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soetkinn's review against another edition
DNF at page 190. Idk i feel like this book just,,,does too much gore n stuff. Also the CONSTANT talk abt sh and sewerslide is just getting too triggering ig ??? I did like the plot but im just SO bored n sick of this book rn me thinks. I think i’ll continue reading this in abt half a year
reaperreads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol
ergocogitosum's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
thomasgammon's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
I enjoyed how the novel immersed and surrounded you in the 90's alt scene and I enjoyed the book most when it was this dark, edgy hitchhiking story about a very lost boy at the lost characters he ran into. Unfortunately the story reached its emotional and thematic conclusions around half way through and it felt like it then just stagnated there. For a book that's more sensory, meditative and introspective, when there is almost no plot apart repeated scenes that would be described with the more unsavoury content warnings, finding your emotional and character conclusions very early on leaves very little to draw you through the rest of the novel. That being said, the composition of the novel itself seems to speak to a bleak cynicism, self-certainty and sense of defeated inevitability felt by those in the novel and people that engaged in the emo/alt-scene and is incredibly effective at capture the atmosphere of that time.
dirigitive's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Death of parent
Moderate: Drug use and Pregnancy
Minor: Vomit
spectracommunist's review against another edition
4.0
The first half is plotless and so lost while the second half establishes a hooking plot. I appreciate the nihilism and utter hopelessness in the plot. I think this book somehow succeeds in redefining the vampire mythos for generation Y and defining an alternative lifestyle however horrible, lascivious, gory and gross. In sheer bloodlust, this different breed of society survives and life goes on. Though excessively, it portrays many pent-up desires within the realism of our generation.
the_reading_vampire's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
7seventythree3's review against another edition
3.0
I read this when I was 19. I remember liking it at the time, but I doubt I would like it today. I just don't find a lot of interest in this genre anymore. Things I remember about the book: vampires, a van (a tour van?),someone named "nothing", Kudzu, teen angst.
isyrein's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
z0diackiller's review against another edition
5.0
“Nothing gazed around at the kids in the club. They were all so beautiful. He loved their choppy hairstyles, their costume jewelry, their ragged black or multicolored clothes. He loved the way they all somehow looked like him, and he wished he could make friends with every one of them.”
Another -WILD- ride from Poppy Z... and I loved every minute of it. Written with the same seductive flow as Exquisite Corpse, the reader follows quite a few lost souls as they make their way to New Orleans all for very different reasons.
When I started this book, I honestly didn't know what to expect. Drugged club kid vampires? A violent, graphic oversexed horror? Capes and blood-drinking? Thankfully, it was a pleasant surprise. Yes, cliché goth tokens are mentioned quite frequently, but, hey, Robert Smith is pretty great ;)
I signed up for dark obsessions, gore, and rape, and I got it. Not as much as Exquisite Corpse, but Lost Souls had extra angst.
What I really got and loved most about this book was the "doing drugs at 2 a.m. energy," self-destruction, and the search for belonging. Not only do you get nostalgic for your teen years (I took my share of 3 a.m. bus rides through the city) but mostly I felt the yearning for a community. I don't feel like I really found my own community until my adult years, but I did eventually. And I'm thrilled Nothing found his place with his family.
Another -WILD- ride from Poppy Z... and I loved every minute of it. Written with the same seductive flow as Exquisite Corpse, the reader follows quite a few lost souls as they make their way to New Orleans all for very different reasons.
When I started this book, I honestly didn't know what to expect. Drugged club kid vampires? A violent, graphic oversexed horror? Capes and blood-drinking? Thankfully, it was a pleasant surprise. Yes, cliché goth tokens are mentioned quite frequently, but, hey, Robert Smith is pretty great ;)
I signed up for dark obsessions, gore, and rape, and I got it. Not as much as Exquisite Corpse, but Lost Souls had extra angst.
What I really got and loved most about this book was the "doing drugs at 2 a.m. energy," self-destruction, and the search for belonging. Not only do you get nostalgic for your teen years (I took my share of 3 a.m. bus rides through the city) but mostly I felt the yearning for a community. I don't feel like I really found my own community until my adult years, but I did eventually. And I'm thrilled Nothing found his place with his family.