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A review by lovelymisanthrope
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- 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? Yes
4.5
I have been slowly collecting Grady Hendrix's books so that I could read them all in October. This was my first read to kick off this mini, self-proclaimed readathon for spooky season.
"The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires" is a comedic horror about a group of true southern women who are in a book club together. One of the women, Patricia, is really struggling with her identity and finding her own purpose in life outside of motherhood. She befriends a new man in town and invites him to join the book club, but he might be hiding something that Bram Stoker would covet...
Grady Hendrix has really perfected his own brand of comedic horror. This book is a humorous vampire tale, but it definitely has the gore and violence that one may expect in a horror book. The atmosphere in this story was the perfect way to get into the October spirit. One of my favorite elements of this story was Patricia as a character. I really enjoyed the conversations that were had about her trading her successful career as a nurse to be a stay-at-home mom who cares for her family. This role is so vitally important, but it always seems to be looked down on, and in this book, Patricia is heavily judged and dismissed when she expresses her concerns that there may be a vampire in the neighborhood. Patricia is a badass, and she handled her unsupportive husband and judgmental friends as gracefully as any true southern woman would.
This is definitely one of my favorites from Grady Hendrix, and I highly recommend!
"The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires" is a comedic horror about a group of true southern women who are in a book club together. One of the women, Patricia, is really struggling with her identity and finding her own purpose in life outside of motherhood. She befriends a new man in town and invites him to join the book club, but he might be hiding something that Bram Stoker would covet...
Grady Hendrix has really perfected his own brand of comedic horror. This book is a humorous vampire tale, but it definitely has the gore and violence that one may expect in a horror book. The atmosphere in this story was the perfect way to get into the October spirit. One of my favorite elements of this story was Patricia as a character. I really enjoyed the conversations that were had about her trading her successful career as a nurse to be a stay-at-home mom who cares for her family. This role is so vitally important, but it always seems to be looked down on, and in this book, Patricia is heavily judged and dismissed when she expresses her concerns that there may be a vampire in the neighborhood. Patricia is a badass, and she handled her unsupportive husband and judgmental friends as gracefully as any true southern woman would.
This is definitely one of my favorites from Grady Hendrix, and I highly recommend!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Death, Child death, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Pedophilia, Violence, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship