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Book review: Kitty Goes to Washington
Dec. 28th, 2007 05:36 pmToday's book review is Kitty Goes to Washingtion by Carrie Vaughn.
This is the sequel to Kitty and the Midnight Hour, or perhaps I should say the second in the series. Some characters carry over, and it would probably be a little clearer to start with the first book, but this book would make sense by itself. These books are in the modern-vampire genre, the "what if werewolves and vampires and such are really there, hiding in the shadows of the modern world" books that are so popular these days, concentrating primarily on werewolves instead of vampires and told from the point of view of a werewolf radio host. The supernatural stuff is kind of fun. It would take some really fancy footwork to pull off a version of these supernatural creatures that more or less fits the legends and actually stands up to critical thinking. This book doesn't achieve that; you have to just be willing to swallow the premise and not consider how silly it is. But it's a fun romp. This book, this genre, do raise some real questions about what it means to be human, the nature of good and evil, and all that. But we don't dwell too excessively on those themes; we just have a story that's a fun way to waste a day. 8 out of 10.
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This is the sequel to Kitty and the Midnight Hour, or perhaps I should say the second in the series. Some characters carry over, and it would probably be a little clearer to start with the first book, but this book would make sense by itself. These books are in the modern-vampire genre, the "what if werewolves and vampires and such are really there, hiding in the shadows of the modern world" books that are so popular these days, concentrating primarily on werewolves instead of vampires and told from the point of view of a werewolf radio host. The supernatural stuff is kind of fun. It would take some really fancy footwork to pull off a version of these supernatural creatures that more or less fits the legends and actually stands up to critical thinking. This book doesn't achieve that; you have to just be willing to swallow the premise and not consider how silly it is. But it's a fun romp. This book, this genre, do raise some real questions about what it means to be human, the nature of good and evil, and all that. But we don't dwell too excessively on those themes; we just have a story that's a fun way to waste a day. 8 out of 10.
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