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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

5 reviews

pinto_los_flores's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

4.5

I really appreciated how the author touched on very relevant and problematic social issues through the lens of vampires (Gender roles, socioeconomic structures, biases, elitism, racism, sexism, assault, infidelity, greed). Despite this, I laughed out loud multiple times and empathized with the characters during their struggles. They were very real and very lovable, even if they suck sometimes. Ha. Get it?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Gore, Child abuse, Body horror, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, and Alcohol

jocelynmwagner's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Racism, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Misogyny

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

while there are many parts of this book that i didnt like, that was kinda the point. this was gross, absurd, and just downright disturbing. i could not put this down and have not been able to stop thinking about this despite reading it like a week ago. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, Stalking, Blood, Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

snowforest's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Xenophobia

dudadiamonds's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

eu to com muito ódio desse livro. ele não entregou Nada do que prometeu, amizade feminina foi feita da maneira mais porca possível, não tem mistério nenhum (muito menos gore), tem uma cena de estupro totalmente gratuita que não acrescenta em nada pra narrativa, e falando em coisas que não acrescentam em nada PRA QUE o blue era obcecado com nazismo? era pra ser algo Quirky?não tinha relevância nenhuma pra história mas mesmo assim fui obrigada a ler fatos & curiosidades sobre o holocausto. outra coisa que me incomodou muito foi a gente saber mais sobre o marido da patricia do que sobre qualquer uma das “protagonistas”, todas elas são extremamente one-dimensional,  seguindo uns estereotipos tipo a dona de casa religiosa e a dona de casa perfeita (e uma delas é estuprada e outra  apanha do marido), elas tem ZERO personalidade e qualquer coisa que faça com que se pareçam pessoas reais, isso sem contar com o white savior complex e lowkey racismo. ele sabia que iam pertubar por não ter personagens pretos de destaque na narrativa, já que todos são pobres e só estão ali pra ser mortos, e deu um papel maior pra mrs greene (que quase morre pra salvar a velha branca e constantemente pede ajuda das outras brancas), acaba que ela nem é tão desenvolvida e mesmo assim acaba sendo muito mais interessante que qualquer uma das protagonistas. a ambientação também é muito podre, nao tem nada de anos 90 ali e eu fiquei o livro todo com a impressão que eram os anos 60. não vou nem comentar sobre a morte totalmente desnecessária do cachorro no final do livro.

pelo lado positivo a escrita é muito boa e me engajou bastante :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Dementia, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Child abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, and Domestic abuse