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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
39 reviews
reb_curt's review against another edition
First DNF in a few years.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism
aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder
alloftaysreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Stalking
kyliehenn's review against another edition
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting
shieldbearer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Minor: Alcoholism and Animal death
pj_grasshopper's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
3/4 stars.
I honestly was debating on giving this four stars or three. The book itself was great, I love the research that went into this book and the plot was pretty good. However near the end of the book, I found myself nearly gagging at the SA scenes in the book, and I hate the fact the husbands had no consequences from gaslighting their wives, and the protagonist’s son was weirdly obsessed with war world two. Overall I think the book is fine and if you want to read it you should look up the trigger warnings for the book first before buying it.
Here’s a link with some of the warnings for the book:
https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/21901
https://booktriggerwarnings.com/index.php?title=The_Southern_Book_Club%27s_Guide_to_Slaying_Vampires_by_Grady_Hendrix
Graphic: Hate crime, Rape, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Child death, Racism, and Suicide attempt
wonderworm's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Hate crime, Dementia, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Rape
goodbyelore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
marlenealina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting
labinsky'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
2.5
this book is definitely a page turner, it’s over 400 pages and i finished it in under a day and i’m definitely not a fast reader. but just because it’s a page turner doesn’t make it good or mean that this book is well executed. it’s supposed to be a social commentary about racism and sexism and the way we accept the stuff of horror stories because we live in an unjust society. and it almost does that. but it’s written by a white man who capitalises southern and not Black.
of course a horror novel is going to be graphic. of course it’s going to be gory and isn’t for the faint-hearted.
if someone with the lived experience of racism and sexism had written this book and if it was told from the perspectives of multiple characters (ie, mrs greene), it would have been a better book. it could have made the point it was trying to make. but instead of being a commentary about not only the horror genre but the society we live in, hendrix missed the mark.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Sexism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, and Death of parent