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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
86 reviews
ruthmoog's review
4.75
The group use their women's work skills to fight, but this was a bit cliché for me - and you could play content warning bingo with it.
Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Sexism, Stalking, Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: War, Abandonment, and Vomit
Minor: Car accident
Nazismaardwyrm's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Self harm, Racial slurs, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
I liked this book, but it's billed as more horror comedy, and I do want to be clear, the horrible parts are gonna hit.lexi17d's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
It was fairly suspenseful, and I felt the drive to continue reading to find out what happens, but the last 1/4 ruined the book for me.
I also have a lot of unanswered questions.
-Were they able to kill the thing growing inside Slick? They just said she’d be cremated, but it seems like burning a vampire won’t kill them, and they never followed up on that.
-I don’t think they’d be able to clean his entire pristine white house completely free of any blood or stains. I know many of them clean houses for a living, but with how graphic they described the house to be, seems pretty impossible to clean the whole thing in a matter of a couple hours.
-Why did all the husbands basically accept the fact that James just up and left?
-What happened with the dead body in the attic? Nothing came of that?
-Why the heck was Blue so obsessed with Nazis?! That was so unnecessary and came off as very antisemitic. And Patricia just didn’t care at all about his obsession with that? Why was that necessary?
The more I’m writing out my thoughts, the less I like this book. I may end up changing my rating lower in the future, but we will see.
Graphic: Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Blood, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Classism, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Gore, and Rape
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Drug use
aformeracceleratedreader's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, and Sexual violence
heypretty52's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Dementia, Drug abuse, Suicide, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Animal death
cmoryeah's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Violence
Moderate: Child death and Child abuse
boundforinfinity's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Racism, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Murder, Drug abuse, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Gore, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Medical trauma, and Drug use
graciejames121's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Child abuse, Death, Suicide, and Violence
caitlin_doggos's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Dementia, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Rape, Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol and Medical content
Minor: Animal death
ecn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical content, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Blood
Moderate: Classism, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Violence, Dementia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Rape, and Suicide