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Thirsty

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All Chris really wants is to be a normal kid, to hang out with his friends, avoid his parents, and get a date with Rebecca Schwartz. Unfortunately, Chris appears to be turning into a vampire. So while his hometown performs an ancient ritual that keeps Tch'muchgar, the Vampire Lord, locked in another world, Chris desperately tries to save himself from his own vampiric fate....more

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Published July 22nd 2008 by Candlewick (first published March 3rd 1997)

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Mar 13, 2008 Ealaindraoi rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya, 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 described ce...more

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Mar 14, 2010 Nancy O'Toole rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, paranormal

High school freshman Chris is going through some changes. He’s become prone to mood swings and finds that he’s hungry all of the time. No, it’s not just puberty. He’s actually turning into a vampire. Chris knows what this means. Eventually he will starve to death from lack of blood, or the thirst will drive him to kill someone, and he will be executed as a result. So when Chet the Celestial being offers to cure him of his vampirism, he can’t say no. In return, all Chris needs to do is infiltrate...more High school freshman Chris is going through some changes. He’s become prone to mood swings and finds that he’s hungry all of the time. No, it’s not just puberty. He’s actually turning into a vampire. Chris knows what this means. Eventually he will starve to death from lack of blood, or the thirst will drive him to kill someone, and he will be executed as a result. So when Chet the Celestial being offers to cure him of his vampirism, he can’t say no. In return, all Chris needs to do is infiltrate the local vampires and stop them from raising an evil ancient deity.

Thirsty is a strange but fascinating little read. In a genre filled with sexy, dangerous vampires, Anderson presents us with an account that’s far from romantic. Chris’s transformation from human to vampire is visceral and disturbing, a nice little metaphor for the frustrating time known as puberty. The writing here is very well done. Chris’s voice wanders back and forth between strangely beautiful to conversational, and it works well. I found Chris to be a very realistic character, not a superhero but a scared kid caught up in a very bad situation. Watching Chris struggle to do the right thing, when the right thing doesn’t even seem to be an option at times, can be painful. You can’t help but cheer him on as he tries to save the day, get the girl, and keep his transformation a secret. I also really liked the setting that Anderson set up here. As someone who grew up in a Massachusetts suburb, I instantly connected to the similar town found here, despite the fact that vampires weren’t preying on human beings where I grew up.

Thirsty is the second M.T. Anderson book that I’ve read, and despite the fact that I connected well to the setting, and the narrator, I couldn’t help but think about how it didn’t quite measure up to Feed (the first M.T. Anderson book I’ve read- which was written five years after Thirsty). Thirsty struggles from being a little too predictable. From the second Chris discovers that he’s turning into a vampire, I knew how things were going to turn out. Also, despite the fact that Anderson does a great job crafting teen dialogue, I was a little annoyed by the fact that so many of the characters (mostly the teenagers) sounded exactly the same. These two factors did bring down my enjoyment some. In the end, I still felt as if it was a strong story that’s walks to the beat of its own drummer. I would recommend it for people that like vampire stories, but are looking for something a little different that the dozens of vampire titles that have populated the YA section over the past few years.(less)

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Nov 05, 2008 Sharrol rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: No

I found this book in the glbt section of my library and was confused by the back of the book.. but then it all makes sense. The book is just an allegory for a gay male teen and dealing with homosexuality. Christopher, the main character, is labeled as a vampire in a world where they are shunned (a gay male in a world which is predominantly straight). The story picks up when Christopher is going through puberty, at which point the vampiric traits suddenly take place. The book goes on to tell Chri...more

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Jun 13, 2008 Destinee Sutton rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: teen, vampires, guy-reads

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 thought.

