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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
Yes, continuing with the vampire theme. Charlaine Harris' books about supernaturals in the fictional town of Bon Temps in Louisiana is like a fairy tale (also including faries) and a lot of other creatures like vampires, shapeshifters, werewolves (of dogs or tigers or panthers or....) meanads and a lot of other things you have never heard about. In the centre of all this attention is telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. Her boring life changes dramatically when she falls in love with Vampire Bill. This is in a time when vampires have come out into the open and have more or less the same rights as humans. From now on her life is never boring. She herself, has a little bit of fairy blood which attracts vampires and other supernaturals. With her specific telepathic gift (or curse as she sees it herself) she is hunted by various groups who need her to read the mind of people.
The books are the base for the successful TV series "True Blood". The series is far more juicy than the books. Screen writers are often straying away from the original story and so it is here as well. However, the books are enjoyable in themselves but are written entirely from a Sookie perspective. In the TV series you follow more in details also the persons surrounding Sookie which works very well for TV.
The books are a real easy read, each book around 200 pages. Each book has a different adventure but Sooki's story develops along the line and so does she. I have not read a lot of books that are part of a series but I am beginning to like it. Of course it has to be an exiting and appealing story. Problem is that they are difficult to put down and since there is a developing story you are stuck because you want to know what will happen. Soap operas! Yes, I guess this is the same.
I am lucky to just have discovered these books. The first one in the series came in 2001 and the other 12 came, I guess, once a year. I had just finished book number 12 a couple of days before the release of the 13th and last book. It has been anticipated a lot by fans and the question was who Sookie would choose in the end.
For one reason I don't really understand why the last book had a slightly different approach as the other books. All books have been written in the first narrative (Sookie). In the last book you have two or three other narratives and it does not seem necessary. Furthermore, some of the characters were a little bit out of tune considering earlier books. I, like a lot of other people if you read comments from the fans, did not like the ending. (more comments here - true-blood.net/ - under Dead Ever After discussion points).
Charlaine Harris says that she stuck to the ending she had anticipated all along. This is really brave since the series is so popular and it has a real faithful fan club who has their own idea of how things should turn out. I would have wanted another ending. It did not work at all for me. I never really anticipated that she would go for this person and it felt all wrong. Logically, (spoiler here so don't read further if you don't want to know the end) she would go for a human rather than a supernatural. What kind of future would she have with a vampire? However, there would have been other human characters that would have been more 'natural' to choose!
Review from my book blog thecontentreader.blogspot.com
The books are the base for the successful TV series "True Blood". The series is far more juicy than the books. Screen writers are often straying away from the original story and so it is here as well. However, the books are enjoyable in themselves but are written entirely from a Sookie perspective. In the TV series you follow more in details also the persons surrounding Sookie which works very well for TV.
The books are a real easy read, each book around 200 pages. Each book has a different adventure but Sooki's story develops along the line and so does she. I have not read a lot of books that are part of a series but I am beginning to like it. Of course it has to be an exiting and appealing story. Problem is that they are difficult to put down and since there is a developing story you are stuck because you want to know what will happen. Soap operas! Yes, I guess this is the same.
I am lucky to just have discovered these books. The first one in the series came in 2001 and the other 12 came, I guess, once a year. I had just finished book number 12 a couple of days before the release of the 13th and last book. It has been anticipated a lot by fans and the question was who Sookie would choose in the end.
For one reason I don't really understand why the last book had a slightly different approach as the other books. All books have been written in the first narrative (Sookie). In the last book you have two or three other narratives and it does not seem necessary. Furthermore, some of the characters were a little bit out of tune considering earlier books. I, like a lot of other people if you read comments from the fans, did not like the ending. (more comments here - true-blood.net/ - under Dead Ever After discussion points).
Charlaine Harris says that she stuck to the ending she had anticipated all along. This is really brave since the series is so popular and it has a real faithful fan club who has their own idea of how things should turn out. I would have wanted another ending. It did not work at all for me. I never really anticipated that she would go for this person and it felt all wrong. Logically, (spoiler here so don't read further if you don't want to know the end) she would go for a human rather than a supernatural. What kind of future would she have with a vampire? However, there would have been other human characters that would have been more 'natural' to choose!
Review from my book blog thecontentreader.blogspot.com
I didn't care for the book prior to this one, but Dead to the World was a great read. There weren't as many proofreader mistakes, and Charlaine Harris actually didn't repeat herself as much as she had in the previous novels. She did of course repeat stuff, but it was more tolerable.
I really liked this one, and I hope Dead as a Doornail is just as good. In Dead to the World, Bill isn't around as much because he went off to Peru. I liked this, because Bill aggravates me. When he finally does show up, I actually liked him quite a bit (he only had a couple lines, though). This book is mostly about Sookie and a much, much different Eric - because Eric has lost his memory due to a spell a vindictive witch cast on him. We learn about fairies and witches, and quite a bit more about Weres and shifters.
Debbie Pelt FINALLY gets what was coming to her all along, and the ending was pretty bitter sweet. Jason went missing, and eventually turns up at the end and could possibly be a shifter now. Pretty interesting!
I really liked this one, and I hope Dead as a Doornail is just as good. In Dead to the World, Bill isn't around as much because he went off to Peru. I liked this, because Bill aggravates me. When he finally does show up, I actually liked him quite a bit (he only had a couple lines, though). This book is mostly about Sookie and a much, much different Eric - because Eric has lost his memory due to a spell a vindictive witch cast on him. We learn about fairies and witches, and quite a bit more about Weres and shifters.
Debbie Pelt FINALLY gets what was coming to her all along, and the ending was pretty bitter sweet. Jason went missing, and eventually turns up at the end and could possibly be a shifter now. Pretty interesting!
Whilst this series started off kinda slow and a bit badly for me, the last couple of books have definitely helped it pick up for me. So much so that I can't wait to read the next one, however I will have to wait. It's so pretty as well which definitely added to the allure of this plot.
3.5. I think since eric losing his memory was my favourite season of true blood this book fell short because of it
The fourth in the Sookie Stackhouse series, Dead to the World, by Charlaine Harris, picks up again with Bill leaving the country. Jason is seeing a new girl that Sookie doesn't really like. Eric has his memory erased, leaving Pam in charge. Then Jason disappears. Eric is left in Sookie's care, and it's discovered that a Coven of shapeshifting, blood drinking, witches have plans to take over Eric's empire. Sookie lands in the middle again, but at least she doesn't get beaten up this time. B+