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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
This book is just as fun and weird and a little ridiculous as when I first read it when I was like 12. If you like books from the 1990s in that weird era before YA was a real thing, try this out. Otherwise it might be too Old Fashioned for you.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
I think the movie didn't do any justice to this book. The book was deeper storyline and characters and the end was just great! Might reread this month for my sept challenge since I enjoyed it so much! :)
I Loved this book! The movie is weak in comparison. Vivian is such a strong willed and short-tempered leading lady. She is willing to do anything to protect her pack, even if it puts her life at risk. She doesn't want history to repeat itself. I'd reccommend this book to anyone.
As an adult I enjoyed this book in a delicious mix of old and new ways. I may be out of touch, but I think Blood and Chocolate stands out admirably in the YA world for its daring walk on the edge with a number of very adult issues: sexuality, violence, balance of power between genders, gluttony, self-control, humanity, and personal limitation. Whew! It's an exhilarating trip the whole way through, flirting with a very animalistic blood-lust for life.
I am impressed with Klause's nerve in pushing the negative aspects of the heroine's identity struggles so far: Vivienne is sullen, jealous, judgmental, impulsive, angsty, arrogant, etc. All this in very teenager-y and human ways that are refreshing to see typed out on the page without fear of the overshadowing of her goodness where it really counts: in matters of life and death. Vivienne is a true hero, not afraid to physically push back against the wolfish men around her, instinctively and lovingly putting her life in danger to protect others. It's for this that she's celebrated in Klause's hands, and not condemned for her beastly (and manly) lusts and power.
Blood and Chocolate does have flaws in that a couple characters are poorly developed (i.e. Aiden, Vivienne's unfortunately human squeeze) and there are some vaguely-formed areas just begging for further exploration to grant the tale a little more backbone. It's enough that structure-wise, the story does merit a lower rating. But the manner in which Klause herein tackles and conquers sex, power and violence (in introduction to the pubescent female) is so damn rad, to both my adult woman and preteen girl selves, that it stays in the mind and simmers overnight and over years. Stand-out.
I am impressed with Klause's nerve in pushing the negative aspects of the heroine's identity struggles so far: Vivienne is sullen, jealous, judgmental, impulsive, angsty, arrogant, etc. All this in very teenager-y and human ways that are refreshing to see typed out on the page without fear of the overshadowing of her goodness where it really counts: in matters of life and death. Vivienne is a true hero, not afraid to physically push back against the wolfish men around her, instinctively and lovingly putting her life in danger to protect others. It's for this that she's celebrated in Klause's hands, and not condemned for her beastly (and manly) lusts and power.
Blood and Chocolate does have flaws in that a couple characters are poorly developed (i.e. Aiden, Vivienne's unfortunately human squeeze) and there are some vaguely-formed areas just begging for further exploration to grant the tale a little more backbone. It's enough that structure-wise, the story does merit a lower rating. But the manner in which Klause herein tackles and conquers sex, power and violence (in introduction to the pubescent female) is so damn rad, to both my adult woman and preteen girl selves, that it stays in the mind and simmers overnight and over years. Stand-out.
This is PG-13 Smutty McSmutsmutterson if ever I've read some. All the characters are one-dimensional, the heroine at age 16 drives men into a wild frenzy, and the word "love" is used to indicate any sort of physical attraction. There's a lot of titillating language, and it reads like a tame version of erotic romance fiction.
I did enjoy the werewolf environment that Klause created; the way she described events with wolf-like terms reminded me of how Richard Adams created an entire world and vocabulary for Watership Down.
Bottom line, however, I'd rather read the NC-17 smut than this garbage.
I did enjoy the werewolf environment that Klause created; the way she described events with wolf-like terms reminded me of how Richard Adams created an entire world and vocabulary for Watership Down.
Bottom line, however, I'd rather read the NC-17 smut than this garbage.
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
D A V N O. friggin davno, ali sjećam se da mi je u tinejdžerskim danima bila izuzetno dobra *wink wink*