Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story | Christopher Moore | There once was this vampire that walked...

Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story | Christopher Moore | Not Your Typical Vampire Tale, But Chuckles Abound

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	Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story Christopher Moore Harper Perennial, 1996 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 146 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

There once was this vampire that walked into a bar.....She said owch

As someone that is trying to get back to reading for pleasure... a few weeks ago I picked up Lamb. I was blow away by the sense of humor that Mr. Moore used to fill in the gap in the biblical tale. Well done. So... I was hungry for more. Checking the bargain listings (what can I say, I am cheap) I found Bloodsucking Fiends and You Suck. I saw that they were related tales and so click click... Amazon.com sent me my next pieced of Mr. Moore.

I read it and I must say I haven't downed a book that quickly in a LONG time. I read Bloodsucking Fiends in about 4 days for me that is outstanding. It is a testiment to Mr. Moore's ability to keep the story flowing. I didn't feel like I could take a break, I didn't want to!

I love the premise, the love, the passion, the jokes... books got jokes people. It was entertaining! Books shouldn't take so much work to enjoy and Mr. Moore does an excellent job of writing a story that doesn't take so much work to get through. It is full of substance and truly a great read.

I look forward to reading the next book, You Suck, which I am sure... won't suck at all. Thank you Mr. Moore!

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Not Your Typical Vampire Tale, But Chuckles Abound

After the side-splitting laughter of Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore, I knew that I needed to give this writer more opportunities to make me laugh. I chose Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story after poring through the descriptions of his various novels mostly on a whim and I'm glad that I did.

The major characters, Tommy and Jody, while perhaps an unlikely pair had they met under normal circumstances given Jody's usual choices of men (she admits to Tommy that she's lived with ten men already at the ripe old age of 26 and he's only been intimate with two women after getting so drunk he can't remember the occasions the next morning) are a pair I cheered for here. He's a geeky wannabe writer who has moved to California because his father has pushed him from the family home in Incontinence, Indiana because writers must starve in the City. Jody is a gorgeous tall redhead who typically falls in with jerks and doesn't last long with them. Oh, and a not-so-minor detail here, but she has also just become a vampire.

Don't expect the typical vampire story or even the typical vampire love story because this is no Anne Rice or Stephenie Meyers. Mr. Moore tosses in a nice big dose of raunchy boy nastiness. Tommy's paying job is to night manage supermarket stock 'boys' which frequently amounts to a bunch of guys sitting around swilling beer and ogling T&A. So if you don't think you can find any of that humorous, stay away. Personally, I thought it was hysterical as he writes it from a "goodness, don't these typical guys look/sound like morons?" POV.

The book reads fast and our heroes move quickly through the story trying to figure out who is killing people and leaving their lifeless bodies (drained off much of their blood) in places that will connect them to the crime in some way before they end up in big trouble.

A funny, fast-paced, sexy mystery that has a sequel (You Suck: A Love Story) which I will read soon!

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A hilarious book about vampires in San Francisco

This is Christopher Moore's homage to Anne Rice's vampire novels. Jody is a young woman lacking confidence and self-esteem. Suddenly turned into a vampire, she comes to enjoy being a predator. She acquires a boyfriend, Tommy, an aspiring writer from Incontinence, IN (!) recently moved to San Francisco, who is happy to be her minion, and takes care of her while she sleeps by day. He works the night shift at a local grocery chain with a group of stoners nick-named `The Animals', who use frozen turkeys to `bowl' in the stores aisles. Another memorable character is the `Emperor', a homeless man who together with his two dogs looks out for the welfare of San Francisco. Eventually, Jody, Tommy, The Animals and the Emperor must confront the old vampire who turned Jody. The book ends ambiguously paving the way for the sequel, You Suck.

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Kinda funny

As I was reading this, I kept thinking to myself, "Do all straight guys think like this?" I hope not. It was pretty funny, but the protagonist's viewpoints made it lose it's luster for me.

for Anne Rice fans that need a FREAKIN' SENSE OF HUMOR

This was a bit of an odd read for me. On the one hand, it's this off-kilter cliche of a love-story between a vampire and her mortal host. And on the other, it's a borderline satire of Anne Rice and Poppy Z. Brite. Moore does a few interesting things in his treatment of the genre (and the vampire mythos more generally). Entertaining (and quite amusing at moment (e.g., TURKEY BOWLING!)) and worth the read.

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