You Suck: A Love Story | Christopher Moore

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	You Suck: A Love Story Christopher Moore Harper Paperbacks, 2008 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 132 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Funny & Entertaining!!

I hadn't heard of Christopher Moore until I stumbled upon a Borders Shortlist e-mail one day promoting the release of this book. It sounded kind of interesting so I remembered it and put it on my Library list. I finally decided to pick it up and took it with me on a business trip finishing it easily in one day flat. I also later bought the book on CD and listened through it. I haven't yet read his "prequel" novel, "Bloodsucking Fiends"(although I certainly intend to), but, thankfully, "You Suck" requires little foreknowledge of the characters thanks to the exposition provided in the book. As for the content, I found it to be a fun romp through the life of C. Thomas Flood as he struggles to adjust to being a vampire (thanks to his vampire girlfriend, Jody) and the additional complications that ensue when he accidentally turns a hooker that his wasted friends bring back with them from Vegas into a vampire who then turns some of his friends into vampires. He also battles against an old vampire, who had previously turned his girlfriend, Jody, into a vampire and is seeking revenge against Flood for his previous defeat at his hands, as well as cops seeking to drive Flood and Jody out of town and stop the new spate of Vampire-related killings. The madcap action of the story is leavened by a vampire-obsessed goth girl named Abby whose pop culture-laden diary entries continue the narrative of the story from her own perspective. I thought that the book was quite humorous and witty and never dragged or slowed down. I think that this book would make for a great movie. The only major quibble I have with the story is the ending (which won't be discussed here) but Moore, thankfully, leaves the story somewhat open-ended should he (hopefully) choose to revisit the story at some point.

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OMG! awesome!

HI:D ok well i comment on other peoples comments on this book and have learned that i should have read some other book called 'bloodsucking fiends'? first and i will then i will reread this one---cuz like in ANOTHER persons review-i was lost for a couple of the chapters with no knowledge of things and really there were too many people and her kept adding new people and i felt like it was as if you turned on the tv in the middle of a movie and you had no clue what was going on. i had to reread a lot.the chapter titles were funny(especially chapter2:P ) and i LOVE Abby and her friend was funny too but she was my favorite and as another wrote-maybe they should have centered it around her journals.i loved reading her parts soo much and it was hilarious with the way she 'talked' like i do sometimes-escpecially the: "hes all.." "and im all.." HA!! i was a little worried it would suck from my previous flop (see other vamp book review) of a vamp book but after the little hurdles i really liked it and tell people to read it:D i am a fan now.and i must go get the other ones....oh! the ending was good and when i finished i truly went"wow......one of the best books ive ever read..". trying to read it at work takes time but ive been on my days off and finished it in 2 days:D Go Read IT!!!!:D(i love abby and the end--even the cat part was funny--almost leaked a part there!!! :X but really..good ending:D

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1st CM book and still my favorite

I just happened to pick this book up from the "employee recommendations" table. The first chapter had me nervous--as in, "oh, this is going to be horror/sci-fi with vampires insulting each other". And it is, which is why I was amazed that I couldn't put it down. I read it in 2 days.

I hadn't read BS Fiends before I read this (never even heard of Moore). Still I had absolutely no trouble following the story.(CM does a pretty good, but brief summarization of what's gone on up to that point.)

This book prompted me to buy every other book he wrote. And You Suck is still my favorite, almost entirely due to Abby Normal, the tragically perky goth minion/vampire wannabe. Her diary entries (kind of a dramatic, morose valley girl) are freaking hilarious. When she hooks up with Steve the Asian manga-hair science guy (who she decides should have a more fly name, like "foo dog"), she invents what is now my favorite word in the world: "endorken", as in, "Please do not further endorken yourself to me, Steve. I am interested in what's in your heart, not your studies.".

So unlike many of the reviewers here, I liked You Suck better, mostly because of Abby. My least favorite part was Blue the hooker. And I thought the old Vampire was actually funnier in Fiends (a cranky old vampire who has nothing to wear but some dead guy's neon yellow tracksuit--yeah, that's good stuff!). I also loved that both books were set in SF. Yeah, the ending was a bit lame, but it seemed obvious to me that it was a setup for another sequel. And i can't wait!

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Read Bloodsucking Fiends First to Fully Appreciate All the Characters in this Sequel

Read Bloodsucking Fiends First to Fully Appreciate All the Characters in this Sequel
Ever since the masterpiece Bloodsucking Fiends was first published (about ten years before this one) Christopher Moore fans have been demanding in their reviews of that book, posting comments on other websites and voicing their opinions wherever they could that they really wanted to see a sequel. You suck is that novel and is even dedicated (after the copyright page) For my readers, by request. Those of us who were eagerly waiting in anticipation for this sequel after reading it are not disappointed. However I must state I can understand why those picking it off the shelf or ordering it online might be as the publishers don't state anywhere on the book cover that this is a sequel. Instead of adding the words A Love Story under the title they probably could have written something like Long Awaited Sequel to Bloodsucking Fiends or something like this. Reading it as a standalone novel wouldn't be as satisfying and some of the characters would no doubt be a bit confusing. You'd even be wondering what the ones who play a minor role in this one really have to do with the story. So my advice is read the sensational masterpiece Bloodsucking Fiends first and you'll enjoy You Suck a lot more.

In You Suck we start this sequel off with Tommy C Flood in a full blown argument with Jody who he was previously a minion for, angry the she has turned him into a vampire as well. The couple know Jody was only given a few days to leave town by San Francisco Homicide detectives and that they'll have to find a new apartment so they can't be found if they are to remain in SF. Unfortunately though since Tommy is now a vampire he can no longer perform his minion duties such as apartment hunting as like Jody he can no longer be awake during daylight. So the search is on for a new minion, whom Jody says she will arrange but of course the annoyed Tommy decides is something he would rather do. So we meet Abby Normal a teenage goth with attitude, she jumps at the chance to be the servant of the Vampire Flood and awaits in anticipation for him to convert her as well. We are updated throughout the book with a bit of self talking up exaggeration by her various diary entries into the Chronicles of Abby Normal on what is going on. Steve the uni student from the previous novel has finally discovered the cure for vampirism but who would want to go back to being a mortal human. Meanwhile The Animals (Tommy's night filler grocery store colleagues from Bloodsuckng Fiends) have come back from Vegas having squandered their fortunes on their fantasy of sleeping with a smurf. Unfortunately for Tommy his vampire conversion mean he's now the enemy. Their completely blue painted prostitute has plans of her own to capture Tommy or Jody for her own purposes. Meanwhile original vampire Elijah is taking earnings away from other buskers as a bronze statue that just won't move and his jealous rivals have plans to do away with him.

It's a good book that leaves room for additional sequels. Having previously read Bloodsucking Fiends I thoroughly enjoyed it but I can understand how those reading this a standalone thriller would be lost and want a bit more depth to understand the main characters and especially the minor ones such as The Animals.

If you like the surreal eccentric character novels and have read everything Moore has written also check out the authors Bill Fitzhugh (Pest Control's a great place to start), Carl Hiassen (Stormy Weather's as good as any other), Dave Barry (Tricky Business) and Max Barry (Syrup).

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Smutty, Juvenile, Sophmoronically funny

Loved it. A welcomed break from the tedium of my work- related readiing load. I'm glad he decided to revist these characters from Bloodsucking Fiends.

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