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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
38 reviews
aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, and Sexual violence
alloftaysreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Stalking, Religious bigotry, Racism, Misogyny, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship
kyliehenn's review against another edition
Graphic: Rape, Dementia, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Racism, Murder, Self harm, Child death, Child abuse, Blood, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Body horror, Gaslighting, and Sexual assault
shieldbearer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Racism, Murder, Suicide, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Stalking, Child abuse, Classism, Violence, Death, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pedophilia
Minor: Alcoholism and Animal death
pj_grasshopper's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
3/4 stars.
I honestly was debating on giving this four stars or three. The book itself was great, I love the research that went into this book and the plot was pretty good. However near the end of the book, I found myself nearly gagging at the SA scenes in the book, and I hate the fact the husbands had no consequences from gaslighting their wives, and the protagonist’s son was weirdly obsessed with war world two. Overall I think the book is fine and if you want to read it you should look up the trigger warnings for the book first before buying it.
Here’s a link with some of the warnings for the book:
https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/21901
https://booktriggerwarnings.com/index.php?title=The_Southern_Book_Club%27s_Guide_to_Slaying_Vampires_by_Grady_Hendrix
Graphic: Gaslighting, Hate crime, and Rape
Moderate: Child death, Racism, and Suicide attempt
wonderworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Dementia, Death of parent, Hate crime, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Rape
goodbyelore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Dementia, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Violence, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Racism, Hate crime, and Classism
Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
marlenealina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Racism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Medical trauma
labinsky's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
2.5
this book is definitely a page turner, it’s over 400 pages and i finished it in under a day and i’m definitely not a fast reader. but just because it’s a page turner doesn’t make it good or mean that this book is well executed. it’s supposed to be a social commentary about racism and sexism and the way we accept the stuff of horror stories because we live in an unjust society. and it almost does that. but it’s written by a white man who capitalises southern and not Black.
of course a horror novel is going to be graphic. of course it’s going to be gory and isn’t for the faint-hearted.
if someone with the lived experience of racism and sexism had written this book and if it was told from the perspectives of multiple characters (ie, mrs greene), it would have been a better book. it could have made the point it was trying to make. but instead of being a commentary about not only the horror genre but the society we live in, hendrix missed the mark.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, and Suicide
arti_27209's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Rape, and Suicide
Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual violence
Minor: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness