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Nov 19, 2011

The Holy Terror rated it:

This was one of those books that started out funny and full of potential, but somewhere along the way the author strayed off that path. I wanted to read this for myself since the reviews were all over the place, but I'm sorry to say that this just wasn't great. As others have said, at the halfway point this book really starts to go downhill; the characters and story lose their charm, and what once was funny becomes sad and disappointing.

Doug Lee is a recently made 15-year-old vampire More...

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Aug 06, 2011

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Jan 14, 2012

Donna rated it:

Absolutely fantastic. There is just no other way to say it. FAT VAMPIRE spoofs the hell out of everything that is vampire nowadays but maintains this underlying tone of seriousness that really hits home. Underneath it all it's about a kid fitting in in life. How many kids now are all vampire obsessed and want to turn into a vampire? Well Adam Rex takes that notion and slaps reality home like a puck into a net. If you're a meatball-looking geek in life, then guess what? You're going to be a meatb More...

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Dec 01, 2010

Savannah (Books With Bite) rated it:

This book was interesting and hilarious. I love how it was written, from a male point of view, which you don't see much. Also it was written by a male author.

I knew from the moment I layed eyes on this book that I would enjoy it immensely and that I did. Right from the beginning, you were thrown into this geeky, fat boys world of trying to make it as a fat vampire. I felt for him during his hardships. He struggle in feeding, as well in other areas.

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Jan 13, 2011

Jennifer rated it:

It was refreshing to read about a vampire that wasn't physically perfect. All too often, the people who are turned into vampires already possess unearthly beauty. The only outside flaws they exhibit result from some horrific torture years after becoming vampires. In Fat Vampire, Doug is an outcast, overweight teen. When he is turned, nothing changes. He faces being unattractive forever. Seeing a vampire character deal with this type of reality was definitely intriguing.

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Jan 13, 2011

Kimberly rated it:

What a mess. The first half to two-thirds was really promising, but it disintegrated almost completely. My main problem was that the main character, Doug, starts off as a fairly likable but imperfect nerdy guy and transforms into the most unlikable protagonist I've ever read. And there's no real transition for it either - in one chapter he's amusingly trying to deal with being a "fat vampire" (lots of humor, great one-liners, joking around with his best friend, some moderate angst) More...

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Aug 15, 2010

Kelsey rated it:

The BEST vampire book in the history of EVERYTHING.
Up until this morning when I finished this book, Peeps by Scott Westerfeld was the best vampire book in the history of everything. And i thought it would remain that way.
But the mighty, mighty hand of Adam Rex has bitch-slapped Peeps out of the way and stolen that title for Fat Vampire.
It sheds a whole new light on "The Ennobled" -as the Signora Cassopeia calls them- and surpasses the luminous blacklight that Parasit More...

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Feb 10, 2012

Emma rated it:

I love Paranormals. No, seriously, I like love LOVE them and I loved this book. I picked it up on a whim. *shrugs* Something about promising myself I'd read more male authors and more YA. This book fit the bill for both. I started reading it while I was being traumatized during a hospital visit and it totally made the torture pass by so much quicker. That and since I was laughing so hard (Two words: Panda scene) almost convinced hospital personnel I needed some special alone time in a padded roo More...

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Jul 17, 2011

Beckie rated it:

I've laughed about the idea of this story ever since I heard about it: a 16-year-old kid named Doug gets turned into a vampire before he loses weight (he was working on it, promise!) and has to be stuck looking that way for all eternity.

Hilarious, right? But the writing was So. Much. Funnier than that. I loved his best friend Jay, who, being equally nerdy, attends Comic-Con with him, the only place where Doug can act naturally and completely fit in. And the girl has an exotic flair More...

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Mar 13, 2011

Alexis rated it:

This book had a lot of promise and was a different take on the vampire genre.

Our premise- a dorky 15-year-old is transformed into a vampire. He's overweight, nerdy and definitely not sexy. There was a lot of humour in this book- he goes to Comic Con and steals blood from people donating to receive free comics, and the part where he tries to turn into a bat was quite funny.

