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April 02, 2007
You Suck: a love story" by Christopher Moore
I thoroughly enjoyed this comic novel, the story of two young vampires trying to survive in San Francisco with the help of their sixteen year-old human minion, "Abby Normal". Abby, the sobriquet of a vampire-wannabe goth who attends Allen Ginsburg High (Go, Fighting Beatniks!), is one of the funniest in a cast of great characters. (All week now I've been quoting her reaction to finding the nine local Starbucks closed on Christmas: "Crushed by the iron hand of the baby Jesus".) The heroes, their 'victims'(including Chet the huge cat) and their enemies are all entertaining when taking center stage. My biggest quibble: the Deus ex Machina, or in this case Demon ex Machina, isn't really explained. (Okay, maybe that's the nature of a DeM, but it is glaring here.) I suspect that reading the preceding story of some of the major characters, "Bloodsucking fiends : a love story", may clear that up and I'm certainly planning to find out. "You suck" leaves the door open for a sequel.
isbn: 0060590297
Janet, staff
Posted by jnardine at April 2, 2007 10:50 AM