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

67 reviews

laneport's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Pedophilia, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Death, Child abuse, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Stalking, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death and Drug use

grifgirl's review against another edition

dark lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

236girls's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Suicide, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use

blklagoon's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Death of parent, and Dementia

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Violence, and Drug use

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I'm officially obsessed with Grady Hendrix, if I wasn't already after I first read My Best Friend's Exorcism. This one focuses more on housewives and how they deal with all their problems quietly and often without their husbands' support. Fantastically written, with a token cryptic ending that had me seeing it like a movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Dementia, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Police brutality, and Racism

book_worm's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Pedophilia

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, and Suicide

nerdybirdy101's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I have seen the hype for this book since it came out and after reading it I totally agree! This book was fabulous! I stayed up later than I should finishing this book and might fail a huge test Friday, but it was so good! I definitely recommend this book if you are able to read semi-horror/thriller books.
The characters are fabulous! The Book Club women are spectacular, they come together as a group but are all still individuals and I love it. The main character who the book follows is Patricia and that woman is so smart and everyone just brushed her to the side. All the wives were housewives and I loved how the author played with stereotypes, the wives are definitely smarter than their husbands. The husbands are a mixture of good and bad ideals, mostly bad and I wanted to punch most of them at one point or another. If you read this book and do not get frustrated by the husbands, then you need to get your priorities checked. Now the newcomer starts out as an angel and then he shows his devil side, which was so interesting to see! The children are entertaining because you could see how they have the child/teenage angst.
The plot was fabulous! I loved how the story was constructed. The story did take place over a number of years which I found semi-frustrating but a lot of things happened so there needed to be a progression of years to make it realistic.
I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars because it was so entertaining and I absolutely loved it! The only issue I have is with some of the characters (which the author wrote so well) and how they had to stick with their morals. There is one death that I definitely think should have been someone else. I highly recommend this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Animal death, Death, and Sexual violence