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A review by hauntedtesty
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
This is more a one woman crusade with supporting characters, and every so often they do actually have a book club.
Slow to start, manic rush to the end. An intense and at times horrible read - the whole hospital sections - skewering white men's greed and combining it with white women's need to keep their place, even at the expense of the poor (specifically black poor people). Ursula Greene remains the mvp in this book, and I understand why she wasn't in the book club but also - she deserved much more of the spotlight.
A few lingering plot threads I've been thinking on, but I suppose this wasn't the book to cover it.
Slow to start, manic rush to the end. An intense and at times horrible read - the whole hospital sections - skewering white men's greed and combining it with white women's need to keep their place, even at the expense of the poor (specifically black poor people). Ursula Greene remains the mvp in this book, and I understand why she wasn't in the book club but also - she deserved much more of the spotlight.
A few lingering plot threads I've been thinking on, but I suppose this wasn't the book to cover it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, and Violence
Moderate: Rape