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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
22 reviews
sarah984's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I appreciate what the author was trying to do with the Mrs. Greene character and the vampire going after children he thinks won't be missed but the execution didn't really work for me. Mrs. Greene had to take charge of everything all the time and it basically circled around from her being part of the team to her having to coddle and take care of all the white characters. The women in the book club were thinly drawn and not very interesting. I only finished the book a couple of hours ago and I can only remember that Slick is religious, one is named Kitty, one wears whimsical sweaters and Grace is the biggest jerk. Patricia is a huge doormat and the husbands are universally terrible. It was weird to me that the parents weren't more concerned with their son’s nazi obsession, aside from it being mildly embarrassing in public.
My biggest negative though is the use of rape in this book. It really feels like it's just there for the shock scenes, and the way the women's (and girls’) bodies are described during those scenes is really voyeuristic and weird. The worst of the rape scenes takes place off-screen and the author STILL manages to describe the victim’s breasts and the state of her pubic hair. What happens to the character afterward is also weird and felt pointless.
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Excrement, and Vomit
There are some pretty gross "critter" scenes in this involving rats and bugs/spiders.sachikoriddle's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Dementia
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Fatphobia and Panic attacks/disorders