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Dead Ever After
by Charlaine Harris
Sookie, Sookie, Sookie...
This is one of those books that I'm not even going to rate. I'm going to thank my lucky stars that this series is finally over. It has been limping along since Book 9 and I've been reading them even though my enjoyment has diminished more and more over each one. (Though I kept giving them good ratings so maybe I liked them more in the moment.) As I began to believe that Sookie wasn't going to end up with the character I would have chosen for her, I started rooting for her to pull a Kelly Taylor and "choose me". I know that this is Ms. Harris' story and so I won't bash her for not wanting the same things I did for Sookie. However, I do feel like she sold her readers a false bill of sale. She said she wouldn't put "essential" elements into her short stories after hearing complaints, but if that was supposed to be the building up of the relationship Sookie would choose, it's cheating. Deep down, I don't think that was the case. This book felt like something thrown together to finish a project that the author has lost interest in. In addition, there was far too much time spent on ancillary characters which I had been happy to see go long ago.
So I end my "friendship" with Sookie just as I would any other friend that I feel has made the wrong choices for her future and seeing what comes from it would be just too painful to be a part of.
This is one of those books that I'm not even going to rate. I'm going to thank my lucky stars that this series is finally over. It has been limping along since Book 9 and I've been reading them even though my enjoyment has diminished more and more over each one. (Though I kept giving them good ratings so maybe I liked them more in the moment.) As I began to believe that Sookie wasn't going to end up with the character I would have chosen for her, I started rooting for her to pull a Kelly Taylor and "choose me". I know that this is Ms. Harris' story and so I won't bash her for not wanting the same things I did for Sookie. However, I do feel like she sold her readers a false bill of sale. She said she wouldn't put "essential" elements into her short stories after hearing complaints, but if that was supposed to be the building up of the relationship Sookie would choose, it's cheating. Deep down, I don't think that was the case. This book felt like something thrown together to finish a project that the author has lost interest in. In addition, there was far too much time spent on ancillary characters which I had been happy to see go long ago.
So I end my "friendship" with Sookie just as I would any other friend that I feel has made the wrong choices for her future and seeing what comes from it would be just too painful to be a part of.