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A review by kittykitcat
Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite
5.0
There’s not much, I feel, that I can say about this book that hasn’t been said already. However, I want to express how much I loved it from beginning to end, because there aren’t many books that wear goth culture in its sleeve like this (or maybe I just suck at finding them).
The characters, in my opinion, are this book’s strongest feature. It’s easy to root for Nothing, especially if you’ve ever felt like the world’s just not made for you, but I also found Steve and Ghost’s bromance quite endearing (even if Steve is a total asshole). A part of me wishes I’d have found this during my angsty teen years, but at the same time, reading it now allows me to have a broader appreciation of it other than being able to go, “Look at me, my vampires don’t shine, they are edgy, incestuous gothlings.”
Anyway… does anybody know if this is in the same universe as Exquisite Corpse? I’m genuinely curious about whether little Nothing was out there in New Orleans with his horn-dog besties, while Andrew and Jay were… well, you know.
The characters, in my opinion, are this book’s strongest feature. It’s easy to root for Nothing, especially if you’ve ever felt like the world’s just not made for you, but I also found Steve and Ghost’s bromance quite endearing (even if Steve is a total asshole). A part of me wishes I’d have found this during my angsty teen years, but at the same time, reading it now allows me to have a broader appreciation of it other than being able to go, “Look at me, my vampires don’t shine, they are edgy, incestuous gothlings.”
Anyway… does anybody know if this is in the same universe as Exquisite Corpse? I’m genuinely curious about whether little Nothing was out there in New Orleans with his horn-dog besties, while Andrew and Jay were… well, you know.