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3.33 AVERAGE
3.33 AVERAGE
I'm not sure why so many people are hating the resolution of the story. It was pretty clear from the start who she would need to end up with, if she needed anyone at all. Ms. Harris brought everyone back for a last farewell and tried to tie up the story ends for all. Not great literature, but an enjoyable read.
No spoilers here, but I'll just say I'm content with the way the series wrapped up. The stars reflects my satisfaction with that more than the quality of the book, but it is better than a few of the recent volumes. Everybody Sookie has ever known shows up in this one but not always because they want to say, hey. If you're more a fan of the TV show I can see this may be a little tame and romance-novelly, but it worked for me.
Possible spoilers, read with caution!
I wanted to love this book, I really really did. I was so quick to dismiss the amount of bad reviews, telling myself they were probably from people who only read the books after watching the show True Blood and didn't get the complete differences these things are. Then I remembered a few interviews I've read and Charlaine's blog, which seemed to me that she was saying in the nicest way that she was sick of this series. Plus the last few books weren't as good as the older ones.
All I feel after reading this is disappointment. The Sookie Stackhouse series has been one of my favorites for years. It's one of the few series I've re-read a few times and enjoy each time I do. But this ending, it didn't feel at all like the last book in a series should feel. I felt like I could feel the author's utter contempt for this universe she created that she no longer enjoyed writing. Which makes me sad.
Some people were upset that Sookie doesn't end up with Eric. I remember reading an interview a few years ago where Charlaine Harris said Sookie wouldn't end up with a vampire, which wasn't surprising to me. Eric is kind of a dick. He never really took what Sookie wanted into consideration, even though all she's talked about through out the series is how she does not want to be a vampire. The relationship with Sam has been hinted at through all books, and is who I (correctly) guessed she would end up with. The only person I liked more than Sam for Sookie was Alcide.
My biggest issues with this book are as follows:
*We don't get any type of action of forward plot movement until almost 100 pages in. The book is only 350ish pages long. The whole beginning was Sookie going to work, Sookie running errands, Sookie going shopping with her friend. I honestly don't mind times like this in books, but with this being the last in the series, I would have expected the plot to become apparent sooner, especially since it's part of the description on the book jacket. I could have accepted 50 pages of this type of stuff, but 100? In the last book in the series? It made me sad.
*After waiting and wondering who Sookie would end up with, it ended with a whimper not a bang. There was one kind of boring sex scene, and at the end they are not really together, just taking things slow. Seriously? This is the end to one of my favorite series? She gets the guy, her best friend no less, and they don't even go for it? I am oozing disappointment.
*The plot wasn't that interesting. I also didn't care for the multiple character points of view. Plus it was hella weird that two people we haven't heard from in like 8 books would all the sudden be hell bent on revenge on Sookie, for pretty shaky reasons at that.
The only reason this didn't get one star was because I loved seeing from Amelia, Barry, Mr. Catalidies, and Diantha again & I have respect for anyone who can write the way Mrs. Harris can, especially in the earlier books in this series. I think she must have been pressured to continue the series past the point where she enjoyed the characters because of the success of True Blood. So I feel a little sorry for her for that. I just wish we had gotten a better goodbye with Sookie and the whole Bon Temps crew.
I wanted to love this book, I really really did. I was so quick to dismiss the amount of bad reviews, telling myself they were probably from people who only read the books after watching the show True Blood and didn't get the complete differences these things are. Then I remembered a few interviews I've read and Charlaine's blog, which seemed to me that she was saying in the nicest way that she was sick of this series. Plus the last few books weren't as good as the older ones.
All I feel after reading this is disappointment. The Sookie Stackhouse series has been one of my favorites for years. It's one of the few series I've re-read a few times and enjoy each time I do. But this ending, it didn't feel at all like the last book in a series should feel. I felt like I could feel the author's utter contempt for this universe she created that she no longer enjoyed writing. Which makes me sad.
Some people were upset that Sookie doesn't end up with Eric. I remember reading an interview a few years ago where Charlaine Harris said Sookie wouldn't end up with a vampire, which wasn't surprising to me. Eric is kind of a dick. He never really took what Sookie wanted into consideration, even though all she's talked about through out the series is how she does not want to be a vampire. The relationship with Sam has been hinted at through all books, and is who I (correctly) guessed she would end up with. The only person I liked more than Sam for Sookie was Alcide.
My biggest issues with this book are as follows:
*We don't get any type of action of forward plot movement until almost 100 pages in. The book is only 350ish pages long. The whole beginning was Sookie going to work, Sookie running errands, Sookie going shopping with her friend. I honestly don't mind times like this in books, but with this being the last in the series, I would have expected the plot to become apparent sooner, especially since it's part of the description on the book jacket. I could have accepted 50 pages of this type of stuff, but 100? In the last book in the series? It made me sad.
*After waiting and wondering who Sookie would end up with, it ended with a whimper not a bang. There was one kind of boring sex scene, and at the end they are not really together, just taking things slow. Seriously? This is the end to one of my favorite series? She gets the guy, her best friend no less, and they don't even go for it? I am oozing disappointment.
