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Title: Luna the Vampire, Vol 1: Grumpy Space
Series: Luna the Vampire
Release Date: 14 July 2016
Release Date: 14 July 2016
A few starting notes:
I received a free digital review copy of this book via NetGalley.
NetGalley provides review copies from publishers in exchange for fair
and honest reviews.
Sometimes I get distracted by shiny covers. This, my dear readers, was one
of those times...
Premise:
Luna is a vampire who lives in space. So do a bunch of other monsters.
Just accept this and move on.
Get ready for some fun as she navigates pet ownership, nerdiness, and the
challenges of parents and roommates.
Best bits:
This suits my warped sense of humour down to the ground. I chuckled. A lot.
To be honest, for an interstellar vampire, Luna was pretty damned relatable.
Nothing quite goes her way, and she'd much
rather hang around eating snacks and watching TV than, well pretty much anything else.
She's kind of an 'every-millennial,' only in space vampire form. Which is perfectly normal ofc ;)
I also really liked the lettering. Yep, you heard me, the lettering.
You know why? Because Sheikh
actually does something with it - gives it a floopy-loopy
style which is not just functional, but fun too.
And it fits in with the whole bright-and-fun
Internet-y vibe of this book.
(Y'know, the Internet-y vibe... I really don't know how else to explain
it -
That random, YouTube-ish attitude, which gave us Charlie the Unicorn
and other animated awesomeness.)
And I adore Luna's pet fat-worm, Moopsy. It's just great.
And I adore Luna's pet fat-worm, Moopsy. It's just great.
Not so great bits:
Looking at the Goodreads reviews, it seems like this was lost on a lot of people.
I think maybe people didn't realise that
this isn't a kids book.
Sure, there's nothing in particular that you wouldn't want kids to read
here, but the whole thing has an adult vibe.
It's aimed at adults, not kids.
Kids may enjoy this book, sure, but they're not the
target audience here, so reviewing it as a kids book is probably not the
best of plans.
Clearly, a lot of people also didn't get the heavy snark and sarcasm involved here.
Clearly, a lot of people also didn't get the heavy snark and sarcasm involved here.
That's fine, this kind of bitter, more-than-slightly-random, humour
isn't for everyone. But I'm a pretty random and sarcastic kinda gal ;)
My main criticism of this book is that I didn't find it consistently funny - the story about the dress, in my eyes at least, fell flat. But they can't all be winners, my friends.
Verdict:
Are you are a wacky, random, kind of person?
Do you feel like having a giggle? Or at the very
least a smirk? Then give this a try.
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From the cover I would have assumed that this was a book for kids as well. But I guess that isn't really the case! I'm glad you could enjoy it though, and the lettering even being nice is a bonus touch. Oh, and I like the sound of the main character being so relatable even though she's completely different from humans!
ReplyDeleteI just noticed that I'm in your 'check out some of my favourite blogs list'. That's so sweet of you <3 Thank you so much! I feel so honoured D: <3
Yeah, it's not a kids thing. More like for 20-somethings who haven't grown up ;) (guilty!)
DeleteOf course you are Liv! Your blog's one of my favourites, and you're one of my favourite bloggers XD