Christopher Moore

Bloodsucking Fiends

Sarah Sammis

Bloodsucking Fiends has the charm of the other Moore books but his description of San Francisco seemed disjointed and out of character. The neighborhoods were correctly labeled but the whole thing seemed more like a geography recitation than a place where the characters were really living and interacting with. Interestingly, the book that is so often noted in this book, On the Road has a much better and funnier description of San Francisco in the fifteen or twenty pages covered in the book than does Bloodsucking Fiends in three hundred pages.

The homeless man who proclaimed himself "Emperor of San Francisco and Protector of Mexico" is a hundred years past his time. The "real" emperor was Joshua Abraham Norton and his self proclaimed title was "Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico." Anyway, this character felt out of place and reminded me more of Romulus Ledbetter, the protagonist from The Caveman's Valentine than as a believable resident of San Francisco in the just pre-dot-com days.

Jody, the novice vampire never really developes fully as a character. She seems forever stuck in limbo of not knowing if she's happy with her situation or not. Then in the last couple of pages, Moore suddenly has her make up her mind but there is no build up to it. Her change of heart serves just to end the book.

Tommy, the boyfriend, seems older than nineteen. He's too good at making friends. For a farm boy he's too good at surviving in the City. I suppose his willingness to trust what friends and strangers tell him is supposed to be a sign of his youthful naivite but I think he would have been more believable if his age had been mid twenties because that's how he is written.

ཐིཋྀ

he’s pathetic & in love!!! i love him..

A Love Story

Laura Mauler

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.

Emma Conarroe 

Ehhhh it was okay. Started it thinking it was going to be more comedy and irony but there wasn’t much. I only finished it for the sake of finishing it. I also bought the second book of the series but I’m not sure I’ll even bother reading it

Tamara Turner

So at first the books was hilarious(and kinda cringe, but whatever I guess) but then it just was kinda confusing and... not quite boring but pretty close. And the ending is super weird

This is not a serious novel in any sense of the word. This is a book with a loose plot, hilarious imagery, and characters that make for laugh out loud moments. This is still a better love story than Twilight!

I think the thing that I prefer in Moore's work is the way he creates imagery that just makes you laugh at the hilarity of it all. I know I broke out laughing about a Boston terrier with a pie tin on his head, Jody playing the "other woman" at the store, and many other scenes.

What kept this from 5 stars was that the plot was relatively nonexistant. This is more of a along character study, with some silliness thrown in to move things along when needed. I do think some of the running gags got tiresome, but some did come to fruition in ironic ways so I tip my hat to Moore. This is a good book if you want to see the viewpoint of a reluctant vampire, who points out how it is still hard to apply mascara despite these new powers. I'm buying the next in the series soon.

Ben Nathan

I really enjoyed this. Lots of fun. Quirky characters. I enjoy the Moore wit and will probably read the rest of this series and other random books by him. I suggest for those that like smiling :)

Bloodsucking Fiends

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