Book Review: Thristy

Thirsty by M.T. Anderson

So I know I was supposed to be reading a different book, but I'm having a hard time get into so I switched to this book.

Anyway, Thirsty is a young adult novel written by M.T. Anderson.  This is the first book that I've ever read by this author but I got the book from when I worked at the book store.  This book is in the horror genre and is vampire themed, and no they do not sparkle.  The book was published in 1997 and a lot of the language and descriptions are very much set in the late 90's.

The basis of the book is Chris is a high school freshman and all he wants to do is hang out with friends and date Rebecca Schwartz.  Unfortunately life isn't going to be that simple for Chris.  He goes with his brother to a Lynching (which is where the court house executes a vampire) and starts to feel funny.  He feels thirsty.  A few days later he is contacted by a celestial being who needs his help to hold the Vampire Lord Tch'muchgar in his prison and he needs Chris to do it.  With the promise that Chet the celestial being will reverse the vampirism Chris helps him.

Now I have to say I also had a hard time getting into this book because I had a really hard time following the lingo that was used in the dialogue.  Plus the main character Chris is your stereotypical whiny teenage so I had a hard time liking the character.  But about halfway through the book the plot twists and that got my attention.  You find out that Chet the celestial being isn't a good guy and Chris was tricked.  In fact it was hilarious how Chris get getting fooled.  And in the end, he is still a vampire who is heading towards a lynching of his own.

One thing that did put me off though is that there was really no explanation about what was really going on with the vampire vs human aspect.  You pretty much read the book not knowing whats going on and how things came to be.  The author concentrated mainly on Chris and his want to be human and his need to "help" the world but in the end he was tricked and even though he did essentially save the world by killing Tch'muchgar it was what Tch'muchgar paid Chet to do.  So in the end there is really no resolve to the book, it just is.  This book doesn't have a sequel so you're left to assume that Chris will eventually be lynched.

Thirsty was a pretty quick read but I was also hard to get into because a lot of the pages consist of Chris's whining and that got on my nerves.  But I do have to say that it was nice to read a book where the main character isn't really a hero so that was a bit different.  It was an all right book but it isn't something that will be going into any future bakers dozen's anytime soon.

Rating:
2 out of 5

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