Bloodsucking Fiends
by Christopher Moore
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So, what do you think of when you think of vampire novels? The creepy yet compelling menace of Bela Lugosi? The tormented goth ennui of Anne Rice's Louis and Lestat? The rat-faced nightmare of Max Shrek in F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu? How about a 26 year old redhead who suffers an existential crisis when she realizes that, since her new body will never change, she'll never, ever lose those last 5 pounds? That's right folks, Christopher Moore has added a hitherto unknown element to the vampire novel:...more
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Read in May, 2008
This is one of the few books that my husband read before me, and I had to sit there listening to him howl with laughter while I patiently waited for him to finish it. Many times he was brought to tears and had to stop reading so that he could breath. Now I was never brought to hysterics, but this IS a funny book. A vicious satire of vampire life, youthful dreams, and relationships without ever becoming a mushy romance or a bloodthirsty horror.
A short summary: Jody is a pretty redhead who wa...more
A short summary: Jody is a pretty redhead who wa...more
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Read in September, 2007
recommends it for:
Fans of Christopher Moore/contemporary fantasy/humor
Christopher Moore is funny. He can tell the most absurd story in the world, but he does it in a way that makes it believable, even when it's about vampires, death, or large alien lizards.
This book focuses on the vampires. Jody wakes up one morning after being attacked with a burnt hand and no sense of how long she's been unconscious. After putting two and two together, she realizes she's been turned into a vampire. And her biggest concerns are getting her final paycheck and getting her car ...more
This book focuses on the vampires. Jody wakes up one morning after being attacked with a burnt hand and no sense of how long she's been unconscious. After putting two and two together, she realizes she's been turned into a vampire. And her biggest concerns are getting her final paycheck and getting her car ...more
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Read in May, 2008
Sometimes it helps to read a series in order. In the case of Christopher Moore, though, it's not always necessary. I read "You Suck" first, and thoroughly enjoyed it, then went back and read its precursor, "Bloodsucking Fiends." While BF gave context for YS, each stands on its own as a very amusing quick read.
Jody is attacked walking home from work and wakes up the next evening disheveled, under a dumpster, with one burned hand, and with a load of cash in a paper bag...more
Jody is attacked walking home from work and wakes up the next evening disheveled, under a dumpster, with one burned hand, and with a load of cash in a paper bag...more
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Jody is a young investment banker living in San Francisco just trying to make ends meet both professional and personally when she finds herself the victim of a mugger on the streets late at night. When she awakens the next night, she discovers that she is in a dank back alley stuck underneath a dumpster with a painfully burned hand and a thirst for blood. C. Thomas Flood is an Indiana boy who moves to San Francisco with the dream of working as a writer. However, he winds up as the night manager ...more
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Read in September, 2007
recommends it for:
urban fantasy fans with a sense of humour
Previously Read Oct 2003
Jody, a twenty-something, semi-Yuppie gal living in San Francisco wakes up in an alley after being assaulted.... her senses are heightened, her hand is burned (but healing exceptionally quickly) and she feels a strange hunger. She susses out fairly quickly, if unbelievingly, that she has been turned to a vampire, so she recruits a minion to do her bidding during the day.
She chooses Tommy - a 19 year old, naive writer wanna-be recently arrived from Indiana...more
Jody, a twenty-something, semi-Yuppie gal living in San Francisco wakes up in an alley after being assaulted.... her senses are heightened, her hand is burned (but healing exceptionally quickly) and she feels a strange hunger. She susses out fairly quickly, if unbelievingly, that she has been turned to a vampire, so she recruits a minion to do her bidding during the day.
She chooses Tommy - a 19 year old, naive writer wanna-be recently arrived from Indiana...more
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Read in June, 2007
recommends it for:
trashy book fans
Only turned myself on to Christopher Moore after reading A Dirty Job, which I LOVED. In fact, I believe A Dirty Job was listed among the "Best Books of 2006" as noted by some very important person -- or group of persons -- who have access to the internet. As we all know, everything you read on the internet is true, erego, I purchased A Dirty Job and as I noted, LOVED IT. But that is another review.
I read this BS Fiends book while on my "girlfriends weekend in Miami". That...more
I read this BS Fiends book while on my "girlfriends weekend in Miami". That...more
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Read in June, 2008
I'd heard good things about Christopher Moore so when my husband offered to buy me a book at a spur of the moment book buying binge he was having I headed to the M section of the book store. I was going to pick up a different novel by Moore but my husband was on a vampire kick and suggested I pick up Bloodsucking Fiends.
The story follows a newly-made vampire on her search to find out what's happened to her and the boy she co-opts to help her figure it out. When I first started reading I was ...more
The story follows a newly-made vampire on her search to find out what's happened to her and the boy she co-opts to help her figure it out. When I first started reading I was ...more
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Read in June, 2007
recommends it for:
everyone
This book is fun. Yes, just plain, good old-fashioned fun. It's a vampire book that doesn't take itself too seriously, yet interjects enough humanity to make you feel for the characters.
Jody wakes up in the Bay Area under a dumpster with her hand burned to a crisp. She's bright enough to figure out something is going on and she needs to figure out what, and fast. She has a good idea and realizes she needs help. She comes across the overnight stock crew at the Safeway and its new night super...more
Jody wakes up in the Bay Area under a dumpster with her hand burned to a crisp. She's bright enough to figure out something is going on and she needs to figure out what, and fast. She has a good idea and realizes she needs help. She comes across the overnight stock crew at the Safeway and its new night super...more
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Read in June, 2008
I have a hard time paying attention to when books were published and in what order, but Bloodsucking Fiends appears to be the prequel to You Suck and A Dirty Job - both of which I really enjoyed. Bloodsucking Fiends takes place in San Francisco and tells the story of Jody, who has just been turned into a vampire and is trying to come to terms with who she is and what exactly all her powers are. She links up with C. Thomas Flood, a recent transplant to the Bay Area who is looking for a place to l...more
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Read in April, 2008
recommends it for:
vampire enthusiasts wanting a break from the horror genre
I've tried to like Christopher Moore...and I've tried to read Practical Demonkeeping a number of times but somehow I always put it down...this book, Bloodsucking Fiends, however did hold my interest...I liked the location (some of my old stomping grounds and clearly his, too)...San Francisco...
