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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
145 reviews
cyndi1966's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Rape, Death, Gore, Racism, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Animal death
m3l3fic3nt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Classism
Moderate: Racism, Blood, and Stalking
Minor: Dementia
ariana3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Plot summary:
Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Violence, Child abuse, Rape, Gore, Child death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Dementia, Sexual violence, Body horror, and Blood
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death, Infidelity, Classism, and Excrement
Minor: Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, and Car accident
competitive_reading_is_a_sport'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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Gaslighting, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Antisemitism, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, and Bullying
shirleonelsie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
The beginning was good.
The ending was great.
But the middle, the majority of the book, slogged. I think I sped read through 40+ pages.
There were moments where I felt like the explaining or the moments during characters disbelief were going on for way too long and I just felt myself prodding the author to just get to rhe point. I was also extremely annoyed that the husband's reacted the way they did. I get disbelief, but they were outright disrespectful and unkind. Not okay.
I did go into this book thinking it was going to be a group of vamps that the book club needed to take down. And the synopsis gives me a little more like a dramatic bloody fight where we got more of an attack and destruction. (I really don't want to give too much away.)
I think, overall, I was very disappointed. The way it was written and the plot gives off a "could have been way shorter" book. What we were given, in my opinion, was way too few short little moments that were dragged on unnecessarily long. I needed more meat to full in those gaps. Or - make it a shorter book.
(I use other book tracking apps so you might see this verbatim elsewhere!)
Graphic: Blood, Sexual violence, Classism, Rape, and Death
dynila's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Violence, Child abuse, and Child death
Minor: Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Terminal illness
danaaliyalevinson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Additionally, I always love how he manages to put a twist either on the lore of the horror he’s tackling, or on the lens it’s filtered through. In this one, I love how he filtered it through the lens of the “true crime” genre. It was unexpected and fun for a vampire novel.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Suicide attempt, Violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Classism, Misogyny, and Racism
heyjaneysmith's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Drug use, Classism, Rape, Death, and Gaslighting
Minor: Emotional abuse, Animal death, Body horror, Dementia, and Physical abuse
kelseymcg20's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Classism, Blood, Rape, Death, Dementia, Gaslighting, Murder, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Gore
Moderate: Infidelity and Alcoholism
josalinreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
There’s commentary in the novel regarding sexism, classism, and racism, all of which is handled with different levels of nuance and care, but overall I think Hendrix does a good job. Lots of disturbing scenes, so I recommend looking at the content warnings if you are prone to triggers.
The final vampire scene was pretty lackluster compared to earlier scenes in the book and the vampires powers are not very consistent. I also would have preferred more comeuppance for some of the antagonists of the novel. More bloodshed would have made for a better vampire novel, in my opinion.
Overall, true 4/5 for me.
Graphic: Misogyny, Gore, Sexual assault, Murder, Gaslighting, and Rape
Moderate: Classism, Child death, Suicide, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, and Racism
Minor: Death of parent, Animal death, Dementia, and Forced institutionalization