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A review by fulltimefiction
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
2.0
I haven't watched the tv show, so I have no prior knowledge of this series.
I usually think that I should take a book's publication date into consideration when I rate it. It might have been new to its time but in mine, not so much, so I need to cut it some slack. But you know what? I don't care anymore-at least no in this case. [b:The Outsiders|231804|The Outsiders|S.E. Hinton|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442129426l/231804._SY75_.jpg|1426690] for example is one of the first YAs.. and it's immortal. It's better than so many published today. So no, I won't think "oh but this was very innovative in 2001".
But I will tell you why: Dead Until Dark is simply uninteresting. I do mind how vampires were portrayed but our main characters. Bill is so bland. I felt like Sookie threw herself in the arms of the first person she couldn't read his thoughts. Why wasn't that person Eric? Now that it would've made the book a lot more interesting. The fact that a change of the H to another character of this book would've affected my liking of it, makes it clear that I have no problem with its old vibes. I really don't mind reading about traditional vampires.
I was considering not finishing it. I kept pushing myself but it was very difficult (and this book is less than 300 pages -it should be finished in one sitting). Yet, I was bored most of the time. It felt like a chore. I'm sure if I dropped it, I wouldn't have thought about it again.
The other secondary characters were one dimensional and I simply could not care about anyone -but Eric. What a shame that he wasn't the love interest.I was reading the summaries of the other books, so there's a change from Bill to Eric midway through this series.. uhm, I really do not appreciate changing the love interest after several books...
The mystery was also blah. Still, the ending was the best part of the book and saved it from the 1-star rating.
I didn't hate this, nor even dislike it, it's just so so so unmemorable. I like a book to leave something in me, some warm feelings, some fondness, whatever, but this one was just meeeeh. Needless to say, I won't continue with this series.
I usually think that I should take a book's publication date into consideration when I rate it. It might have been new to its time but in mine, not so much, so I need to cut it some slack. But you know what? I don't care anymore-at least no in this case. [b:The Outsiders|231804|The Outsiders|S.E. Hinton|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442129426l/231804._SY75_.jpg|1426690] for example is one of the first YAs.. and it's immortal. It's better than so many published today. So no, I won't think "oh but this was very innovative in 2001".
But I will tell you why: Dead Until Dark is simply uninteresting. I do mind how vampires were portrayed but our main characters. Bill is so bland. I felt like Sookie threw herself in the arms of the first person she couldn't read his thoughts. Why wasn't that person Eric? Now that it would've made the book a lot more interesting. The fact that a change of the H to another character of this book would've affected my liking of it, makes it clear that I have no problem with its old vibes. I really don't mind reading about traditional vampires.
I was considering not finishing it. I kept pushing myself but it was very difficult (and this book is less than 300 pages -it should be finished in one sitting). Yet, I was bored most of the time. It felt like a chore. I'm sure if I dropped it, I wouldn't have thought about it again.
The other secondary characters were one dimensional and I simply could not care about anyone -but Eric. What a shame that he wasn't the love interest.
The mystery was also blah. Still, the ending was the best part of the book and saved it from the 1-star rating.
I didn't hate this, nor even dislike it, it's just so so so unmemorable. I like a book to leave something in me, some warm feelings, some fondness, whatever, but this one was just meeeeh. Needless to say, I won't continue with this series.