genre: horror/vampires
Told in three time periods that eventually wind their way together, this is a story about hunger and passion - the kind that can drive you do things you'd never imagine yourself doing. Let's just say it out loud - it is a vampire story. Through and through. I chose it because I loved The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and because I needed a "spooky" story for a book challenge I'm doing. For me, it fits that idea of "spooky" because there is so much blood. I'm struggling with how to describe it because on the one hand, it was so repetitious that sometimes I literally rolled my eyes. I know there are only so many ways to talk about a vampire drinking blood, but I honestly got sick of hearing it. It's a bloody and violent book. There is a major plot hole that still annoys me.
Also, though, I did always want to keep listening. It's not UNinteresting. I like stories about women taking their lives into their hands when Patriarchy shoves them in a box. I like stories where things come together in ways you can't anticipate. I don't read a lot of Lesbian books but this was believable, from my point of view, and it was interesting to imagine how women who love women would have managed their lives during other generations.
The ending did surprise me, actually, and although it really was too long, I'm still giving it 3.5 stars rounded up to 4 since apparently I liked it enough to stick with it through so many hours (18! But I listen on 1.75x)
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