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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
by Grady Hendrix
Far from perfect, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, takes a lot of large swings. Some may not always hit the nail on the head, but at the end of the day this does exactly what a horror book is supposed to do. Judging by some of the more popular reviews, I don't really think some of you understand horror as a genre. And that is okay. Horror is not for everyone. But if you want a terrible and disgusting book with horribly written women, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke is right there. Yeah, some of this is really hard to sit through. Some of it is borderline vile. But that is what I expect when I pick up something in the horror genre, especially when it tackles the themes that are being addressed here.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires takes a hard look at racial and gender inequality. The men are right, the women are wrong. The attacks on women and children are not taken seriously until it happens to their own (wealthy and white) community, and even then, it takes all of these women looking death in the eyes to truly recognize what is happening. The book club cannot believe that people like Ann Rule could have ignored all of the signs that were right in front of them, only to do the same thing themselves. The police won't take them seriously, their husbands won't take them seriously, and these women and all of their children are in serious dangers, so they have to take matters into their own hands. And boy do they.Personally, I think it should be more common and even the norm for rapists and child molesters to be gutted and mutilated. This is a practice that should exist in real life, not just when we are suspending our disbelief. A monster does not need to be unhuman to be a monster worth putting a stop to.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires takes a hard look at racial and gender inequality. The men are right, the women are wrong. The attacks on women and children are not taken seriously until it happens to their own (wealthy and white) community, and even then, it takes all of these women looking death in the eyes to truly recognize what is happening. The book club cannot believe that people like Ann Rule could have ignored all of the signs that were right in front of them, only to do the same thing themselves. The police won't take them seriously, their husbands won't take them seriously, and these women and all of their children are in serious dangers, so they have to take matters into their own hands. And boy do they.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder