A review by hooligan_kt
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I found this book by browsing the immediately available audiobooks at the library, and thought that it was going to be mostly humorous and fun. Oops, there was actually a lot of gore and some pretty dark stuff, it's more of a horror book than anything else. There were also too many creepy, misogynistic, sexual scenes. I don't know how the author intended the book club women to come across, but I'd say they were around 20% believable interesting characters and 80% overblown male fantasy/puppet characters - and that's a generous breakdown. Overall I think maybe this book was trying to be too many things at once. Is it a horror story? A commentary on gender relations? A commentary on racism? A story about female friendships? Satiric? Funny? Disturbing? I think it would have been a more enjoyable book if it had picked one or two lanes and stayed there.


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