Thirsty
by M.T. Anderson
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Read in October, 2007
recommends it for:
teenagers
"There was a time when everything was simpler, and my friends were my friends."
Life as a teenager is never easy. In M. T. Anderson's Thirsty, Chris is learning that life as a teenage vampire is near impossible. In this novel vampirism is a bit of a problem. Vampires are not common place but they do exist and people are aware of their existence. In fact, they are a nuisance. For Chris, everything is the going along at its usual grueling pace when he starts to notice things ch...more
Life as a teenager is never easy. In M. T. Anderson's Thirsty, Chris is learning that life as a teenage vampire is near impossible. In this novel vampirism is a bit of a problem. Vampires are not common place but they do exist and people are aware of their existence. In fact, they are a nuisance. For Chris, everything is the going along at its usual grueling pace when he starts to notice things ch...more
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Read in October, 2007
Thirsty is a pretty dark book, taking place in a world exactly like ours except for the reality, and visibility, of vampires and other supernatural creatures. It is the first novel by the amazing M.T. Anderson, author of the best YA novel I’ve read this decade, so far.
In Thirsty, Anderson cleverly grafts the modern world with the supernatural world in a believable way, showing intense media coverage of high-profile vampire cases. It’s a world that’s also politically complicated. Are va...more
In Thirsty, Anderson cleverly grafts the modern world with the supernatural world in a believable way, showing intense media coverage of high-profile vampire cases. It’s a world that’s also politically complicated. Are va...more
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Read in April, 2008
Thirsty by M.T. Anderson
What do you think you know about vampires?
They live forever? They have no soul? They’re always cold?
Do you want to be a vampire?
Imagine you lived in a world where it was common knowledge, accepted, and undeniable that vampires are not only real, but are unavoidable. In this world, vampire lynching is a recurring story on the evening news and every spring there is a festival to keep the Vampire Lord Tch'muchgar imprisoned in his alternate universe.
Do I s...more
What do you think you know about vampires?
They live forever? They have no soul? They’re always cold?
Do you want to be a vampire?
Imagine you lived in a world where it was common knowledge, accepted, and undeniable that vampires are not only real, but are unavoidable. In this world, vampire lynching is a recurring story on the evening news and every spring there is a festival to keep the Vampire Lord Tch'muchgar imprisoned in his alternate universe.
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Read in July, 2007
I like me the vampire stories. That’s no secret. But this vampire story I could have done without reading. The protagonist, Chris, has a crush on a girl at school, and a couple of so-called best friends that he’s really outgrowing. And he’s starting to feel a little strange. His town has an upcoming ceremony designed to keep the vampire lord Tch’muchgar locked away in the prison-like dimension where he has been entrapped; one day Chris is approached by a mysterious being who calls hims...more
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Read in March, 2008
An interesting take on the whole vampire legend. In Chris's world, vampires have always existed. People are wary of vampires, and lynch them when they find them. As his hometown prepares for the annual Sad Festival of Vampires with an ancient ritual (held in a Whitehen Pantry) that keeps Tch'muchgar, the Vampire Lord locked into a prison world, Chris seems to be turning into a vampire. Can he trust his friends and family NOT to lynch him, if that happens? Should he trust Chet a self describ...more
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Feed is one of Anderson's first novels, and it is great. First of all, the world is amazing. It's about vampires, but it's also about good and evil and being a teenager and an outcast and all kinds of things. Most authors who write about modern vampires have a world in which most humans are completely oblivious to their presence. Anderson sees it differently. He takes modern society and considers what would have happened if all those witches and changelings and vampires of lore had survived into...more
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Read in April, 2008
This book was admittedly more funny in parts than I truly expected it to be. I also enjoyed that it never pandered to the audience by explaining why everyone just accepts that vampires and other supernatural beings exist. They just do. End of story. I like that.
I have to say that plot wise, I was like "Wow, way to set a lot of shit up just to make it oh, I don't know, WORTHLESS in the end? Seriously, it was like the author suffered some sort of personal tragedy while writing the end and w...more
I have to say that plot wise, I was like "Wow, way to set a lot of shit up just to make it oh, I don't know, WORTHLESS in the end? Seriously, it was like the author suffered some sort of personal tragedy while writing the end and w...more
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Teenage boys and to fans of vampire and/or fantasy reads
As if puberty weren't bad enough ... imagine discovering that you turning into a vampire! This book is a very dark look at a teenage boy turning into a monster. The author does not romanticize vampires in this book, unlike most of the other vampire novels out there, and gives readers an interesting new look at the "dark side". It is well written and contains beautiful descriptions of everyday thoughts and feelings that make the main character very relatable. It had me sold until around...more
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Read in June, 2008
This one ranks high in the list of teen vampire novels. I'm constantly impressed how all these authors manage to come up with their own unique twist on the whole idea of vampires. Anderson's is a good one; In this world vampires are commonplace, if not truly accepted by humans. Every year the small town of Clayton conducts a ritual to keep the Vampire Lord, Tch'muchgar, locked in a prison world. The main character, Christopher, is becoming a vampire and fighting to remain human even as his t...more
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Read in December, 2006
Chris has normal teenage problems, except that he is becoming a vampire. Chris' thirst grows and it becomes harder to hide his transformation, but he must, in order to protect himself from stake-wielding vigilantes. Chet, claiming to be on the side of the Forces of Light, offers to reverse Chris's vampirism in exchange for his help in keeping the Vampire Lord imprisoned. Chris agrees, but then wonders if he has done the right thing. Chris struggles to deny his thirst and stay human.
