Stand-Alone 16: Thirsty - M.T. Anderson

Published: Nov. 1, 2021, 9 a.m.

b"This fortnight we\\u2019re discussing \\u201cThirsty\\u201d by M.T. Anderson. \\nIn THIRSTY, everyone sucks. Suddenly learning you're a vampire doomed to brief madness before death or (best case scenario) a long life of cannibalism will ruin anyone's day. Looks like it's going to ruin Chris's month.\\nTITLE: Thirsty AUTHOR: M.T. Anderson PUBLISHER:\\xa0Candlewick Press (MA) YEAR: 1997 LENGTH: 237 pages AGE: Young Adult, Middle Grade GENRE: Fantasy, Horror RECOMMENDED: Yes\\nBook TW for queerphobia (brief), ableist language, misogyny, bullying, anxiety, mental illness, stalking, vomit (graphic), self harm (graphic), gore (graphic), blood (graphic), violence, cannibalism, animal death, lynching, murder, child death, major character death, death.\\nTopic 1: Child Death. Begins at (1:30), CW for Murder, child murder, ritual human sacrifice.\\nTopic 2: Bullying. Begins at (16:10), CW for Bullying, child death, murder.\\nTopic 3: Cognitive deterioration. Begins at (29:00), CW for ableism, self-harm, auto-cannibalism, cognitive deterioration, suicide mention, murder, suicide by cop, mention of lynching.\\nPromo for Crit Chat; Spoiler-free wrap-up and ratings: Begins at (41:00).\\n---\\nIf you'd like to make a monthly donation, please check us out on Patreon.\\nTo make a one-time donation please support us on Ko-Fi.\\nFor fortnightly news and updates, as well as links to recent written reviews, subscribe to our newsletter.\\nYou can check out Robin's written review of the book at Reviews That Burn.\\nFind all our links on our Carrd.\\nMusic provided by HeartBeatArt and is used with permission.\\nMembers of the Certain Point of View network of podcasts."