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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
24/2 - Once again this book loses a star for its short length, other than that I totally enjoyed this book. In some parts I even enjoyed it more than the way True Blood portrayed it. For example, the orgy that Sookie and Eric go to and the way Eric was dressed (I would have really liked to have seen the actor - imagine tall, blond, Norwegian male supermodel type - dressed in pink spandex, skin-tight leggings and really laying the gayness on thick. The romance scenes are almost exactly the same in both tone and positioning in the story as in the show, which I was happy with.
I swear I'm starting to hate Sookie! Vampires, shapeshifters and regular men are lusting after her in a way that's just ridiculous; she gets the crap beaten out of her several times, yet she always gets up on her feet to run away, and survives incredible adventures and more fights despite her multiple injuries; she reminds you in every chapter or so that she has large breasts (who cares?) and long blonde hair (again, who cares?); she's so uneducated that the only big words she knows are from her word-a-day calendar; and she doesn't love Bill -- she's just attracted to his blank mind that she can't read, and the wonderful, supernatural sex they have together, which is no surprise seeing as she can't exactly control her hormones even when she's next to Sam, Eric, or JB du Rone. I really hope she gets killed or made a vampire by the end of the series!
Tara is nothing like she's in the show. She's a very, very minor character (we don't even know if she's black or white) who's into orgies, or rather, into a guy who's into orgies, so she follows him and lets other guys lick and kiss her thighs and more because she thinks her fiance is worth it. WTF?
Bill is starting to bore me -- he's possessive, jealous and his macho-man attitude is starting to get on my nerves: OK, he was born in 1840, but if he could learn how to drive a car and use a computer, he could also learn that women have gained rights since then. But I guess Sookie gets what she deserves (yay!). Eric, on the contrary, has something quirky and slightly perverted to him that makes him more likable and fun. He's my favorite vampire as of now. The only thing I can't stand about him is that he's at Sookie's feet exactly like anybody else.
Harris's writing is nothing like a best-selling author's writing should be, and it's full of inconsistencies. But then again, sex and blood sell no matter how they're told, and because a book sells a lot of copies, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's a literary masterpiece. Even Twilight is better written (at least so far -- I just started it) and it addresses a teenage audience! Anyway, I'm not a quitter, so I'm determined to finish this saga, and I'm sure I'm going to hate Sookie more and more... ;-) I hope True Blood Season 2 steers away from this book just as True Blood Season 1 did from Dead Until Dark -- so far, the TV show is much, much better.
Tara is nothing like she's in the show. She's a very, very minor character (we don't even know if she's black or white) who's into orgies, or rather, into a guy who's into orgies, so she follows him and lets other guys lick and kiss her thighs and more because she thinks her fiance is worth it. WTF?
Bill is starting to bore me -- he's possessive, jealous and his macho-man attitude is starting to get on my nerves: OK, he was born in 1840, but if he could learn how to drive a car and use a computer, he could also learn that women have gained rights since then. But I guess Sookie gets what she deserves (yay!). Eric, on the contrary, has something quirky and slightly perverted to him that makes him more likable and fun. He's my favorite vampire as of now. The only thing I can't stand about him is that he's at Sookie's feet exactly like anybody else.
Harris's writing is nothing like a best-selling author's writing should be, and it's full of inconsistencies. But then again, sex and blood sell no matter how they're told, and because a book sells a lot of copies, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's a literary masterpiece. Even Twilight is better written (at least so far -- I just started it) and it addresses a teenage audience! Anyway, I'm not a quitter, so I'm determined to finish this saga, and I'm sure I'm going to hate Sookie more and more... ;-) I hope True Blood Season 2 steers away from this book just as True Blood Season 1 did from Dead Until Dark -- so far, the TV show is much, much better.
I love True Blood, I love these books, what more is there to say?! LOL
Whenever a writer strikes me as particularly charming or witty, I want to love their work. Charlaine Harris' Mom perm and sweet Southern lady charm makes me want to love these books. That, and also the fact that I enjoyed the ever-campy True Blood (and Alexander Skarsgard, because do you even have to ask) and enjoying a movie or show that used to be a book generally makes me seek out the source material.
But Charlaine is too in love with the beigeish Sookie (no! tell us more about Eric!) to resist ever missing an opportunity to have a character fawning over her beauty. And again with the terribly mood-misplaced sex scenes! This time, Sookie and Bill are going at it but he has to be gentle with her, because she has bruises all over her body from being almost-raped and also had a massive car accident in the days before. Does trauma have any effect on these peoples' genitals/libido? Jesus.
There's a big orgy where everyone wants to bone Sookie of course, and it's kind of an excuse for Eric (now I'm mildly intrigued...) to hit on and lay on Sookie (oh, wait, nevermind) and make Bill jealous (LOL). Lafayette's death is investigated and that's kind of important, but eventually it seems not as much as Bill and Sookie'stepid whitehot lust. Some religious freaks hate vampires -- but also humans a little? -- and that gives Sookie a chance to shed gentle tears for the injustice that affects her sex partner.
If I'm being serious and less snarky, though, the beginning of the book through the first appearance of the maenad set up an interesting premise for the story that just got kind of lost in interminable Bill/Sookieness.
Tara and Sam are barely in this. Meh.
But Charlaine is too in love with the beigeish Sookie (no! tell us more about Eric!) to resist ever missing an opportunity to have a character fawning over her beauty. And again with the terribly mood-misplaced sex scenes! This time, Sookie and Bill are going at it but he has to be gentle with her, because she has bruises all over her body from being almost-raped and also had a massive car accident in the days before. Does trauma have any effect on these peoples' genitals/libido? Jesus.
There's a big orgy where everyone wants to bone Sookie of course, and it's kind of an excuse for Eric (now I'm mildly intrigued...) to hit on and lay on Sookie (oh, wait, nevermind) and make Bill jealous (LOL). Lafayette's death is investigated and that's kind of important, but eventually it seems not as much as Bill and Sookie's
If I'm being serious and less snarky, though, the beginning of the book through the first appearance of the maenad set up an interesting premise for the story that just got kind of lost in interminable Bill/Sookieness.
Tara and Sam are barely in this. Meh.
dark
funny
mysterious
I read the first one years ago and feel the same--it's funny, but I don;t get off reading about vampires. So less sex and more social commentary--it is fun speculating about what would happen if vampires were real....
I just can't get into this. I like Eric though.
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am two for two for really enjoying these books -- sex, action, intrigue, humor, most diverting!