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Jan 11, 2013 Jeremy Yong rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Jul 06, 2012 Emily rated it 3 of 5 stars

I read this probably when I was back in Middle School, so maybe when I was thirteen/fourteen. It was hilarious yet also really freaky. The novel is written by the author of Burger Wuss, so you've got this really great narration of sarcasm and wittiness that I really loved back when I read it. It also, as I remember, was one of the first novels I'd read where the idea of the vampire was public within the story, and all the humans knew about their existence. It kind of takes the whole "vampire" th...more

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Jan 01, 2012 Karin rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: depressing, vampires, doom, supernatural, young-adult-fiction, teenagers, relationship-problems, borrowed-from-the-library, relationships

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Chris is a normal teenager until he suddenly starts transforming into a vampire. Then everything he used to care about starts to pale in comparison. An Agent of the Light offers to cure Chris' vampirism if he performs a service in exchange. Chris doesn’t fully comprehend what he’s doing, and later, when he is approached by other beings who also claim to be Agents of the Light, he begins to suspect that he's been conned.

Meanwhile, Chris is growing more and more thirsty – he’s hungry for human blo...more Chris is a normal teenager until he suddenly starts transforming into a vampire. Then everything he used to care about starts to pale in comparison. An Agent of the Light offers to cure Chris' vampirism if he performs a service in exchange. Chris doesn’t fully comprehend what he’s doing, and later, when he is approached by other beings who also claim to be Agents of the Light, he begins to suspect that he's been conned.

Meanwhile, Chris is growing more and more thirsty – he’s hungry for human blood and he can barely control his cravings. He hopes to hold out until Chet cures him, but at the Sad Festival of Vampires, everything comes to a head. The vampire lord tries to make a comeback, but is killed by the device Chris placed in his world – an act which alienates Chris from all of the other vampires - and Chet reveals that he lied to Chris and there is no cure for vampirism. Chris is all alone. He can’t stay with his family, as they’re beginning to suspect what he is – and they will kill him – and he can’t live among the vampires. We don’t know what will happen to him, but we know it probably won’t be good. He’s losing his humanity and he’s so thirsty that, soon, he won’t be able to control his hunger.

This story, while rather hopeless, does have some amusing moments:

“I picture myself with different friends. They are artists and dress in black, and we say cool things to one another and laugh about wrecking slick cars. I don’t know anyone like that, but I want to. Instead, I have to hear dumb plot synopses for B movies involving nun chucks and helicopters. Recently, I have found myself wanting to talk about more serious things with Tom. Instead, even though I know he must think about serious things, somehow we always end up talking about more nun chuck movies, with maybe a brief break for cat-o’-nine-tails. Sometimes I want to say, ‘Tom, enough cats-o’-nine-tails. Can we talk about something that doesn’t cause internal bleeding?’” (pp. 30-31)

And some rather depressing ones:

“And now I am all alone.
“I am up in my room.
“I am grounded.
“I am going to die soon.” (p. 245)

Yeah, if that isn’t uplifting, I don’t know what is. Chris is doomed. He can be killed any number of ways, and I have the feeling that he’s not going to last.(less)

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Oct 07, 2011 Lisa Rathbun rated it 2 of 5 stars

My hometown was mentioned on the first page of this book! I grew up in area code 413, so that always makes a book strike home in a special way when its setting is a place you know well. It was a strange world though, similar to ours in every way except that people freely acknowledge that vampires and fairies walk among us. Every year the town council has to do a special ceremony in order to keep the evil Vampire Lord defeated and unable to enter our world. It was a strange dichotomy between hear...more

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Aug 09, 2011 Jessica rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fluff, kindle

When I saw a book by M. T. Anderson on sale for the kindle, it was a no-brainer to get it.

I have yet to read something by him that I didn't love. My favorites, of course, being the Octavian Nothing books which I've recommended like a madwoman. (Although no one has taken to them the way I have... except for the National Book Award panel.)

That this is a vampire story didn't deter me. I really wouldn't touch a YA vampire book right now with a ten-foot pole, but this one is from someone I trust so I...more

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Mar 27, 2011 Ghoule rated it 1 of 5 stars

*English follows*

Thirsty est un roman à éviter pour les raisons suivantes :

1. Le personnage principal est une épave à la dérive, incapable de réagir correctement à la moindre des situations.

2. L'opposition est rusée, bien équipée et invicible.

3. Tous les personnages du récit sont ternes, creux et insignifiants.

4. Le territoire et la municipalité dans lesquels le récit se déroule est d'un ennui mortel.

5. La voix du narrateur est cynique, superficielle et moqueuse.

6. La petitesse du milieu et du p...more

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Nov 17, 2010 The rated it 1 of 5 stars

This book was a good book but i didnt like it. I kept waiting for it to get good, but it never happened. I hate that this book left so many spots open. He is left without any choice without any course of action to make things at all better.

