A review by sofipitch
Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk

dark slow-paced

3.75

This one feels really mixed to me because it feels like two completely different books smashed together. I really enjoyed the first half from the pov view of the vampire, but I'm also aware that there's not much that I felt that was stricklingly original in that bit. It read a lot like interview with the vampire which is why I enjoyed it. But it did have it's moments where I really liked it. Then we got to modern day and it kind of became any other literary fiction genre novel. It just felt boring and like I've read this story before. This is also very much a covid novel which may be a pro or may be a con depending on who you are. So my opinion is mixed, if it were just the first half 5/5. The main characters don't meet until the last hour of an 8 hour audiobook. Given I picked it up based on the back cover description I expected more
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