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A review by blurrypetals
You Suck: A Love Story by Christopher Moore
5.0
You guys, this book. 11 years ago, I randomly typed, "You Suck" into Barnes and Noble's search engine and, immediately taken with the bright, poppy cover, the fact that it was about vampires, and the title actively insulting all who looked at it, I was captivated. I didn't know it yet, but I was looking at a book by my new favorite author, your friendly neighborhood Author Guy.
Even though A Dirty Job will always hold the top spot in Moore's bibliography in my heart, this book was my first love. It was also the first book I read that had Charlie Asher in it, funnily enough, so I can even say that this book introduced me to my favorite Christopher Moore character, even if I didn't know how much he would mean to me at the time!
This book is just absolutely wonderful. It's hilarious, it's romantic, it's so weird, the characters are all packed to the brim with personality, and it is all so quintessentially unique that I never stood a chance against The Author Guy's charms.
It's also kind of insane that Chris wrote two books as excellent as this and A Dirty Job back to back. He just pulled out two incredibly genius books and then went, "Hm, I think I'll rewrite King Lear from the Fool's point of view," and then he knocked that one out of the park, too. It's insane. Chris is insane.
And that's why he's my favorite.
Even though A Dirty Job will always hold the top spot in Moore's bibliography in my heart, this book was my first love. It was also the first book I read that had Charlie Asher in it, funnily enough, so I can even say that this book introduced me to my favorite Christopher Moore character, even if I didn't know how much he would mean to me at the time!
This book is just absolutely wonderful. It's hilarious, it's romantic, it's so weird, the characters are all packed to the brim with personality, and it is all so quintessentially unique that I never stood a chance against The Author Guy's charms.
It's also kind of insane that Chris wrote two books as excellent as this and A Dirty Job back to back. He just pulled out two incredibly genius books and then went, "Hm, I think I'll rewrite King Lear from the Fool's point of view," and then he knocked that one out of the park, too. It's insane. Chris is insane.
And that's why he's my favorite.