In this book when Chris hits puperty he doesn't just get zits he starts turning into a vampire. He lives in a society where vampires are common and people hunt them down. I really like vampire books but this one was just a little to slow and kept leaving spot...more

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Jul 03, 2010 Stephanie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, fantasy

I first happened across M.T. Anderson‘s work after hearing rave reviews of The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, which is a quite frankly marvellous young adult historical novel set in Colonial Boston during the time of the American Revolution. Listening to a podcast of Anderson’s erudite presentation at the State Library in Victoria, Australia further endeared his work to me, and I have since been on the lookout for the rest of his oeuvre. One book of which, I’m pleased to note, popped into...more I first happened across M.T. Anderson‘s work after hearing rave reviews of The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, which is a quite frankly marvellous young adult historical novel set in Colonial Boston during the time of the American Revolution. Listening to a podcast of Anderson’s erudite presentation at the State Library in Victoria, Australia further endeared his work to me, and I have since been on the lookout for the rest of his oeuvre. One book of which, I’m pleased to note, popped into my possession for the sum of a dollar. One can hardly complain. (Okay, the deal was 10 books for $10, so I have quite a bit of reading to report on in the coming weeks)

The book in question was Thirsty, Anderson’s debut novel, which appeared in 1997, almost a decade before the publication of the first of the two volumes of Octavian Nothing.

Thirsty is a teenage coming of age vampire novel, and superseded much of the urban fantasy and vampire stuff that’s filling the shelves today. This is a good thing, as even against the current context of all things fangy and sparkly, Thirsty still feels quite fresh in terms of its narrative and its approach to vampirism. The book itself has a bit of a dated feel, of course, and Anderson’s prose is nowhere near the level of his current work, but in general Thirsty is an interesting take on the vampire mythology.

The book is set in an alternate America where vampirism is commonplace, and accusations of vampirism and subsequent lynchings are eerily normal. Anderson opens Thirsty against the backdrop of one such show trial, and it’s quite creepy to watch the apparently morally upright crowd watch with bloodlust as a vampire is put to death. In fact, main character Chris munches on a takeaway snack from McDonald’s as the event goes down, and the contrast between his indifference and the violence of the scene is quite striking.

Anderson deliberately sets this up, of course, as it is here that we realise that something is not quite right with Chris, who has been plagued by an unusual hunger and physical discomfort over recent weeks. We find out soon enough that Chris is himself succumbing to vampirism, and it’s fascinating to watch Anderson’s treatment of his predicament. The focus here is not so much as Chris-as-vampire, but rather Chris-as-outsider, and the larger part of the novel, references to vampire overlords and shadowy henchmen aside, examines the way Chris deals with this new persona that has been thrust upon him by puberty. Chris struggles to maintain his relationships with his friends, given that his thoughts and interests lie elsewhere now, and as the narrative progresses, his alienation from them, and from his family, grows to a painful degree.

While there are some disappointing elements to this book–largely the vampire overlord subplot–the real beauty of Thirsty is in Anderson’s intriguing treatment of the standard coming of age drama through a lens of vampirism. The book is not entirely successful in what it sets out to achieve, but it’s a thoughtful and curious examination of alienation and loss.(less)

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Jun 14, 2010 Rachel rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: english-420

This book was a waste of my time. I did not enjoy it. I kept waiting for it to get good, but it never happened. I hate that this book left the protagonist in a horrible situation where nothing he could do would change anything. He is left without any choice--without any course of action to make things at all better.

