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3.33 AVERAGE
3.33 AVERAGE
It took me a while to get my hands on this and I read it in one setting. In a way I am sorry for Sookie and all the heartache she has had in her life. I'm satisfied with the ending and I wonder if the fans that were so outraged by it were mixing their love of the TV show with the love of the books. There are some minor loose threads but nothing that left me stomping my feet wanting more chapters to the book. I hope that she will still write short stories in this universe even if they are not about Sookie.
As with all the books in this series, i enjoyed reading, and will promptly forget the plot of this within 24 hours. This was the last book in the series, and while I enjoyed reading them all, I'm not exactly heartbroken that there won't be any more. The writing is pretty horrid. But a nice "beach read"
Really quick--is this a typo?:
"I scrambled to my feet and ran, ran, the corn making an ungodly noise at my passage" (326).
Because yo, I reread that line like four times and it sounded so weird to me. Ran ran? Okay.
I think this is a good note to start off with because Harris' writing in this book was so incredibly uneven. Sometimes she would write in this sophisticated voice that nowhere sounded like Sookie and there were some lines in there where I would put the book down and say, "GOD, why would you write that, Harris?"
Some random terrible quotes from the book:
"...closed the door with that quick vampiric movement that always seemed like magic, or a really good video game."
"Tara giggled; but then, she hadn't been here." (WHY DID SHE WRITE IT LIKE THIS? It's so awkward!)
She also used the word "laden" about four times in four pages. COME ON, Harris. You're being LAZY!
Harris also made this really weird decision to shift points of views throughout the book. Sometimes, she'd go from the villain's point of view, and then shift back to Sookie's. I don't understand why she did this. It didn't add anything to the story, really, and she didn't do that in any of her other books. Why do that here? I'm all for experimentation in writing styles, but this didn't serve any real purpose. The shifts were jarring, they pulled us out of the story, and they distanced us from the protagonist.
Harris also made the poor decision to have every one of Sookie's old flames make a short cameo. I understand why she did it. She wanted to show why these relationships didn't work out and why Sookie's ultimate choice works the best for her. This is a good idea, sure, BUT Harris executed it so poorly, that it rendered their appearances completely unnecessary. These former flames weren't fleshed out, they weren't interesting, and their interactions were so dull, that it would have been better if they were omitted entirely.
We all knew how this story was going to end and I think many of us had braced ourselves for this terrible, unfulfilling ending (although many of us tried to deny it). Harris took the safe way out, and I think that's why many of her readers (like me) are so upset with this ending. It was a quick, easy read, but it left me unsatisfied. The story was boring, the antagonists were confusing and poorly developed, and all her characters were shells of their former selves.
I'm glad that this was the end of the series because the books were getting progressively more terrible, but I'm sad that it had to end this way. Harris did a poor job wrapping things up and this story was really sloppily put together. Blah. So disappointing.
Why I was unhappy with Sookie's ultimate choice
The reason I am so disappointed that she ended up with Sam, is that while he may be the most practical for her, they lack any kind of chemistry. The relationship is forced, and you can tell that Harris was trying hard to push it throughout the book. It just didn't make sense. Throughout the entire series, Sam was a background character. And while perhaps Harris did that to mirror Sookie's actual life (she never considered him as a suitor), it just doesn't make sense to me that she'd suddenly want to be with him. There was no heat, and the "passion" between the characters was horrendously lackluster.
"I scrambled to my feet and ran, ran, the corn making an ungodly noise at my passage" (326).
Because yo, I reread that line like four times and it sounded so weird to me. Ran ran? Okay.
I think this is a good note to start off with because Harris' writing in this book was so incredibly uneven. Sometimes she would write in this sophisticated voice that nowhere sounded like Sookie and there were some lines in there where I would put the book down and say, "GOD, why would you write that, Harris?"
Some random terrible quotes from the book:
"...closed the door with that quick vampiric movement that always seemed like magic, or a really good video game."
"Tara giggled; but then, she hadn't been here." (WHY DID SHE WRITE IT LIKE THIS? It's so awkward!)
