Jess’s Reviews > Lucy Undying > Status Update

-Iris is still my least fav POV, although we did learn a lot about her weird family history/company. Was her mom a vampire? ig that’d explain why it was tough for her to conceive (she’s undead) & wanted Iris’s eggs. Iris used silver in her heart to keep her dead. I’m not sure how the “weak to cold” works out supernaturally. Goldaming Life could be keeping people “youthful” by slowly vampirizing them?

-I got a little bored bc there was not much tension. But where I stopped today, I feel satisfied! I keep thinking we’re getting to the end of Lucy’s diary POV, but not yet. Her mother’s still alive, Mina is cold & married, Dracula’s been feeding on/gradually turning Lucy. I like transcript Lucy’s side quests; it reminds me of the small storylines sprinkled throughout South of Midnight, which I just played-

I like Lucy’s transcript sections, where we get to spend little eras in different settings with different vampires. Thankfully, the corny humor in Iris’s section has toned down a bit. I suppose the 3 different POVs/plot lines compensate for the lack of defined plot structure. There’s not much of an outline, we’re just witnessing a series of events. I read a lot today, & towards the start of my reading today-

—Iris’s character seems straight from a Life Is Strange game. She listens to boygenius 🤓 I’m reading a vampire novel! This stuff completely takes me out of the immersion/world-building from Lucy’s POV. It also particularly bugs me bc I go out of my way to avoid YA novels bc the character’s dilemmas & dialogue are sooo corny to me as a grown ass woman (something Iris is supposed to be). But here we are!

—Lucy’s transcript POV. In summary, I’m enjoying both of Lucy’s POVs greatly, but dread Iris’s a bit. Not only bc it’s cringe inducing, but also bc I hate to see people my age depicted as bumbling buffoons. We’re capable of being mature, intelligent, well-spoken with extensive vocabulary.—

—are still in May, before she’s turned. Maybe 8/8 is the date of her turning into a vampire? But this brings back up the question of how Iris’s is connected to Lucy; the house, the date. Iris’s family is obviously connected to the supernatural somehow, she knows about shapeshifting animals & murdered her mother, plus there was the story about the man/vampire she invited in. We just met a vampire doctor in—

—As an alt woman, absolutely no one even close to being goth would say that. She’s also incredibly head over heels for Elle (Lucy), who she just met, & it’s giving immature schoolgirl crush. The other two Lucy POVs I’m totally fine with, & find interesting. But Iris? Not so much. Also, the safe code: 8-8-1890. Most certainly a special date, given that one of Lucy’s POVs takes place in 1890. rn her POVs—

Since this is a coming of age story, I’d imagine Iris is meant to be around my age (early-mid twenties). But this novel is obviously written by someone much older than that, because Iris’s sections are so cheesy to me. Her humor & inner narration are especially corny. I like the humor from Lucy’s sections. But the jokes & puns from Iris… Foxated? Really? She’d describe her makeup as casual goth?—

Interesting so far! There are 3 consistent POVs; Lucy in the past (diaries), Lucy in the present (-ish, in a convo with a therapist), & Iris in the present. There’s a surprising amount of humor (which I’ve liked). I suppose the 2 Lucy POVs help give us more insight into her character/personality/motives/background. It’s a good bit to keep up with, but I don’t think it’s lost me yet.