Fat Vampire
A Never Coming of Age Story

What a mess. The first half to two-thirds was really promising, but it disintegrated almost completely. My main problem was that the main character, Doug, starts off as a fairly likable but imperfect nerdy guy and transforms into the most unlikable protagonist I've ever read. And there's no real tra......more

It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book that made me laugh out loud as much as Fat Vampire by Adam Rex. I mean literally, sitting in bed, home alone and cracking up. Loud, hysterical laughter. Laughter so hard, I had to put down the book to compose myself, then call my mom to read her a passage......more

Halfway through this book, I read the reviews and almost got scared off reading the rest. Glad I continued! There is definitely a tone shift from the first half to the second half. The first half of this book is light-hearted, slapstick, silly, sweet, and has a middle grade vibe. The second half tur......more

Fun premise, but I felt like it wandered a lot, and not in entertaining ways. Also, who were we rooting for? I liked Sujol (Sorry if that's not the right spelling, I listened to this), and Kat, and even Jay, mostly. But Doug was a dick, and so were most of the others, especially the vampires. But th......more

It was an ok story.......more