Reviews of Sarah Palin: Vampire Hunter

I got SARAH PALIN: VAMPIRE HUNTER for free from Smashwords. Like many others who read this book, I was hooked by the title and the exciting premise: what if Sarah Palin was a vampire hunter, and she decided to "end" a parody of Edward Cullen...and Bella Swan got M-A-D?



Unfortunately, SARAH PALIN does not live up to what it promises. The portrayal of Sarah Palin is quite good--the author clearly has an ear for her odd mannerisms and country soccer mom sayings--but as a parody of Twilight, it falls flat.



Part of the problem is that the book is just too damn short. NIGHTLIGHT is about as short as a successful parody can get, clocking in at around 154 pages. As with other books, you need to set the stage in parodies, and provide yourself with adequate space to navigate through your parodying plotline.



The best parody I've read was lampooning THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. It's called, THE GIRL WITH THE STURGEON TATTOO and it's bloody brilliant.



Points for this book are:

-A shoot-em-up scene in Walmart

-Palin giving Bella Swan dating advice

-All the Cullens get killed

-Bella becomes a murderous goth



The ending leaves it open for a sequel, too...



1.5 stars.

It has potential, despite that vampires and their hunters are 'everywhere'.

Could use a sequel or two, preferably much longer ones, with a lot more fighting, a little more background stories stories, MUCH stronger adversaries, more dramas, and all. You see, the vampires, which were supposed to be immortal, were slaughtered like pigs .

What a blast! A really fun read.

REVIEW OF: "Sarah Palin: Vampire Hunter" by Dan McGirt (eBook - 52 pages) perfectly priced for this very short novella: $1.99

If you have ever laughed at photos posted on the Internet, where Walmart shoppers shamelessly wield their plumber's cracks, then you'll feel intrigued by this book's somewhat impious humor (in spite of yourself). Go ahead. GUFFAW when Sarah Palin shows up to make everyone go "crazy stupid" as she shoots vampires, and the town mayor, in the head. Whether you like her or not - you'll recognize her tone because McGirt recreates her speaking-habits so perfectly you'll swear Sarah is reading her dialog out loud to you.

"Okay, I see by your faces some of you are shocked by my statement. And some of you, I just betcha, are only pretending to be shocked. Shame on you!” Said Sarah, at a town meeting, where she addressed the "good people" of Twinkle, Oregon, about the infestation of supernatural monsters.

“Do you know what a ghoul is?” (Palin had asked the mayor, earlier)
“What?”
“There are several meanings of the word. You’ve got your desert demons and your Massachusetts corpse-eaters. But some people apply the term to living human beings placed under the control or direction of a vampire. Isn’t that the darndest thing?”

WHY I LIKED THIS BOOK
* Beyond the hilarious dialog, Sarah Palin: Vampire Hunter is loaded with comical conspiracy theories. (For example: one suggests the Xbox was designed to make "easier chewing for the zombies.")
* Lots of "suitable" double meanings such as when "Palin blasted her way through Swimwear" (in reference to the athletic department, not necessarily referring to her ability to annihilate bathing-wear itself).

PET PEEVES AND ANNOYANCES:
* Author consistently ends questions in dialog with "said" instead of the more appropriate "asked" or "queried."
* Proper names such as "Axel" and "Gogo" are not capitalized. These peeves were not even a speed bump for me, however, as the entire manuscript was so perfectly written otherwise.

RATING: FIVE STARS for rapt attention maintained all the way through. It's a fast and curiously fun read.

(I purchased this book)
~ Tami Jackson
author of: Ravena & The Resurrected

(no rating)
REVIEW OF: Sarah Palin: Vampire Hunter by Dan McGirt (eBook - 52 pages) perfectly priced for this very short novella: $1.99

If you have ever laughed at photos posted on the Internet, where Walmart shoppers shamelessly wield their plumber's cracks, then you'll feel intrigued by this book's somewhat impious humor (in spite of yourself). Go ahead. GUFFAW when Sarah Palin shows up to make everyone go "crazy stupid" as she shoots vampires, and the town mayor, in the head.

Whether you like her or not - you'll recognize her tone because McGirt recreates her speaking-habits so perfectly you'll swear Sarah is reading her dialog out loud to you.

"Okay, I see by your faces some of you are shocked by my statement. And some of you, I just betcha, are only pretending to be shocked. Shame on you!” Said Sarah, at a town meeting, where she addressed the "good people" of Twinkle, Oregon, about the infestation of supernatural monsters.

“Do you know what a ghoul is?” (Palin had asked the mayor, earlier)
“What?”
“There are several meanings of the word. You’ve got your desert demons and your Massachusetts corpse-eaters. But some people apply the term to living human beings placed under the control or direction of a vampire. Isn’t that the darndest thing?”

WHY I LIKED THIS BOOK
* Beyond the hilarious dialog, "Sarah Palin: Vampire Hunter" is loaded with comical conspiracy theories. (For example: one suggests the Xbox was designed to make "easier chewing for the zombies.")
* Lots of "suitable" double meanings such as when "Palin blasted her way through Swimwear" (in reference to the athletic department, not necessarily referring to her ability to annihilate bathing-wear itself).

PET PEEVES AND ANNOYANCES:
* Author consistently ends questions in dialog with "said" instead of the more appropriate "asked" or "queried."
* Proper names such as "Axel" and "Gogo" are not capitalized. These peeves were not even a speed bump for me, however, as the entire manuscript was so perfectly written otherwise.


RATING: FIVE STARS for rapt attention maintained all the way through. It's a fast and curiously fun read.

As this was titled "Twinkle" on my ereader, it took me a page to figure out what was going on there! It's Sarah Palin, vampire hunter!

This short story was silliness and fun all rolled into one rather absurd package. It's a nice parody on the "Twilight" books with a silly twist. Fun read!

Greatest. Book. Ever.

An absolutely inspired and genuinely funny parody of the bizarrely popular Twilight series and modern media culture. I'm really looking forward to reading some more of Dan McGirt's stories.

A very funny spoof. Well done.

Dreck, but FUNNY dreck!

A humorous story that's actually funny! What will they think of next?

Not only that, but it's well-written and well-edited.

Oh, and you don't need to be a Twilight fan to enjoy this story. I don't know anything more about Twilight than I've seen on TV when people talked about it, and that was plenty.