In this book, when the protagonist, Chris, hits puperty, he doesn't just get zits--he starts turning into a vampire. And he lives in a society where vampires are common and people hun...more

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Jun 11, 2010 Justin rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: english-420

Why not read a horror/ vampire fiction book in a YA literature class. Anderson depicts a young protagonist named Chris's coming of age tale in a vampire scene. Not only does Chris have to deal with his parents getting divorced, and going through puberty, but he is also turning into a vampire. Christ learns, through his first real relationship with a girl that there is betrayal, distrust, and violence in the real world of grown-ups. He doesn't know who to trust, he doesn't know if he can trust hi...more

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Jun 04, 2010 Talese rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: engl-420

At first, this novel seems like the usual coming-of-age story. Chris has just found out that his parents plan to divorce as soon as their children leave for college. Chris has to deal with this change in his family dynamic as well as all the changes his body is going through during puberty. His relationships with his childhood friends are changing and he is noticing the opposite sex in a new way. The truth is that Chris is not only changing from boy to man but from human to vampire. Chris has to...more

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Feb 12, 2010 Sandra Strange rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult

OK, so I'm looking for vampire books I can actually have on my shelves for students to borrow. So far, I haven't found enough good additional reading for fans of Twilight. So I see this book, winner of a national book award, recommended in various publications as a good blend of adolescent angst and horror. Well, I really didn't like it at all--mainly because of the ending. If you don't mind the triumph of evil, mixed with the crude language of typical teenage boys, if you can identify with a pr...more

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Dec 08, 2011 Sarah rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: engl-420, not-required

Following the trend with vampire books, except that this has a less romance and a more interesting plot. We have our main character who isn't exactly a hero. He save the town and to an extent the world from this evil "overlord" of the vampires but doesn't manage to find a place for himself. In a world where vampirism is seen as a some kind of illness that can't be cured so vampires who are convicted of killing humans are executed. Seems like a pretty good idea.

Chris starts to think that he might...more

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Oct 21, 2009 Tina Dalton rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-for-school, fantasy, vampire, ya

I have to read a vampire book for my YA class. Vampires are not a subject I enjoy like some people, but I do like MT Anderson so I decided to give this a try. I was not disappointed; it is an excellent book. His ability to capture the teenage self-absorbtion and confusion is uncanny. How can adult recreate those inane teenage conversations so perfectly?

Christopher is a regular kid, a freshman, just starting to deal with high school and puberty when it soon becomes clear to him that he's turning...more

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Oct 20, 2011 Jeffrey Sosa rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: english-420

I found Thirsty to be slightly satisfying but a slow read for me. This horror novel is about a young man named Chris who is finding himself slowly becoming a vampire in an rich anti-vampire society. He faces many decisions that cause him to question the people around him and who he can trust. The events of this novel also revolve around The Sad Festival of Vampires where the townsfolk reinforce the bonds that hold the Vampire Lord prisoner. I found the tale to be a nice change from the pace of v...more

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Dec 23, 2009 Werr rated it 3 of 5 stars

The first thing I want to get off my chest is "The ending was totally dissapointing!", and at risk of sounding lame I would say "It sucked!" (no pun intended) He (Chis, the main character) didn't have any personal satisfaction at the end of the story, he acomplished nothing and was back where he started, only worse. The protagonist went though so much pain and misery... he deserved a happier ending. Why couldn't Anderson think of one? It can't be that difficult, right? And it felt unfinished, li...more

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Jan 28, 2013 Amy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult

Vampire book! I'm a fan of M.T. Anderson, and not just because he takes my husband out to dinner a lot. He writes many different genres, topics, and levels. This book, however, seems a bit underdeveloped. The world he created was rich and fascinating, where vampires and other supernatural creatures are a common part of modern society, even as they are the ostracized. The first-person narration means that the main character doesn't explain this to us, because it is a normal part of every day life...more

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Mar 10, 2010 santina rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: youngadult

This story takes place in a time when vampires and other supernatural beasts are real and everybody knows it, however they are still hated and hunted and killed. The main character is a teenage boy who is slowly turning into a vampire and he doesn't understand why or how, all he knows is that it's bad and he wants it to stop. So when a stranger offers him a cure if he does a simple job for him he takes the opportunity without ever asking any questions or verifying the truth.

