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Dead Ever After
by Charlaine Harris
I'm seeing a lot of reviews here that are upset with the romance part of the story. That's actually not really what brought it down for me.
My main problem was that this was such a... I don't know... Hand-fed story. There's a lot of action and danger and sort of a mystery, but it's really all just a bunch of props for the love aspect to the story. Everything needs to be wrapped up in a perfect bow for Sookie -- and some of this wrapping seemed to involve people acting out of character.
Also, in terms of character, I feel like somewhere along the way, Sookie lost a lot of the things that made her an appealing character to me. She's a lot more jaded, seems a lot less intelligent (especially in this book), and it's hard for me to picture her being happy without a lot of time and hard work. Now sure, that's probably more realistic, but is that really where you want to leave a character whose fans have followed through thirteen books and whole slew of short stories?
And in terms of love -- am I the only one bothered by the assumption of EVERYONE in the book that if you save someone you know from death, then you must be secretly and madly in love with them? I think many people would use their magic wish to save someone who died right in front of them, unfairly. Probably even strangers.
Anyway, the book was better than some of the prior ones and, I think, at the end Sookie was a lot more practical than she had been. The book just didn't have a lot of substance and felt rather contrived.
My main problem was that this was such a... I don't know... Hand-fed story. There's a lot of action and danger and sort of a mystery, but it's really all just a bunch of props for the love aspect to the story. Everything needs to be wrapped up in a perfect bow for Sookie -- and some of this wrapping seemed to involve people acting out of character.
Also, in terms of character, I feel like somewhere along the way, Sookie lost a lot of the things that made her an appealing character to me. She's a lot more jaded, seems a lot less intelligent (especially in this book), and it's hard for me to picture her being happy without a lot of time and hard work. Now sure, that's probably more realistic, but is that really where you want to leave a character whose fans have followed through thirteen books and whole slew of short stories?
And in terms of love -- am I the only one bothered by the assumption of EVERYONE in the book that if you save someone you know from death, then you must be secretly and madly in love with them? I think many people would use their magic wish to save someone who died right in front of them, unfairly. Probably even strangers.
Anyway, the book was better than some of the prior ones and, I think, at the end Sookie was a lot more practical than she had been. The book just didn't have a lot of substance and felt rather contrived.