A review by space__squid
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

 Maybe the real vampire was the white supremacist patriarchy we realized we made and upheld along the way <3

Would have given 5 stars if I wasn’t a bit iffy about the story being told from a white perspective – it’s a great story, I highly recommend it, especially if you like your horror with a fair bit of rage and social commentary, but as with many other stories it centres white people’s experiences of racialized violence rather than the people who are the victims of it.  

That said, I can't remember when I was last this engrossed in a book or this angry and invested while reading.

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