However, the novelist attempted to try and get some kind of message about getting over homophobia in More...

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Feb 24, 2011

Manda rated it:

First off, I have to say I ALWAYS have a problem with male leads. I don’t know if it’s because I don’t relate or what, but I always have a hard time with books with male leads. I, however, loved Doug Lee from the beginning. Adam Rex created this socially awkward teen guy that had the ability to pull me into his life immediately. I really enjoyed this book. It took the whole vampire phenomenon going on in literature recently and put a fun, humorous spin on it.

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Feb 15, 2011

Novel rated it:

It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book that made me laugh out loud as much as Fat Vampire by Adam Rex. I mean literally, sitting in bed, home alone and cracking up. Loud, hysterical laughter. Laughter so hard, I had to put down the book to compose myself, then call my mom to read her a passage, and insist that she read this book the minute I was done with it. (She now has it in her possession. And then my dad has dibs.)

Fat Vampire tells the story of Doug, who finds himself accide More...

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Feb 11, 2011

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Jonathan Dor
Freshmen English
2/14/11 Fat Vampire

Do you believe that you can get everything you want or that you can change for a special someone? This is how fifteen-year-old Doug Lee felt when he tried to catch the attention of an exchanged student.
Have you ever felt that you didn’t fit in with the crowd and that you wanted to change how your appearance looks to catch the interest of a person that you have feelings for? This is how fifteen-year-old Doug Lee felt in t More...

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Jan 18, 2011

Barky rated it:

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Jan 14, 2011

Nina rated it:

I've been eyeing this in bookstores ever since one of my friends mentioned this book to me. Just like I Kissed A Zombie and I Liked It, I thought this would make a really funny paranormal story so I totally wanted to read it. However, the book was too pricey and I could do without it anyway. So it was a very fun surprise that one of my friends got me this when I got sick this week - sort of a 'Get Well Soon gift,' and I must say, just looking at the cover almost made me better. The cover its More...

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Dec 21, 2010

Susan rated it:

In the slew of vampire books that have hit the YA market since a certain saga launched, some of them have tried to take a stab (bite?) at the humorous approach (Catherine Jinks' Reformed Vampire Support Group, Sucks to be Me, etc.) Some have succeeded with a decent amount of charm (Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side but after reading Rex's book, it seems that half as succeeded so well as his at actually being flat-out FUNNY. One of Rex's real fortes is his dialogue; he has a whip-sharp i More...

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Oct 07, 2010

Laura rated it:

I wasn't sure what to expect with this book. I decided to read/listen to it because of the title and cover. Judging a book by it's cover in this case turned out well. Doug finds himself a vampire. He doesn't look like typical vampire and he doesn't really want to be one. He's 15, short, a little chubby. He loves comic books and goes to Comic Con (another reason to love the book). But a vampire he is. He's told one person, his best friend Jay. Together they get into some trouble with Pand More...

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Sep 17, 2010

Gecky rated it:

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Aug 09, 2010

Lielabell rated it:

There is nothing to like about this book. And, believe me, I wanted to like it. I wanted to like it so much.

Doug, the main character, is fifteen, fat, and a vampire. He isn't cool. He'll never be cool, and his life is, quite literally, over. Plus, he's a total comic book fanboy. To the point where the book starts at Comic Con. With a premise like that, this book should have been a slam dunk.

But... it wasn't. It failed on all levels. Doug goes from being nerdy More...

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Jan 29, 2010

Paula rated it:

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Jul 25, 2011

Book Twirps rated it:

Doug is having a hard time getting the hang of this whole vampire thing. First of all, he is only about 5’5 and overweight. He’d been meaning to workout and lose some weight, but he was bitten before he could do that, so now he is eternally damned to be forever fat. It’s not exactly an ideal situation for a vampire. To make matters worse, he has no idea what he is doing. There’s no manual, he has no mentor, and everything that Bram Stoker wrote in Dracula seems to be wrong. He is afraid of turni More...

