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Bill the Vampire
by Rick Gualtieri
Humor horror is the genre.
If you like Shawn of the Dead or Army of Darkness, this book might be for you. If teenage humor and constant dissing of friends is your thing, this book might be for you. If you live for stereotypes that are never challenged and characters which never grow beyond the initial frat boy, b*tch girl and geek, this book might be for you.
The book fits its genre.
Now I like humor, but the "sly" touch on stereotypes is instead of breaking them, the characters become the epitome of them. The main character, when you get down to it, is so misogynistic and cruel (jokingly) to his friends you wonder how he has any. A lot of homophobic jokes. The only break from stereotype is how the vampire powers work and Bill actually becoming a vampire; the typical vampire is still a smug a-hole.
And I think what really got me is when the main character and his male friends made a joke and then ended with "syke, no just joking" the MC growls, thinks them assholes and but still friends. When the attractive female does it, she is a bitch. I really had hoped when she pulled the "I was in the middle of college with a great GPA" joke it would end with something along the lines of "damn, her humor is just like mine." Nope. And that is one of the major problems with the book - all the characters have the same sense of humor. Which is a cruel, let your friend fail type so often seen on sitcoms.
Some of the geek conversations are truly great, and many of the actions of the characters are in-line with stereotypes. But no one is just a stereotype, and the writer doesn't push this.
If you want juvenile humor, this book really is amusing. But anyone with a touch of feministic support in their brain (male or female), should pass on this book. I gnashed my teeth as often as I smiled while taking the six hours to read this book.
Picked up as part of the Modern Magic pack - 12 paranormal novels, all first novels of a series. An awesome deal! Even if you have to suffer through this book.
If you like Shawn of the Dead or Army of Darkness, this book might be for you. If teenage humor and constant dissing of friends is your thing, this book might be for you. If you live for stereotypes that are never challenged and characters which never grow beyond the initial frat boy, b*tch girl and geek, this book might be for you.
The book fits its genre.
Now I like humor, but the "sly" touch on stereotypes is instead of breaking them, the characters become the epitome of them. The main character, when you get down to it, is so misogynistic and cruel (jokingly) to his friends you wonder how he has any. A lot of homophobic jokes. The only break from stereotype is how the vampire powers work and Bill actually becoming a vampire; the typical vampire is still a smug a-hole.
And I think what really got me is when the main character and his male friends made a joke and then ended with "syke, no just joking" the MC growls, thinks them assholes and but still friends. When the attractive female does it, she is a bitch. I really had hoped when she pulled the "I was in the middle of college with a great GPA" joke it would end with something along the lines of "damn, her humor is just like mine." Nope. And that is one of the major problems with the book - all the characters have the same sense of humor. Which is a cruel, let your friend fail type so often seen on sitcoms.
Some of the geek conversations are truly great, and many of the actions of the characters are in-line with stereotypes. But no one is just a stereotype, and the writer doesn't push this.
If you want juvenile humor, this book really is amusing. But anyone with a touch of feministic support in their brain (male or female), should pass on this book. I gnashed my teeth as often as I smiled while taking the six hours to read this book.
Picked up as part of the Modern Magic pack - 12 paranormal novels, all first novels of a series. An awesome deal! Even if you have to suffer through this book.