Reviews

The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks

direton1's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

adeperi's review against another edition

4.0

Not as good as her Genius series, but still a nice, ironic reprieve during this overrated vampire craze.

leilanitaneza's review against another edition

2.0

I read this for book club, and I was excited to start it. However, this excitement lasted five minutes. I tried to like it, but I finally gave up around page 220. Catherine Jink’s new take on vampires is really new and refreshing, but nothing much happens. (I would like to note that I was reading The Mortal Instruments at the same time, so this review will be slightly biased.) The book feels like it wants to be the next Twilight. The main character is in a love triangle with a vampire and a werewolf, which isn’t new at all. The relationships themselves feel forced and awkward. There are so many characters introduced at one time that we never get to see any one character shine through. What does Horace look like? When did George get turned? Even if these questions were answered, they were answered very fast and kept on moving on. I felt like I was reading a children’s book most of the time, but then sometimes they would drop a cuss word, and I was flung back into reality. The murder plot was intriguing, and I could have really enjoyed it, but I couldn’t get into it just because of the main character and narrator, Nina. She was always trying to show everyone that she wasn’t like a 15 year old, but then she just seemed more childish. All in all, I didn’t enjoy this book at all, and I wouldn’t recommend reading it if you like romance or comedy because the book fails to do either. The mystery was great and it was the only part about the book I liked.

emmasant04's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

jessicareads85's review against another edition

funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

blaarrosir's review against another edition

5.0

This book is so very different from any vampire books I've read. In this book vampires aren't sexy, strong, powerful, and they definitely don't sparkle. Vampires are old, and young, and mostly as weak as humans if not weaker. But when they become threatened they band together to become stronger than they've ever had to be in the past.

irurian's review against another edition

1.0

I thought that I'd love this book. I'm not particularly fond of perfect vampires, so seeing that the vampires in this book were meant to be the complete opposite, I thought it'd be a perfect match. Unfortunately, I ended up abandoning this book halfway through.

I think there's a middle-ground between 'invincible' and 'utterly fucking pathetic'. When your story consists of weak and completely unlikeable characters, I see very little point in continuing. When you've taken every interesting power or ability away from your characters, they should at least have a half-decent personality to make up for it. Yet we're stuck with a painfully unfunny and boring narrative.

I'll be avoiding this author in the future.

kayeness's review against another edition

3.0

Entertaining YA book. An interesting spin on vampirism as a disease that has to be managed, rather than some supernatural blessing.

isabelisalright's review against another edition

4.0

This book is very different than what most vampire books are based on. It involves a vampire support group for vampires that don't bite people instead they eat guinea pigs. This book involves the adventures of a vampire named Nina who goes to help find out who killed one of the members of the support group. It's a great book overall and is very different from your typical vampire books basically all the vampire myths are debunked. And not changed they just become silly lies. The characters are hilarious in some parts and just funny because there are vampires of all ages in the support group.
Overall i liked the book though and would recommend it to anyone who likes reading vampire books.

librariann's review against another edition

4.0

Ages 11+ (an occasional "shit", dead guinea pigs)

Entertaining NOT Stephenie Meyer vamp fiction. A touch of mystery but not a sleuther. More review to come!