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Mar 13, 2008

Ealaindraoi rated it:

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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Nov 05, 2008

Sharrol rated it:

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 rated it:

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...

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Jan 01, 2012

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Oct 07, 2011

Lisa rated it:

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 More...

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Aug 09, 2011

Jessica rated it:

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 More...

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Aug 07, 2011

Laura rated it:

I read a short story by Anderson in the collection Geektastic and liked it, so I picked up Thirsty. Description:

Chris just wants to be a normal guy - to hang out with his friends Tom and Jerk, avoid his bickering parents, get a date with Rebecca Schwartz. Lately, though, he's been feeling anything but normal. He has this strange desire, a terrible hunger, a thirst for blood. The truth is unavoidable: Chris is turning into a vampire. While his home-town prepares for the annual Sad Festi More...

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Mar 27, 2011

Ghoule rated it:

*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 More...

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Nov 17, 2010

The rated it:

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 More...

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Jul 03, 2010

Stephanie rated it:

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...

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Jun 14, 2010

Rachel rated it:

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 an More...

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Jun 12, 2010

Justin rated it:

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:

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 rated it:

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 More...

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Dec 08, 2011

Sarah rated it:

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.

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Oct 21, 2009

Tina rated it:

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 More...

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Oct 20, 2011

Jeffrey rated it:

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:

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 More...

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Mar 10, 2010

santina rated it:

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 rated it:

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 i More...

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Sep 16, 2010

Jessica rated it:

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Jul 15, 2009

AnnaBnana rated it:

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 w More...

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Jul 09, 2010

Jean rated it:

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 do More...

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Nov 05, 2009

Louie rated it:

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...

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Nov 10, 2011

Jennifer rated it:

As the protagonist realizes toward the close of Thirsty, the decision to be human is a choice we make every second, and which requires constant vigilance. One could say the same about the decision to be a good novel. Sadly, Anderson seems to have floated off for a few minutes there somewhere in the middle. Perhaps there was something on the telly. As a result, Thirsty is an awkward wreck of a novel, with half-developed characters stumbling through a half-developed world. And in present tense, n More...

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Oct 22, 2009

Lauren rated it:

Thirsty by M.T. Anderson
Vampire/Doing What’s Right/Deception

Anderson’s vampire novel is far away from Twilight. Set in New England, this is a world where vampires are hunted and executed, and a yearly ritual is performed to keep the Vampire Lord in captivity. Chris is a normal teen who has an enormous crush on Rebecca, the popular girl in school. But Chris is shy and doesn’t know how to approach her. But Chris has more to be worried about. He is turning into a vampire. When a “ More...

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Aug 06, 2010

Kricket rated it:

this vampire story is a refreshing change of scene from all the paranormal romances being marketed to twilight lovers. which is to say that twilight lovers will not necessarily like this book just because it is about vampires.

chris lives in an alternate US, where vampires are routinely staked and faeries and changelings are feared. as he enters his teen years, he is increasingly hungry for something he can't put his finger on. eventually, an otherworldly being called chet informs him More...

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Jul 25, 2009

Alex rated it:

This book is a boy, Chris, who just wants a normal life. Basically, hangout with his friends, avoid his parents and ask a girl named Rebecca Schwartz on a date. All that is about to change he finds out he's turning into a vampire. It happened when Chris went to a lynching (Where you see someone impale a vampire) Before the impalement, the vampire looked at chris' eyes. Nothing happened, but when he sees blood he gets real thirsty, his teeth sharpen and his reflection disappears. He More...

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Mar 15, 2010

Adel rated it:

Okay, so. I like it, but it could not keep my attention. Well, I suppose it could, but definitely not for 40-page chapters. At first it was hard to even read because of Anderson's tendency to not use contractions ... at all. It was just weird. As I kept reading, it got easier to read. The only thing was that nothing really super duper in-your-face exciting happened. I don't know. Maybe it's just me, but it was not as good as I had thought.

Although, the ending was fantastic! I love ho More...

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Dec 09, 2009

Brittany rated it:

Genre: Horror / Coming of Age
After witnessing the lynching of a vampire in his small Massachusetts town, Chris starts changing. Instead of normal puberty, he is hit with the changes of becoming a vampire. When a "celestial being" named Chet comes into his life and offers guidance he follows the being's advice, only to free a dangerous vampire lord from his magical prison. He must learn to deal with the emotions of being a teenager as well as the constant battle to avoid murder More...

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