Reviews - Der Vampir, der mich liebte

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Der Vampir, der mich liebte

Charlaine Harris

3.94 AVERAGE

kerrimcbooknerd's review against another edition

4.0

Favorite Sookie book! Mmmm.... Eric...

blacktag189's review against another edition

5.0

That book was entirely too much fun. I was sad it ended, but happy that Sookie was not beaten into yet ANOTHER bloody pulp. I'll will admit that I was sad that Eric had to change back, but I hoping *fingers crossed* that because there is some mystery around his time "away" that it will make a little different toward Sookie. At any rate he is, without a doubt, one of my favorite characters in this series. And Pam. Got to love Pam. Onto the next!!

karlyyxo's review against another edition

5.0

My favorite of the series so far. I love Eric. I only wish he didn't forget what happened when he had amnesia. Id love for them to end up together. At least for awhile.

bufally47's review against another edition

Hey, everybody's gotta have a guilty pleasure :)

meri's review against another edition

4.0

My favourite Sookie Stackhouse book though I started reading it in january and set it aside and lost it till a few weeks ago. The books are nothing like the tv show except for names and setting, and I loke the books for a diffrent reason than the show, but it was still a good quick read and would reccomend it to anyone wanting something with a bit mroe depth than the Twilight dross.

mthomas393's review against another edition

4.0

I just love these books! The south and vampires? The audio format is great because of the "vampire" accents and the deep south accents! And, the ending makes you want to start the next book immediately...

alexandrasmiles's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

"There was a slight difference in the way he looked up at me in the next moment, and I had a feeling of horrid inevitability -- like when you see your car begin to roll downhill (though you're sure you left it in park), and you know there's no way you can catch up to it and put on the brakes, no matter how much you want to.
That car is gonna crash." - Sookie Stackhouse

This is my favorite of the Southern Vampire Mystery series so far by a mile. This was also my favorite season of the show, True Blood, despite some significant changes made.

For one thing, Bill was around in the show - screwing his great great times a lot granddaughter and becoming a vampire King, while the book has him mainly in Peru working on his vampire database. A Bill in Peru is a Bill I prefer.

The show also begins with Sookie having disappeared for a year in fairy land, but the fairy world is much slower to develop in the books with Claudine only being introduced and only the briefest discussion of the intoxicating nature of fairy blood to vampires taking place. Sookie's place in the fairy world, her fairy lineage, and Eric's show-don't-tell example of the intoxicating fairy blood is (while totally amazing) not present in this book. As far as being missing, it is Jason who goes missing in the book for an extended period of time which warrants the town to drain the pond and have a full on search party.

A few characters are switched up or removed completely as is typical of the adaptation of the show so far. Alcide's pack master in the show becomes Marcus Bozeman while he is Colonel Flood in the book and we do spend some considerable time with both as wolf shifter politics start to become more important. Calvin Norris of the Hotshot were-panthers is also given quite a bit of time in this book and of course, is in love with Sookie. The detective Alcee Beck takes on Jason's case in this book and gives off major villain vibes, which is unfortunate given he's the only prominent black character at the moment, but for now he seems to be working for the good guys. In both the show and the book, Marnie runs the witches, but prefers to go by "Hallow" in the books (another pointless Godric to Godfrey distinction if you ask me).

A primary difference is also that the show had Eric purchase Sookie's house as the only one who believed she'd return after going missing. The book has Sookie continue to own her own home, and when empty Eric needs a place to stay Jason is able to help Sookie bargain a deal where she gets paid to keep him in Bill's old hidey hole in her closet.

Jason manages to avoid being gang-raped in the book and is rather kidnapped for the simple reason of jealousy by Felton instead of Crystal. No procreation needed, but he does get bitten repeatedly and that means we can look forward to a were-Jason panther-man in our future.

The final difference that I really felt watching the show from the book was the handling of the death of Debbie Pelt. In the book, it is Eric, not Tara, who takes the bullet for Sookie while in his memory-loss state and he disposes of her body and her car. After the curse is broken, Eric claims to remember nothing of their time together and so it is Sookie alone who has to carry the memory of what they had done.

While I think I preferred the show's take on necromancy and the witches' motivations for starting their subplot, I think the writing in the book of the witches and their strength lead to a stronger payoff.

This book had a much simpler plot and mystery than the last two without breaking the quick pace. I think Harris was in her best form here, balancing cringy romance with supernatural world-building and comedy. It was a joy to read.