But...didn't you see the but coming??...Sometimes he tries too hard to get that tongue firmly stuck in his literary cheek...the literary references and even the character development are far too predic...more
But...didn't you see the but coming??...Sometimes he tries too hard to get that tongue firmly stuck in his literary cheek...the literary references and even the character development are far too predic...more
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Re-read this book to refresh my memory before the sequel. When Jody is attacked and turned into a vampire she is left to figure out this new way of life on her own. She quickly determines that she needs a minion to take care of her needs in the daytime and chooses C. Thomas Flood, a young writer wannabe from Indiana currently in charge of a crew of misfits on the nightshift of the local supermarket.
This was one of my first forays into the crazy world of Christopher Moore and it was as fun ...more
This was one of my first forays into the crazy world of Christopher Moore and it was as fun ...more
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Read in January, 1995
I couldn't decide whether to put this in "vampire" or "humor!" Though it is a vampire story, I elected "humor," because that's why I originally read it. I thought I'd add this Christopher Moore book to my shelves first, as a representative of all of Moore's books. Every one of his books is laugh-out-loud funny, has a quirky but interesting story line, just enough absurdity to keep you wondering what he'll do next, and plenty of good vocabulary to keep from having...more
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recommends it for:
Moore fans and people who don't get frustrated when books end abruptly
I am plowing through his whole catalog because I loved Lamb so much. I've read Dirty Job, Coyote Blue, Island of the Sequined Love Nun and this one so far.
I think Lamb was so great because he was working in a pre-established frame, i.e. the Gospel. He had to write to the end.
All of his other books start wonderfully, and then around page 250 everything starts wrapping up reeeeeeally fast. You can almost hear his thought process.
"I live in Hawaii, it's a beautiful day. I want t...more
I think Lamb was so great because he was working in a pre-established frame, i.e. the Gospel. He had to write to the end.
All of his other books start wonderfully, and then around page 250 everything starts wrapping up reeeeeeally fast. You can almost hear his thought process.
"I live in Hawaii, it's a beautiful day. I want t...more
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Read in June, 2007
recommends it for:
Christopher Moore fans
Having read and enjoyed Lamb and A Dirty Job, I was disappointed by this one. The humor was at times too obvious -- I was occasionally pulled out of the narrative with the feeling that the author was winking at his readers instead of telling a story. The plot moved along at a good clip but came to an unsatisfying, too-easy resolution. The "bad guy" was an incomplete picture, someone whose motives and goals were never clear to me. And yet, despite these complaints, it was ...more
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Read in September, 2006
recommends it for:
anyone who doesn't take themselves too seriously
On the one side, Christopher Moore really did a good job at writing a fun, witty novel on a romance surviving through various obstacles (i.e. being a vampire, being hunted, et cetera). On the other side, besides the wit and charm, Moore wrote relating to actual problems in relationships (though through slightly altered situations). The only issues I had with the book were with a feeling throughout that the story was much more depressing than intended and an ending that seemed slightly grabbed th...more
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Read in January, 2003
recommends it for:
People who like Carl Hiassen, without all the environmental noise
This was my first Christopher Moore book, and is still my favorite. It's been reviewed many times here so I won't delve into the details other than to say this is a prototypical Christopher Moore book to me. It introduces some great characters (the Emperor, the animals), it has all the humor that you expect, and a nice story that you don't have to go back and re-read chaoters to figure out where it's going because you missed a key point.
In other words you can sit back and laugh your way thr...more
In other words you can sit back and laugh your way thr...more
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Read in February, 2007
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Christopher Moore's universe is delightful. I have read almost all of his books Lamb, You Suck, Practical Demonkeeping, A Dirty Job, Coyote Blue, The Island of the Sequined Love Nun, and s...more
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Read in February, 2008
I love Christopher Moore - he has this bizarre, random sense of humor that matches my own and completely busts me up laughing.
"Lamb" is in my top 5 favorite books ever, closely followed by "A Dirty Job" (since most of his books are set in San Francisco, I'm enjoying seeing the crossover of certain characters - Jody, The Emperor and his hounds, and Abby Normal).
I'm so stoked to be reading a Christopher Moore book (two, actually, I purchased the sequel at the same time)...more
"Lamb" is in my top 5 favorite books ever, closely followed by "A Dirty Job" (since most of his books are set in San Francisco, I'm enjoying seeing the crossover of certain characters - Jody, The Emperor and his hounds, and Abby Normal).
I'm so stoked to be reading a Christopher Moore book (two, actually, I purchased the sequel at the same time)...more
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Read in May, 2008
Jodi becomes a vampire and of course her whole life changes. She moves out from her boyfriend's apartment and she must learn how to operate during the nocturnal hours. Enter Tommy. New to San Francisco and naive he finds a job at night re-stocking shelves in a grocery store. During the day he hopes to become the great American novelist.
Jodi seduces Tommy and he does her bidding. However bodies start being found wherever these two are.
This book is a light fluffy read. Tommy and his fellow...more
Jodi seduces Tommy and he does her bidding. However bodies start being found wherever these two are.
This book is a light fluffy read. Tommy and his fellow...more
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