*The plot wasn't that interesting. I also didn't care for the multiple character points of view. Plus it was hella weird that two people we haven't heard from in like 8 books would all the sudden be hell bent on revenge on Sookie, for pretty shaky reasons at that.
The only reason this didn't get one star was because I loved seeing from Amelia, Barry, Mr. Catalidies, and Diantha again & I have respect for anyone who can write the way Mrs. Harris can, especially in the earlier books in this series. I think she must have been pressured to continue the series past the point where she enjoyed the characters because of the success of True Blood. So I feel a little sorry for her for that. I just wish we had gotten a better goodbye with Sookie and the whole Bon Temps crew.
Maybe 2.5 stars - I'm happy to finally be finished with series; as many others have said, I really lost interest maybe 3 or 4 books ago, but I was determined to see it through. I got a little annoyed that so many people felt Sookie was important enough that they needed to try to kill her (again), and it started to really get over the top towards the end. Also, not super stoked about how her love story wrapped up, but oh well. Not sure I'll be reading any of Ms. Harris's series, but this run was fairly entertaining.
This book was better than the 12th one, which isn't saying much. I'm happy with how things ended up for Sookie. But, the writing is still horrible. Most of the events of this book were nonsensical, but at least there were events scattered between the weird descriptions of Sookie cooking.
I went into it with very low expectations and wasn't disappointed. With all of the plot holes and inconsistencies, I figured it would be an anti-climactic goodbye. I read it as just another book rather than the grand finale, and I found it to be a quick, entertaining read. Slightly predictable, but I also think it was written in a way to allow for Sookie to come back one day if CH ever feels the need to tell more of the Stackhouse story. Is this a literary masterpiece? Far from it. But if you're looking for a quick, mindless read, then this is great.
Don't know what all the rage was about, i think that was quite a nice way to tie up the series from a "personal situation of the main character" point of view...
Well, this is it, the end of an era. I started reading this series when I was fourteen, right around the time True Blood came out. To finally finish it more than ten years later is quite an experience, but perhaps not a spectacular one.
I gotta say this series ended much more with a whimper than a bang.
This book doesn't even feel like an ending, a tying up of loose ends or a satisfactory send off to the characters. It just...ends, without any fanfare. I feel like the characters are now just in a lifeless limbo instead of reaching some kind of resolution.
And man, I really feel for the Sookie/Eric fans. That whole relationship was really just thrown under the bus here, wasn't it? I'm probably going to head into spoiler territory because, well, a lot of my gripes tie into some major elements.
You know, seeing as the whole Sookie and Eric relationship was built up for so long, it's so unsettling to see it dissolve so quickly. We barely see Eric in this book, a book that was meant to partly showcase the ending of that relationship. Honestly, I could never see it working out. Eric was too selfish, so self-absorbed to stay with Sookie. It could have worked out if Harris decided to give him any character development, but nah, his major sendoff in this series is being a controlling asshole.
Also the day is saved because homophobia? Uh? Um....Okay?
And god the worst thing is that I have been rooting for Sookie being with Sam since day one. Before Bill, before Eric, before Quinn, that was my main hope for the series. And now that it happened in the last 50 pages of the book, I feel cheated. Sookie got entire books dedicated to her relationships with these other men, but Sam only gets 50 pages? I get he's been there since the beginning and their relationship has always been growing in the background, but come on.
Also, Harris hasn't known what to do with Bill since Sookie broke up with him. His subplot in here could have been written out entirely and it would not have made a difference.
I don't know if I'm going to unhaul the entire series from my bookshelf. It takes up a lot of space, but I still have some love for the beginning novels and a few in the middle. I'd hate to get rid of only a couple and have an incomplete set.
I gotta say this series ended much more with a whimper than a bang.
This book doesn't even feel like an ending, a tying up of loose ends or a satisfactory send off to the characters. It just...ends, without any fanfare. I feel like the characters are now just in a lifeless limbo instead of reaching some kind of resolution.
And man, I really feel for the Sookie/Eric fans. That whole relationship was really just thrown under the bus here, wasn't it? I'm probably going to head into spoiler territory because, well, a lot of my gripes tie into some major elements.
Also the day is saved because homophobia? Uh? Um....Okay?
And god the worst thing is that I have been rooting for Sookie being with Sam since day one. Before Bill, before Eric, before Quinn, that was my main hope for the series. And now that it happened in the last 50 pages of the book, I feel cheated. Sookie got entire books dedicated to her relationships with these other men, but Sam only gets 50 pages? I get he's been there since the beginning and their relationship has always been growing in the background, but come on.
Also, Harris hasn't known what to do with Bill since Sookie broke up with him. His subplot in here could have been written out entirely and it would not have made a difference.
I don't know if I'm going to unhaul the entire series from my bookshelf. It takes up a lot of space, but I still have some love for the beginning novels and a few in the middle. I'd hate to get rid of only a couple and have an incomplete set.