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staceyamcgregor 's review for:
Dead to the World
by Charlaine Harris
I must say I am pleased with the direction in which this series is heading. The third book was better than the second, the fourth book was better than the third… I really can’t wait to keep going! In Dead to the World, we get to see another side of Eric, and we get to meet a whole new contingent of characters. I thoroughly enjoyed the “Eric-has-amnesia-and-it’s-the-witches” plot, as well as the side story of Sookie enjoying life without Bill and exploring her feelings for other men with a little more freedom.
Two things that are really starting to get on my nerves about these books though:
1) Books number 2, 3 and 4 in this series have all had a “secondary plot”, which would be fine if they weren’t introduced, practically ignored (except in book 4, the “Jason-is-missing” story was dealt with a bit more), and then brought back to the foreground near the end and solved with an easy “why-didn’t-I-think-of-this-before?” solution. I understand that Harris adds another element to the main storyline, and we are lend to believe the two are connected, only to discover they’re not. And then we readers go “Oh no, but what about…?” In this fourth book the secondary plot made the most sense and had a solution that was not quite so “why-didn’t-I-think-of-this-before?”, but it was still there none-the-less.
2) The word-of-the-day calendar references, as well as references to the Learning Network/Channel, etc. Yes, we understand Sookie is not formally educated, and what she knows she has learned from books, TV, movies, and word-of-the-day calendars. However, I do not need to be reminded of this every single time she says something smart. Once it’s been introduced once or twice, I then take for granted that anything smart Sookie says was learned through one of the afore-mentioned methods. I feel almost as though Harris herself was given a word-of-the-day calendar, and felt the need to give credit for the use of big, smart words where credit was due. I truly hope these references lessen in subsequent books.
Other than that though, I must say I think this book has been my favorite so far. I look forward to book #5!
Two things that are really starting to get on my nerves about these books though:
1) Books number 2, 3 and 4 in this series have all had a “secondary plot”, which would be fine if they weren’t introduced, practically ignored (except in book 4, the “Jason-is-missing” story was dealt with a bit more), and then brought back to the foreground near the end and solved with an easy “why-didn’t-I-think-of-this-before?” solution. I understand that Harris adds another element to the main storyline, and we are lend to believe the two are connected, only to discover they’re not. And then we readers go “Oh no, but what about…?” In this fourth book the secondary plot made the most sense and had a solution that was not quite so “why-didn’t-I-think-of-this-before?”, but it was still there none-the-less.
2) The word-of-the-day calendar references, as well as references to the Learning Network/Channel, etc. Yes, we understand Sookie is not formally educated, and what she knows she has learned from books, TV, movies, and word-of-the-day calendars. However, I do not need to be reminded of this every single time she says something smart. Once it’s been introduced once or twice, I then take for granted that anything smart Sookie says was learned through one of the afore-mentioned methods. I feel almost as though Harris herself was given a word-of-the-day calendar, and felt the need to give credit for the use of big, smart words where credit was due. I truly hope these references lessen in subsequent books.
Other than that though, I must say I think this book has been my favorite so far. I look forward to book #5!