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

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justmys's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75


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pinto_los_flores's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense 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

4.5

I really appreciated how the author touched on very relevant and problematic social issues through the lens of vampires (Gender roles, socioeconomic structures, biases, elitism, racism, sexism, assault, infidelity, greed). Despite this, I laughed out loud multiple times and empathized with the characters during their struggles. They were very real and very lovable, even if they suck sometimes. Ha. Get it?

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loveandolive's review against another edition

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challenging dark funny inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-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

4.0


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blacksphinx's review against another edition

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Ever been so mad at someone you attempt suicide at them? Me neither. 

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hannahhmh's review against another edition

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dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0


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ging090803's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • 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? No

3.5

I didn't have any expectations. I wanted a little read and that's what I found. 
It starts pretty slow and there isn't a lot of action except by the end. There are a few disturbing scenes, especially toward the end. 
I felt one big emotion throughout the book and it was anger.
It angered me how she was always victimized, never believed, how her husband and kids treated her
. Even though there isn't a lot of action, it is still a fluid read. I wish it had been more energetic: the detective work wasn't really detective work. It was more of a "I know that's all" which was kinda "ok". Though, I liked how vampires were pictures.
Always alive/truly immortal, no fangs, can go into the sun... Not the usual vampire
and I also liked how friendship was portrayed. 
Even though most of it felt superficial
it was easy for them to turn their backs on others the minute they disagreed on something
, you can see how the women shared a deeper connection between themselves even if, by appearance, they didn't share anything in common. 

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chelbelle122's review against another edition

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DNF @ 50%

This book should come with a trigger warner for mansplaining.

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amelia_horseman's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.75


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economydreams's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • 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

4.0


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hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

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

2.0

Grady Hendrix, you absolute buffoon. There is indeed a book club, the ladies are southern, but there is one solitary vampire and he certainly wasn’t slayed. How did he goof the damn TITLE?

Dislikes:
  • All the characters + the weird choices they made. Has Grady Hendrix ever met a woman?Inquiring minds want to know.
  • The misogyny and racism. It’s just so casually there and not addressed properly. Grady always misses the mark on these topics. Almost as if he isn’t qualified to be writing about them. Weird!
  • James is just a shit vampire

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