Fantastic! Extremely well written - I kept reading aloud passages I liked, very funny and unpredictable. One of the better Christopher Moore books I've read. ( )

Cute take on the vampire genre, I really found this story to be lots of fun. Witty and smart, Christopher Moore puts his quirky spin on the children of the night. Great sense of humor, smooth writing style--He is one of my favorites. I recommend this for anyone looking for an enjoyable, quick read. ( )

A fun fast read. I am looking forward to the life of Flood and Jody in You Suck. I thought that the vampire mythology was very good. Different and unique, with enough similiarities to other vampire mythologies to seem somewhat believable. ( )

Ever since Bram Stoker trotted out Dracula, everyone has been determined to put their stamp on the vampire legend be it serious, comedic or a mix of both. Christopher Moore makes no secret that he intends to take a comedic turn, but he does manage to not simply use vampires as an excuse to write a lazy story.

In our story, Jody finds herself suddenly changed with no instructions, no warning and no thanks outside of $100,000 and a severely burned hand. She manages to gain her bearings quickly and finds herself an errand runner in C. Thomas Flood, writer and frozen bowling turkey champion of the overnight crew at the San Francisco Safeway. If it weren't for the serial killer draining victims of their blood, Jody's overbearing mother and her commitment issues, things might actually be looking up.

Moore makes light of the vampire lifestyle, but still manages to make complete characters out of Jody and Tommy and even gives dimension to surrounding cast. He manages to work in issues as heady as euthanasia and as dastardly as the upselling habits of your average soulless makeup counter clerk with equal ease. (Arguably, the makeup counter clerks do get off easy.) Thankfully, the story does continue in You Suck. ( )

I just started this but it's cool to see that he reused the character "The Emperor" from [book: A Dirty Job], the last Moore book I read.
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As usual Moore combines fantastic elements (vampires in this case) and quirky real life people to create absurd (and funny) situations. The comedy was much more subtle than usual. It was funny but not hilarious. The characters were fun and it was an enjoyable read just not as enjoyable as his other books. If you haven't read Moore before I wouldn't suggest starting here. Instead I would suggest [book: The Stupidest Angel] or [book: Fluke] or [book: Practical Demonkeeping] or even [book: A Dirty Job]. ( )