{"id":281,"date":"2006-07-09T16:08:25","date_gmt":"2006-07-09T23:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=281"},"modified":"2025-05-05T20:37:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:37:02","slug":"bloodsucking-fiends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/281","title":{"rendered":"Bloodsucking Fiends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bloodsucking Fiends<\/em> (1995) Christopher Moore<\/p>\n

\"Bloodsucking<\/a><\/p>\n

Jody is coming home from work when she’s attacked. She wakes up to find herself under a dumpster and turned into a vampire. The she has to come to terms with her change, and learn how to survive.<\/p>\n

The story was interesting but there was something about the writing that I wasn’t quite sure about. I can’t put my finger on it, but it distracted me just enough that I didn’t like the story quite as well as I thought I should have. Probably because I didn’t particularly like Jody when she was introduced. Probably because she’s described as caring about clothing and her hair and how she looked. Sorry, but I really don’t like women like that, so out of the gate I had a hard time caring about what happened to her.<\/p>\n

She got better and more interesting, but not only did I have little concern for her, I found myself thinking that perhaps it might not be a bad thing if she got exposed to the sun and burned to a crisp. Not the best character reader relationship.<\/p>\n

But it was an interesting story, and I did like Tommy. However, over all, the whole thing just kinda struck me as rather so-so. I never really got pulled into the story, and maybe it was trying a little to hard to be clever and amusing. It might have been more enjoyable if it had tried a little less hard.<\/p>\n

Bloodsucking Fiends<\/em> didn’t put my off reading Christopher Moore again, but I think I’d prefer to get the next book used. Just in case.
\nRating: 5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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