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A review by mollymortensen
Blood Oranges by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Kathleen Tierney
Did not finish book.
I should've listened to the warning at the beginning of the book. Quinn has a unique voice and there was a good hook, so I ignored it. Big mistake.
I can't stand Quinn as a narrator. She's literally telling the reader the story (A pet peeves of mine) but it's from like two years after the events of this book so the timeline is confusing, especially when she talks about how long she's been a hunter. (it's actually only been six months since she killed her first vamp) Which also means we have useless flashforwards along with all of the flashbacks. And as if that wasn't bad enough, she lies! The whole setup of how she became a hunter wasn't even true! Ugh!
I also can't stand Quinn as a person. She's a junkie (who spends the whole beginning of the book puking in withdrawal) She's also a coward and a complete idiot. The whole story starts when she's attacked by a werewolf because she decided to shoot up while she was tracking one, on the full moon! Then after she's turned she starts killing people, which was kind of the last straw. (Between that and how much of a slob she was with months old fast food all over her apartment. *Shudders*)
I also hated the world building. Vampires are corpses, so there's the whole grossness factor. (All of the monsters were rather disgusting.) I don't mind evil vamps but the living dead thing is too zombie for me. (Especially since our main character turns into one.) I'm just not big on horror.
That's all the complaints I have since I actually gave up on this book. (Which I never do.) And put all three books into my get rid of pile. (I unfortunately own them all, because they were on sale super cheap. Now I know why.)
I can't stand Quinn as a narrator. She's literally telling the reader the story (A pet peeves of mine) but it's from like two years after the events of this book so the timeline is confusing, especially when she talks about how long she's been a hunter. (it's actually only been six months since she killed her first vamp) Which also means we have useless flashforwards along with all of the flashbacks. And as if that wasn't bad enough, she lies! The whole setup of how she became a hunter wasn't even true! Ugh!
I also can't stand Quinn as a person. She's a junkie (who spends the whole beginning of the book puking in withdrawal) She's also a coward and a complete idiot. The whole story starts when she's attacked by a werewolf because she decided to shoot up while she was tracking one, on the full moon! Then after she's turned she starts killing people, which was kind of the last straw. (Between that and how much of a slob she was with months old fast food all over her apartment. *Shudders*)
I also hated the world building. Vampires are corpses, so there's the whole grossness factor. (All of the monsters were rather disgusting.) I don't mind evil vamps but the living dead thing is too zombie for me. (Especially since our main character turns into one.) I'm just not big on horror.
That's all the complaints I have since I actually gave up on this book. (Which I never do.) And put all three books into my get rid of pile. (I unfortunately own them all, because they were on sale super cheap. Now I know why.)