometown stages every year might have more to do with him than he thinks. Thus begins the morality play of a young man who's just discovering he's a young vampire. And as nature urges him relentlessly toward his first kill, his human side with a conscience continually holds him back. It's a painful internal struggle to witness (and helps the suspense factor mightily).
Anderson wisely adds a mystery/thriller element with a higher being called "Chet," who appears before Chris and asks that Chris aid in a gambit to keep the Lord of the Vampires in his prison. When Chris agrees in exchange for the return of his humanity, everything seems cool, but then another "higher being" shows up to argue that "Chet" is in fact a liar who's actually out to aid and abet the Lord of the Vampires. Who to believe, then, becomes a second suspense device.
The characterization and dialogue are well-done and witty. There's Chris' friends, Tom and Jerk. There's Chris' human object of desire, Rebecca Schwartz. There's Chris' vampire object of something-messier-than-desire, Lolli (no, her last name's not "Pop"). There's Mom and Dad (the bewildered Mr. and Mrs. Cleaver sorts). And there's Chris' burgeoning alter ego, the vampire that wants to get out of the closet (coffin?).
Finally, kudos go to Anderson for the ending. Unexpected and deliciously unwrapped, it was both brave and realistic. For teachers and parents who care, there's a degree of profanity, but not so bad that mature 7th and 8th graders can't handle it. A bit raw in stretches, maybe, but overall, I'd say THIRSTY is a bloody good read.
Book Review: Great Book! but the cliffhanger was painful!
Summary: 4 Stars
I absolutely LOVED (in multi-colored writing *wink*) this book. I devoured it in one day, without stopping. I think that Chris' gradual change between human and vampire was amazing, especially the way that M. T. Anderson described it. The cliffhanger at the end nearly KILLED me though. I wonder if (hope!) he is going to write a sequel. Anyway its a great book for vampire fans, and if your not a vampire fan yet, I bet you will be after reading this.Book Review: Still love it...
Summary: 5 Stars
I first read this book in 5th or 6th grade, and 5 years later I still love it, which is rare. I must admit: I love M.T. Anderson's work, though this book especially, because I am a vampire fan.
This is not, however, a traditional vampire novel. I take this as a good thing. It follows Chris, your average teenage boy in a small town, who has a crush, and seems to be turning into a vampire. In this alternate world, vampires are part of accepted reality, like car crashes, as, so it seems, are faeries etc. Every year, towns and cities perform ceremonies to ward off the vampires and other bad spirits. However, it seems that the vampires will be trying to break out their lord, Tch'muchgar, while the bonds are being reforged. A celestial being, Chet, has approached Chris, offering to cleanse him of his vampirism if Chris will infiltrate the vampire community for the forces of light.
Others have complained about the dialogue of this book, and indeed it is not, surely, the best. The use of 'like,' for example, is too prolific and awkward. Then again, it always appears odd in print, even if teenagers do use 'like' too much. It just doesn't sound good. As for the dialogue being stilted due to lack of contractions, I actually did not mind this. I thought that overall, when the like's weren't creeping up, the dialogue added to the tone of the book.
Overall, this book was funny and engaging. It is not horror in any sense of the word. But there is a bit of suspense, and the ending was surprising to me when I first read it. Whether or not, as a 10th grader, it would have surprised me for the first time had I read it at this age, I don't know. But I can say that the passage of time has not dulled the pleasure I found in this book.