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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
89 reviews
heypretty52's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Dementia, Drug abuse, Suicide, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Animal death
jessthanthree'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
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Pedophilia, Animal death, and Drug abuse
laurenkristine'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
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, and Child death
Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gore, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship
boundforinfinity's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Racism, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Murder, Drug abuse, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Gore, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Medical trauma, and Drug use
kam_pearson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Rape, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Vomit, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Dementia, Addiction, Blood, Animal death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, and Toxic friendship
philomathean'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
4.75
Graphic: Dementia, Gore, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Gaslighting, Rape, Terminal illness, Blood, and Body horror
Moderate: Classism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racism, and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse
vonny3492's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Violence, and Gore
Moderate: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Dementia
Minor: Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
ripxw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence
Moderate: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Pedophilia
Minor: Drug abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, Terminal illness, Animal death, Classism, and Toxic friendship
prynne31's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Death, Violence, Murder, and Bullying
Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Racism, Animal cruelty, and Rape
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Cursing, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Body horror
cyntismiles'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
2.0
A side note that really has nothing to do with anything: I found it really hard to remind myself that this book was set in the 90's but may be a good reminder that we aren't too far from these "old" ideals and probably still need to watch out for them.
For the majority of this book, I was leaning towards at least a 3-star rating. I enjoyed seeing the housewives exploring interests outside their families and getting to hang out together and whatnot. There were gross/disturbing scenes but it's a horror book -- I didn't love them but I didn't think a lot of it. However, what really bumped this book down in rating for me was the handling of the sexual abuse scenes. I will put a spoiler over this part of the review so it can be skipped over. Long story short, the way they were written was too graphic in all the wrong ways (?) and felt very disingenuous to survivors/real people.
The ending was okay. There was some wrapping up of certain plot points that was good but it wasn't a satisfying ending. A particular scene of the ending that may have been supposed to have been triumphant was really long and drawn out and described...too much. It really ruined the book for me. I ended up not really caring what the characters did or how they ended up after the climax (it wasn't very climatic tho??). I just felt very apathetic towards the whole thing.
At no point in this book was it going to be a 5-star book for me but the second half of the book really dragged down the experience for me (especially the last 80%) and it was almost unbearable to finish. I enjoyed the first half and read it quickly. I'm not sure how I feel for the characters in the end??? Just left feeling kind of not interested in reading a similar book again.
Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse