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

88 reviews

art_books_chemistry's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Blood, Child death, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

Moderate: Animal death, Classism, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Alcoholism, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, and Adult/minor relationship

cam_cates's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Sexism, Death, Pedophilia, Racism, and Self harm

Minor: Alcoholism and Car accident

cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

I thought the Stepford wives, things are not what they seem, gaslighting slow pace,  but things have now gotten disgusting. I can't do body horror. I wanted to try something new, but horror is not for me. (For reference the horror I can stomach: Stepford Wives, Dracula, Frankenstein, Turn of the Screw, We Have Always Loved in the Castle, Mexican Gothic, and anything Neil Gaiman)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Dementia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, and Abandonment

imogenlj's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

Hendrix places the horrific so well in the everyday- reading this gave me mental whiplash a few times when the scenes’ tones shifted dramatically to become sinister or sometimes genuinely unpleasant. I meant to spread the reading over a week but devoured it in a day! Excellently set against the backdrop of 90s  South Carolina and mixes real horrors with fantastical ones.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Death, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Rape, Sexism, and Child death

Moderate: Dementia and Stalking

Minor: Domestic abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

stephaniekrebs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Body horror

Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit, Alcoholism, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Rape

fionaraney's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Animal death, Rape, Torture, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Domestic abuse, Child death, Murder, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Death, Cannibalism, Body horror, Alcoholism, Addiction, Blood, and Animal cruelty

tonyanicole's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Antisemitism, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual violence, Dementia, Physical abuse, Torture, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Murder, Gaslighting, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

falonmansfield's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Gore, and Misogyny

Moderate: Blood, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child death, and Suicide

Minor: Infidelity, Antisemitism, Vomit, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Racism

pumpkinbisque's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

i support women’s wrongs!!!!!!!

seriously though this book was so fun i loved it <3 looked up the author and was literally shocked to see that a man wrote it so uh congrats mr. hendrix this was a well-written book from the perspective of a woman. would recommend to horror fans and those who are tired of seeing “women’s work” devalued.

ps fuck all the husbands except horse i <3 horse

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Gore, and Child death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Animal death, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Body horror

Minor: Grief, Classism, Confinement, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, and Death of parent

eat shit carter

chasingpages1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Cannibalism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Alcohol