Oh summer, the time of short-lasting romance. Did you know there are books that help you find your perfect undead dude? I didn't either but I got my hands on a couple of them so let's take a judgmental look at them. Needless to say they are all post-Twilight publications so they may be a little (or more) biased by that book.
The first impression is: Wow, this cannot be for older teenagers (based on the word DATE I'd give it to late teens) but for kids. And if it's for kids then it is wrong on so many levels. But yeah, it is focused on high-school kids so I think the designer just didn't get the memo.
Apart from the terrible graphics it is not amusing at all. I thought this book would be hilarious but it turned out to be a bore. It gets you through the process of finding your undead till the end (or never-end) of the relationship so all bases are covered.
However, it is done in a very schematic way. There are some DO's and DON'T's and PROs and CONs pages, then there is a lot of quizzes to find out if you are doing things right etc. and there are blank spaces for your observations. But all chapters go like this so it may seem amusing in the first chapter but once you go through it the third time it looses its charm. Needless to say that it isn't as funny as one might expect. Plus there isn't the overlap I expected - you know, allusions. So, I don't think you would find your undead dude based on this book, sorry.
GENRE: self-help for teenagers
FANGS OUT: funny conceptFANGS RETRACTING: optically unpleasant, too schematic
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