Monday, May 17, 2010

Christopher Moore: Bloodsucking Fiends

So far, the book is a good read. The characters are relatable and dynamic with their own problems and human qualities (or about as human as their existance allows them to be). Fiends has an original, humorous plot with common everyday dialogue that makes the book easy to follow and keeps the reader involved. It's a refreshing break from the ever incessant over-estimated, flat, droll, poor quality and underlying misogyny of Twilight and sticks to the common characteristics and rules of Vampires in literature. As a fan of horror liturature, that is a MUST, and Christopher Moore exceeded my expectations of the modern writer.
Jody, a 23 year old young woman in San Francisco lives an average life with an average office job and under the living arrangements of a selfish, inconsiderate 'friends-with-benefits' type until she is attacked and passes out behind a dumpster after experiencing a lascerating pain and wakes up with a horribly burnt hand, strange vision where everyone has a glowing red aura, a bag of hundred dollar bills, and a really bad case of the munchies. She returns home, realizes her housemate cares more about getting to work on time than the fact that she was attacked and missing for the past two days, snaps, and throws a potted plant at him. Ahhh, relationships....
It is not until Jody sees her companion knocked out on the floor with a small pool of blood forming from his head that she realizes what she's been craving.

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