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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
medium-paced
Again, second read after many years. This book is a riot. I love Abby Normal 🖤 The narrator gave her the best voice 😅 and I FINALLY after all this time get to read book 3 next. Let's go!!
A sloppy sequel, uninteresting and cobbled together with gimmicks.
Seriously wasn't my cup of tea. The humor didn't make me laugh. The parts about shaving and feeding from the huge cat made me distinctly uncomfortable and the parts with Blue felt really stupid.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
fast-paced
I think this is the worst thing that can happen when fans of the original want a sequel more than the author wants to write it (the inscription to the book was "For my readers, by request").
The first book, [b:Bloodsucking Fiends|33454|Bloodsucking Fiends (A Love Story, #1)|Christopher Moore|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1298420636s/33454.jpg|1799438], had exposition, rising action, a climax, and a satisfying resolution, and two clearly defined main characters -- Tommy and Jody -- for the audience to root for, as well as an interesting cast of supporting characters around them.
This sequel meanders along aimlessly, with none of what made the first one special. It switches points of view so often it's hard to stay engaged in any of the plot-lines or with any of the extensive cast of characters. In addition to the cast of the first book --- Tommy, Jody, the Animals, the Emperor of San Francisco, the elder vampire Elijah, and detectives Rivera and Cavuto -- this book adds new minions Abby and Jared (and Abby gets her own narrative gimmick of first person diary entries, which retell the non-action at a mind-numbingly slow pace), the hooker Blue, Steve, and William the Huge Cat Guy and his cat Chet. By two-thirds of the way through the book, it is honestly impossible to even keep track of who is where in the book's fictional version of San Francisco.
Adding insult to injury, the opening chapter to the third book in the "Love Story" series, [b:Bite Me|6559316|Bite Me (A Love Story, #3)|Christopher Moore|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349062134s/6559316.jpg|6752024], is Abby recounting the entire plot of the first two books for her diary (and hence, the reader) in just a few pages. I am very torn at this point whether this is a sign that I should have just skipped the second book (since I would have been all caught up on the action without reading it), or that I should skip the third book (since Moore is still using the first person point-of-view diaries that I hated so much in the second). I'll make sure to clarify in my review of [b:Bite Me|6559316|Bite Me (A Love Story, #3)|Christopher Moore|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349062134s/6559316.jpg|6752024], after I finish reading it.
The first book, [b:Bloodsucking Fiends|33454|Bloodsucking Fiends (A Love Story, #1)|Christopher Moore|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1298420636s/33454.jpg|1799438], had exposition, rising action, a climax, and a satisfying resolution, and two clearly defined main characters -- Tommy and Jody -- for the audience to root for, as well as an interesting cast of supporting characters around them.
This sequel meanders along aimlessly, with none of what made the first one special. It switches points of view so often it's hard to stay engaged in any of the plot-lines or with any of the extensive cast of characters. In addition to the cast of the first book --- Tommy, Jody, the Animals, the Emperor of San Francisco, the elder vampire Elijah, and detectives Rivera and Cavuto -- this book adds new minions Abby and Jared (and Abby gets her own narrative gimmick of first person diary entries, which retell the non-action at a mind-numbingly slow pace), the hooker Blue, Steve, and William the Huge Cat Guy and his cat Chet. By two-thirds of the way through the book, it is honestly impossible to even keep track of who is where in the book's fictional version of San Francisco.
Adding insult to injury, the opening chapter to the third book in the "Love Story" series, [b:Bite Me|6559316|Bite Me (A Love Story, #3)|Christopher Moore|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349062134s/6559316.jpg|6752024], is Abby recounting the entire plot of the first two books for her diary (and hence, the reader) in just a few pages. I am very torn at this point whether this is a sign that I should have just skipped the second book (since I would have been all caught up on the action without reading it), or that I should skip the third book (since Moore is still using the first person point-of-view diaries that I hated so much in the second). I'll make sure to clarify in my review of [b:Bite Me|6559316|Bite Me (A Love Story, #3)|Christopher Moore|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349062134s/6559316.jpg|6752024], after I finish reading it.
Picking up the sequel to Bloodsucking Fiends was a mistake. I don't really remember how it ended, maybe because I never finished it. Too much sex and all that awful language put me off.
This was a pretty good book. It started a little slowly, but picked up very quickly. Once more characters were introduced, I couldn't put it down. I did read the first book in this trilogy ("Blood Sucking Fiends") almost a decade ago. it was so good, that I KNEW I had to pick this one up. I was not disappointed!!! Even if you hadn't read the first one, there's enough info for you to figure out what happened. LOVE IT!! Can't wait to read the third one, "Bite Me"
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes