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Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Car accident, Murder
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Blood, Alcohol
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder
Minor: Child abuse, Child death
Moderate: Death
Minor: Sexual assault
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Homophobia, Rape
Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood
Moderate: Death, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Biphobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Fire/Fire injury
“I am sorry that the maenad picked on you”
The True Blood show is a big guilty pleasure for me, I love it. So when I go into these books I don't expect groundbreaking literature. However, this one fell a bit flat, especially after watching season 2 of the show.
One thing the show did really well was slowly uncover some of the other beings later in the series to give the viewer time to wonder and guess what was going on. In the book it's all just nonchalantly revealed in the first 50 pages. She gets attacked and we find out right away that it is a maenad, she arrives at the hotel and instantly meets Barry the other telepath. It feels like there is no room to speculate because you are having everything told to you.
I AM SO MAD THAT GODRIC WAS ORIGINALLY A NONCE.
He is one of my favourite characters from season 2 :(
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Homophobia, Pedophilia
Does Sookie even like Bill? Because he seems pretty gross and she seems barely into him.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Murder
Minor: Pedophilia
Wow, I don't like the way Harris writes about people of color in this book. I don't like it one bit. There were so many "WTF?!" moments where I had to cringe and pause the audiobook. Also, what is with Harris' love phrases with the word "co*n" in them, I know she's southern but I don't care. She needs to stop using those damn phrases.
There's a bit of homophobia in the book too. Sookie's brother admits to be a homophobe and she yells at him for it, then she turns around and starts having homophobic thoughts about gay characters in the book. Girl, you are no better than your brother.
The spice in here was okay, but what was lacking was the detail .I'm giving this 2.5 chilies out of 5 chilies 🌶️🌶️
With the causal racism, sexism, and homophobia, I can't give this book anything higher than 2 stars. Certain parts were interesting and that's why I'm giving it two stars instead of just one.
⭐️⭐️ 2/5 Stars
I listened to this for free on the library app libbyapp.com
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
I don't understand why these two storylines were combined into one book. The Dallas storyline was interesting, though super dark. The Lafayette storyline felt super underdeveloped and like it was just an excuse to write about the sex party. I wish the author had just focused on the Dallas storyline.
Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Gun violence, Rape
Minor: Child abuse