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Jul 28, 2010

Baby rated it:

This is the first book I can remember being so angry at that I wanted to throw it across the room. I think my extreme frustration partly stems from the fact that I wanted to love it. I loved the premise, I saw Adam Rex at Comic Con and he was awesome, and I snagged a signed copy of this book there. I started reading it that night (it starts in Comic Con as a nice bonus) and it was funny and nerdy and Doug and Jay were great as geeky best friends trying to figure out Doug's new life as a vampire. More...

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Jul 24, 2010

Erica rated it:

The first half of this book is seriously funny. Doug never really fit in at school, and getting girls to give him a second glance was impossible, and when he’s made into a vampire, he’s forever stuck with his awkward teenage body. Some of the funnier moments in the book are when he discovers that, though he’s a vampire – typically thought of as sexy and mysterious – people still see him as the loser fat kid nobody wants on their team in gym class.
As for critiquing the book, there’s a lot More...

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Jun 02, 2010

Chelsea rated it:

Doug is a fifteen year old vampire. The details of the night he was turned are still fuzzy, but he and his best friend Jay are convinced that reading Dracula is the best way to learn about his vampirism. When that turns out not to be enough, Doug is stoked to hear from the local head vampire and is issued a vampire tutor. This is all fine and dandy, of course, but Doug still has to deal with all of the regular trials of high school. He is a major dork, and now that he is a vampire, all hope of t More...

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Jan 05, 2012

Kaylee rated it:

My Thoughts

The good:

1. I really love the cover of this book. It's unique and creative and very eye-catching.

2. The summary and reviews on the back of the book were convincingly funny and appealing.

3. It had some parts that did make me laugh-out-loud and I was genuinely interested in Doug's conflicting situation. And a good start in the plot.

4. Jay is my favourite character. Although he was a bit cliche character-wise, I still enjoyed More...

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Aug 23, 2011

Obscured rated it:

This book started out extremely funny, and then tended to mellow out towards the middle and the end. This book had a lot of potential, but came up short. The ending was decent, and I still enjoyed the light, funny read.

Parts of this book was hilarious! If you’ve ever read a vampire book, give this a try. The story is a satire about vampire beliefs and stereotypes. This book literally made me laugh out loud numerous times. Doug is a 15 year old overweight boy that is turned into More...

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Oct 30, 2011

Minda rated it:

I had some hopes for this book. In the beginning it was funny, it was intriguing, I found myself sympathizing with Doug. Then it all came crashing down and fell completely flat. Doug didn't pan out the way I was hoping. Then there was the ending. It just ended up uninspiring.

I don't think Doug truly values Jay as a friend. He sees him more as a person he is stuck with, sometimes thinking he is being kind to Jay by being his friend. He seems to think Jay can't make any friends of his o More...

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Oct 03, 2011

Rachel rated it:

The spoof focused exclusively on the vampire portion of the title, mentioning the fatness/thinness of the first protagonist once or twice before a weakly explained metamorphosis. I found this disappointing. The other vampire tropes were skewered in an entertaining fashion.

The best part of the novel was the characterization of the first protagonist. I liked that he wasn't a lily-white victim, but a believable teenage boy. When he was a jerk, other characters called him on it. He made More...

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Oct 22, 2010

Wendy rated it:

I expected to like this book more than I actually did but I wouldn't say it was bad by any account. It was pretty easy to relate to in some ways, even though I am definitely not an insanely horny teenage boy like the main character, but the main character's actions put me off a lot of times. He was extremely self centered, concerned with appearances and showed little regard for his friends or girlfriend. I know this was how he was meant to be portrayed but it gets annoying to put up with after a More...

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Dec 26, 2010

Jessica added it

Hilarious, thought provoking, a guilty pleasure, but ultimately unsatisfying. What started out as a laugh-out-loud page-turner gradually morphed into ... well, I am not quite sure what we ended up with here. And judging by the last few pages, I am not sure that Adam Rex knew what to do with his creation in the end either. Actually, I think he had a very good idea of what he was doing, but it required a lot from the reader. It is not every writer who can create a lovable, amusing protagonist More...

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