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| Original Title: | The Last Vampire |
| ISBN: | 0340877456 (ISBN13: 9780340877456) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Last Vampire #1 |
| Characters: | Sita, Seymour Dorsten, Ray Riley |
Christopher Pike
Paperback | Pages: 176 pages Rating: 3.92 | 8662 Users | 410 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Last Vampire (The Last Vampire #1) |
| Author | : | Christopher Pike |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 176 pages |
| Published | : | October 16th 2003 by Hodder Childrens (first published May 1st 1994) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Paranormal. Vampires. Horror. Fantasy |
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Fasten your seatbelts ‘cause I’m going to give this book the review it deserves. Probably a shady one. I don’t know what to say first, I usually start by saying the good aspects of a book but in this one there is none. Sorry fans.
The protagonist is Alisa a 5.000 year old vampire who is extremely beautiful and unique, which is something she constantly reminds the reader. We get it sunshine you are a special snowflake in a world full of flames. WE GET IT.
She is the most annoying and arrogant character I’ve ever read in a YA novel at least. She is also cocky, but oh God, look I can like a cocky character, honestly, like Damon Salvatore, but why am I even comparing those two? There is absolutely no level of comparison.
There is a grey line between confident and arrogant and Alisa here crosses that line waaay toο many times. Anyway, my strong dislike for her grew even from the first two chapters. See she never forgets to tell (if not brag) about her abilities, once or twice could be okay but I lost count. Either dedicate a chapter telling what her nature is or lose it. What am I even saying? She is a vampire who can’t compel others, who can easily walk in sunlight but are you ready people? SHE CAN HOLD HER BREATH FOR AN HOUR.
The YA novels are doomed because they are all similar to one another. Not just the writing or the plot or the same characters that are reproduced all the time but even by the font of the book you guys! They all have this specific font and cover and even clichés. Gladly I mentioned clichés ‘cause I have to pin- point a few.
When the nerd guy is revealed to have AIDS this is what our sassy and badass female protagonist has to say: “How did you catch it? You don’t seem gay.” Yes, only gays have AIDS, look I get that it’s not recently written but what the fuck?
Another time Ray wants to call the police and blah blah so she thinks “I hesitate. It is not easy for me to lie to those I love.” Love? LOVE??? HOW CAN IN YOUNG ADULT BOOKS PEOPLE LOVE A PERSON WHOΜ THE BARELY EVEN KNOW? THEY HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR TWO DAYS AND SHE LOVES HIM ALREADY!
Then Alisa tells Ray she killed his father so probably he will get mad, he might want to seek for revenge he might even want to kill her right? NO! NO! NO! She said and I quote “I killed him without mercy. I have killed thousands over the last five thousand years. I am a monster” So Ray should be in shock and I don’t know scream? GET FRUSTRATED maybe? Helll to the fucking no!
“But you would not do anything to hurt me. You want me to leave you now because you do not want me to get hurt. You love me, I love you.” Yes people this is an actual representation of how a sane person would react to hearing his father’s killer. Yes seems legit.
Then the super dooper original vampire shows up and he says “I have watched you particularly close the last three days. You love this boy. You would not want to see him die” And later “you love him. You love him more than your own life”. I’m done, honestly, I can’t see why people liked it or even praised it.
I had to stop so many times to stare at the wall and question myself “why do people like this?”
I realize that this is a YA book but oh boy give those youths a chance. I know than this is not Dostoevsky’s level literature but GOD try a little harder. How do you expect a teenager to love to read if this is the material he has to work with before he moves on to classics and stuff?
Anyway, I think I’ve said way too much, but as you probably can tell I disliked the book from the first page to the last. Now that I think about it the only good chapter was the third one, but other than that there’s nothing else.
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Ratings: 3.92 From 8662 Users | 410 ReviewsWrite-Up About Books The Last Vampire (The Last Vampire #1)
Im doing a buddy re-read of this series with Roberta from Offbeat YA, the only other diehard Christopher Pike fan that I know, and its every bit as fun as expected. I have difficulty overcoming my Pike bias at the best of times, but theres no chance of it in this case. The Last Vampire series was one of my first forays into horror and paranormal, and I dont think Ill ever really get over some of the first books I loved. (Note: The first three novels in this series have been republished andI couldn't finish it, it was so freakin' dumb. Yes, I realize it is written for teens, but give them some credit, they still want something well written without blatant inaccuracies --- Inaccurate you say, it is a vampire novel, and last time I checked they don't exist -- well, near the beginning, Mr. Pike has his main character (who is SOOOO very annoying) say she has read Dracula, has even met Mr. Stoker -- but he had it wrong, because the sunlight is not her mortal enemy ---- READ THE
I loved the narrator's voice. Reading it, you can feel that Alisa/Sita is not human. Ancient. She spoke like a Vulcan, except that she still had the passion of a human, and power far beyond what we know.When I started reading this, I thought it was going to be "another vampire book". But it was different than what I was used to. After finishing it, I looked at when this book was published. 1994. This book predates any vampire book I've ever read (except Bram Stoker's Dracula, of course), and as
I loved the narrator's voice. Reading it, you can feel that Alisa/Sita is not human. Ancient. She spoke like a Vulcan, except that she still had the passion of a human, and power far beyond what we know.When I started reading this, I thought it was going to be "another vampire book". But it was different than what I was used to. After finishing it, I looked at when this book was published. 1994. This book predates any vampire book I've ever read (except Bram Stoker's Dracula, of course), and as
I'm going to get fangirly in this, and also make a few comparisons to Twilight, just sayin'. It's SO much better. It's long and there are lots of spoilers.I've decided to unearth my Christopher Pike collection from my parents' basement, and the first book I went to was The Last Vampire, as I just finished reading that other young adult vampire series, Twilight. Basically, it's about 600 fewer pages, and so much more goes on...and the writing is worth a damn.First, Pike's main character, a
Love it! It'd been so long since I've read this book that, for the most part, it was like I was reading it for the first time all over again. Sure, some things were vaguely familiar but in a sense like trying to remember if something was real or just a dream. But it was fantastic whatever it was.It doesn't read like a traditional YA book because you're being the eyes of a 5,000 year old vampire and it shows. She doesn't think like a teen, she doesn't act like a teen. She acts exactly how you'd
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