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Jan 10, 2010 Joseph Avila-cruz rated it 2 of 5 stars

Thirsty is a non-fiction book that can thrill you or bore you to death. I chose it because with all these vampire stories that have come out, I wanted to see how this author would write about a monster that has been around for many year. This story is about a boy named Chris who is an average boy until one day a vampire is found in his town and is murdered. He later finds out that he is a vampire when he finds that he can’t seem to get full when he eats and it later becomes a problem to where if...more

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Sep 16, 2010 Jessica V rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: english-420, fantasy, young-adult, vampire

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Jul 15, 2009 AnnaBnana rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-fiction, fantasy

I read this book for the teen discussion group at my library. I think it's interesting because it can be read in a couple of different ways. I have seen in several places that this story can be understood as an allegory about what it's like to be a gay male teenager and I think it could be read this way. But, I also think that for teens who aren't ready to see that kind of story, this reads as a great struggle about coming-of-age--you feel different from your friends, like you can't control what...more

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Sep 04, 2012 Cat rated it 3 of 5 stars

Some vivid figurative language and a lot of convincing teen angst, this novel starts out using vampirism in the Teen Wolf vein--as a symbol of the overwhelming lusts, bodily changes, and social shame associated with male adolescence. Ultimately, it turns into more of a story of community cruelty, positing that a mob mentality and social evils hidden under the guise of virtue and self-righteousness are even worse than the sadism of individuals. So think of it as Teen Wolf (albeit with a vampire)...more

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Sep 21, 2012 Katherine rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: kindle, read-in-2012, young-adult, dystopian

M.T. Anderson is a true gift to the literary community; especially for young adults. Reading his works reminds me of those thrilling times in late elementary and early junior high when I was actually assigned reading I liked. He speaks in layers with colorful prose. He challenges the reader to become more aware of the ridiculousness that he gently points out. Experiencing his writing is like becoming an advocate of change at the very basic level: simply being more aware of what the world, societ...more

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Jul 09, 2010 Jean rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction

Not your typical urban fantasy romance teen vampire story--and thank heaven for that. Sometimes you need something different. I've read M.T. Anderson's masterpiece of form-follows-function-prose Feed and set in to this earlier work, interested to see what this talented author made of vampires, before vampire teen romance became all the rage. Here, vampirism is sort of a metaphor for teen angst/puberty, etc. and it works as a metaphor for homosexuality if you want to read it that way, but I don't...more Not your typical urban fantasy romance teen vampire story--and thank heaven for that. Sometimes you need something different. I've read M.T. Anderson's masterpiece of form-follows-function-prose Feed and set in to this earlier work, interested to see what this talented author made of vampires, before vampire teen romance became all the rage. Here, vampirism is sort of a metaphor for teen angst/puberty, etc. and it works as a metaphor for homosexuality if you want to read it that way, but I don't think it's necessary. Christopher struggles with not only his hormones and all the confusion of adolescence, but also with vampiric urges (sometimes indistinguishable from typical teenage ones) and a little bit of trying to save the world. That saving the world bit was a catalyst to move the story along and test Chris in an difficult situation, but the main story is Chris himself and which direction he will take with his life. He's a likeable protagonist, easy to empathize with. And I have the utmost respect for the author with his bold ending. Don't look for a pretty tie-it-up-with-a-bow ending. It's the exact opposite, causing the story to end in a way that haunts the reader, keeping the story going indefinitely as the reader wonders about Chris and what will become of him.

Anderson has a way with portraying the adolescent male mind. It's a POV that often turns me off, sorry, but he makes his characters endearing, despite their confusion and shallowness. Chris does a lot of spur-of-the-moment growing up as he finds himself is new situations, brought on by both regular life and by that pesky vampirism. Anderson doesn't spend much time explaining everything like in most vampire books, where the rules for the author's world have to be established. Sometimes, Anderson just throws things in without preamble or even a second thought from Chris. For example, when a vampire shows up to a party and must wait for an invitation to enter the house, Anderson just assumes the reader understands the convention. Other supernatural beings exist in the world of Thirsty as well, but are just thrown into the fabric of the author's world as if it were a matter of course. This approach is interesting, as if he doesn't want to make a big deal out of the fact that this is a vampire book.