She also used the word "laden" about four times in four pages. COME ON, Harris. You're being LAZY!
Harris also made this really weird decision to shift points of views throughout the book. Sometimes, she'd go from the villain's point of view, and then shift back to Sookie's. I don't understand why she did this. It didn't add anything to the story, really, and she didn't do that in any of her other books. Why do that here? I'm all for experimentation in writing styles, but this didn't serve any real purpose. The shifts were jarring, they pulled us out of the story, and they distanced us from the protagonist.
Harris also made the poor decision to have every one of Sookie's old flames make a short cameo. I understand why she did it. She wanted to show why these relationships didn't work out and why Sookie's ultimate choice works the best for her. This is a good idea, sure, BUT Harris executed it so poorly, that it rendered their appearances completely unnecessary. These former flames weren't fleshed out, they weren't interesting, and their interactions were so dull, that it would have been better if they were omitted entirely.
We all knew how this story was going to end and I think many of us had braced ourselves for this terrible, unfulfilling ending (although many of us tried to deny it). Harris took the safe way out, and I think that's why many of her readers (like me) are so upset with this ending. It was a quick, easy read, but it left me unsatisfied. The story was boring, the antagonists were confusing and poorly developed, and all her characters were shells of their former selves.
I'm glad that this was the end of the series because the books were getting progressively more terrible, but I'm sad that it had to end this way. Harris did a poor job wrapping things up and this story was really sloppily put together. Blah. So disappointing.
Why I was unhappy with Sookie's ultimate choice
I didn't expect it but I really liked that book. Way better than some in the middle of the series. It had gotten so complicated and there were so many supernatural beings around... But I liked the wrap-up pretty well and I also liked who Sookie ended up with - however, it felt a little rushed (I don't consider myself a prude, but did she have to jump right into bed again? And all while talking about "taking it slow"?). Overall, I enjoyed reading the book.
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Sookie once more found herself in the middle of an intriguing mystery, and at the same time, she had to deal with Sam’s withdrawal after she had brought him back to life. Dead Ever After is far from dead, though, it is more as if even some whom Sookie (and the readers) thought were dead weren’t all that dead anyway. And the surprising thing was that I was actually surprised by who it was that was after Sookie this time around!
Sookie once more found herself in the middle of an intriguing mystery, and at the same time, she had to deal with Sam’s withdrawal after she had brought him back to life. Dead Ever After is far from dead, though, it is more as if even some whom Sookie (and the readers) thought were dead weren’t all that dead anyway. And the surprising thing was that I was actually surprised by who it was that was after Sookie this time around!
I'm giving it three stars for the ending, who turned out to be far better than my expectations.
Overall, I feel having thirteen books on a 2 years timeline is what made this series ridiculous and it's a shame, the first six books were fun.
Overall, I feel having thirteen books on a 2 years timeline is what made this series ridiculous and it's a shame, the first six books were fun.
This series started out strong and got progressively weaker towards the end. This book wasn't all that great either, however, it did keep me wanting to read on (although I could really care less about every outfit and meal Sookie eats - talk about filler!). I will say I am happy with how it ended, although part of me wanted her to be with someone else. Even if I had my gripes with this series for the past 5 or so books, I will miss Sookie and Bon Temps. I still have True Blood, but who knows what the hell is going on with that now it's so off track from the books!
I was sad to read the last book. I couldn't put the whole series down when I read each book. I knew in the end that Sookie would never be with Eric forever, but I didn't expect her to be with Sam. I always thought it would be Alcide. I wish Alcide would have had a better ending even if it wasn't with Sookie. I am glad to find out that no one else of meaning in Sookie's life had died. I wonder if we will get a side series about Hunter....
Having loved the early books in this series, I felt an obligation to see it to the end. This installment has the same problems that most of recent ones have, mostly that there's no depth and some major characters act out of character. I will always miss the Eric I knew from the early books (pre-True Blood). I'm not sad to see this end. (Apparently it didn't really end, though, as there's a follow up book coming out this fall. I will probably get that one from the library like I did this one because I can't seem to stay away even though the love is gone.)