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Read in January, 2000
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twisted souls
God this is a weird book. Chris is in that awkward adolescent stage, and he also is turning into a vampire. You're thinking, is this a metaphor, like on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where high school is literally on a hell mouth?
Probably, but who can tell with Anderson. Vampires are running rampant in town, killing people right and left, and getting staked, too. Chris doesn't want to be a vampire, and desperately tries everything he can to stop it. So he's a perfect victim for a conman like Che...more
Probably, but who can tell with Anderson. Vampires are running rampant in town, killing people right and left, and getting staked, too. Chris doesn't want to be a vampire, and desperately tries everything he can to stop it. So he's a perfect victim for a conman like Che...more
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Read in June, 2008
Can I say how much I enjoy M.T. Anderson's writing? Soooo much. His books are sophisticated and intelligent, and very refreshing after reading a lot of exciting but cliche-ridden YA bestsellers.
Thirsty does not romanticize vampires. It starts off pretty funny and you think this is going to be some camp novel that makes fun of anything that takes itself too seriously. But then the story gets darker and darker and pretty soon you realize that Anderson has a lot more going on than you ...more
Thirsty does not romanticize vampires. It starts off pretty funny and you think this is going to be some camp novel that makes fun of anything that takes itself too seriously. But then the story gets darker and darker and pretty soon you realize that Anderson has a lot more going on than you ...more
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Read in October, 2007
recommends it for:
young adults
I wish I could give this book 3.5 stars (so I'll round up!!). I don't really like vampire novels, let alone vampire novels for young adults, but I love M.T. Anderson. So...
The novel has a great sense of humor and an overly abundant use of similes (some creative, some not so much). Ultimately all of the vampiric things the main character endures is really a metaphor for adolescence. My only gripe was that the book didn't possess the same insight and character reflection found within the last ...more
The novel has a great sense of humor and an overly abundant use of similes (some creative, some not so much). Ultimately all of the vampiric things the main character endures is really a metaphor for adolescence. My only gripe was that the book didn't possess the same insight and character reflection found within the last ...more
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This was a very interesting and rather dark YA book. A young man on the verge of turning into a vampire is manipulated into helping an evil being. As the vampire inside him grows stronger, so does his isolation from his family and friends. Having nobody to trust and turn to he is forced to choose between becoming a heartless blood sucker or simply dying from his thirst and ending it all. The ending is the best and worst part of this book, a real cliffhanger.
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Read in October, 2007
Interesting take on vampires, as a teenager finds out he is becoming one (for no known reason, which seemed sort of unfair if you ask me). In his world, they are feared, hunted, captured and executed in the public eye. His hometown even performs a ritual with blood sacrifices annually to keep the vampire god in his other-worldy prison. Good read for the Halloween month, but not my favorite vampire or M.T. Anderson book thus far.
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Read in August, 2007
recommends it for:
teenage boys who "don't like to read", everyone with a love of vampires and a sense of humor
if i had to pick 5 vampire books to survive the apocalypse, this would be one of them. i laughed out loud at least 10 times, got scared in the dark at least 5, and got multiple attacks of the i-can't-believe-someone-finally-wrote-this-book variety. the main character is becoming a vampire at the same time he's going into puberty. who knew that a first-shaving experience could be so hilarious and touching at the same time? so good!
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Read in November, 2007
recommends it for:
people who enjoy scary books
Thirsty is about vampires. Chris is a boy who is turning into a vampire slowly and has to overcome the challenge of not eating his family members. When a vampire lord threatens to escape, Chris must choose to either join with the vampires or defend human kind. I loved the book, I thought it was well writen and it had wonderful word construction, it grabbed my attention from the first page.
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Read in December, 2007
Yes, I read a lot of YA vampire books. Unfortunately, most of them are not nearly as good as an average episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This one’s a bit different because the narrator is a teenage boy who’s turning into a vampire rather than a girl who is involved with vampires. Sort of a vampire’s perspective on the whole thing, I guess. Otherwise, not terribly exciting.
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Read in March, 2008
This was such an excellent read about a boy who might be hitting puberty, might be crazy, or might be turning into a vampire. Would have been 5 stars but there are some nice setups in the story that never quite pay off (and easily could have). It's young adult fiction so I am going pretty easy on it. It's a universe and genre that helps to fill the Harry Potter void.
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I did not like this book hardly at all. The scenes of the story seemed to drone on for a long time with the only thing going on being the main character feeling sorry for himself. Another thing I didn't like about this book was the ending. It was depressing, it didn't make sense, and it ended at a strange point. I would not recommend this book.
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