For being a book with a slightly more intellectual approach, I found it moved along rather well in the second half, getting pretty fast-paced at the end. It worked, as the pace of Chris' life sped up substantially and the stakes went up. The characters were very real to me, well-established through small details. It's not a book that asks you to OMGLOVEIT, but I really did enjoy it, partly for the story, partly for the style. (less)

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Nov 05, 2009 Louie Hernandez rated it 5 of 5 stars

The world revolves around a boy named Christopher, a boy who just wants to be normal he is in high school,he slowly begins turning into a vampire when he goes to a lynching with his brother Paul. After those events he meets Chet a mysterious celestial being, who informs Chris that he's turning into a vampire and their leader, he tells him to work with him. And as Chris is slowly turning into a vampire he craves blood and as Chet brings a mysterious arm to chris so he can kill their leader, Chris...more The world revolves around a boy named Christopher, a boy who just wants to be normal he is in high school,he slowly begins turning into a vampire when he goes to a lynching with his brother Paul. After those events he meets Chet a mysterious celestial being, who informs Chris that he's turning into a vampire and their leader, he tells him to work with him. And as Chris is slowly turning into a vampire he craves blood and as Chet brings a mysterious arm to chris so he can kill their leader, Chris gets a letter from a girl named Lolli Chausable who wants to befriend chris. He goes to a mysterious church where he meets fellow vampires and in that party he activates the arm. As weeks pass and pass he turns more and more into a vampire his mom thinking what's wrong with him and weeks go bye until Chet arrives and in the oddest of times when a person sopposedly tells Chris that Chet is evil, and Chris believes Chet that he's not evil.
As days go bye in the final days of Chris everyone is concerned of him Tom his friend and Jerk, they go to the sad festival of vampires where he finally meets Lolli, violence arises as Chris refuses to drink the blood of any person. He runs to the forest goes after him but he is later captured and killed. Then that's when he meets Chet He tells him he finally fulfilled his job he eliminated the vampire leader. But Chet later tells him that he betrayed him and is actually working with evil that he killed his own god because he became suicidal and wanted to kill himself making Chet the leader. He later beats up Chris and tells him no matter what he's screwed. Chris goes home his family probably knowing what he is. He yells at his friend and he slowly starts to become more and more thirsty, saying he wont attack his family.
This was a really interesting book because something you won't ecpect from twilight just kidding well it was good because I could really picture in my mind when he turned into a vampire. I give this book 6 stars because it was just awesome.(less)

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Mar 23, 2013 Amy Snyder rated it 1 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I did not like this book at all. As I kept reading I hoped it would get better, but it never did. I never liked the protagonist, Chris. He just seemed like a whiny, depressed teen. Even to the end you never really care if he is successful, and in the end he isn't. The clestial being, Chet, who tells Chris that he is on the side of the light and wants to help him trap the Vampire Lord Tch'muchgar with the Arm or Moriator, lies to him. Before Chris goes to trap him, he is taken to meet the vampire...more

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About M.T. Anderson

Matthew Tobin Anderson (M. T. Anderson), (1968- ) is an author, primarily of picture books for children and novels for young adults. Anderson lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

His picture books include Handel Who Knew What He Liked; Strange Mr. Satie; The Serpent Came to Gloucester; and Me, All Alone, at the End of the World. He has written such young adult books as Thirsty, Burger Wuss, Feed, The...more

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“People talk about the beauty of the spring, but I can't see it. The trees are brown and bare, slimy with rain. Some are crawling with new purple hairs. And the buds are bulging like tumorous acne, and I can tell that something wet, and soft, and cold, and misshapen is about to be born.

And I am turning into a vampire.” — 12 people liked it

“And I realize that the decision to be human is not one single instant, but is a thousand choices made very day. It is choices we make every second and requires constant vigilance. We have to fight to remain human.” — 10 people liked it

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