Dead in the Family

OMG!!! The insanity in this book. Okay as much as I love Eric and Sookie action, I was so glad when Eric started getting pulled back into business because he was really starting to not act like himself. It just felt wrong. I don't want to give anything away, but putting this book down causes physical pain until you finish it... and then you are pissed off because we don't even know when the next...more

OMG!!! The insanity in this book. Okay as much as I love Eric and Sookie action, I was so glad when Eric started getting pulled back into business because he was really starting to not act like himself. It just felt wrong. I don't want to give anything away, but putting this book down causes physical pain until you finish it... and then you are pissed off because we don't even know when the next book comes out. This one had a super surprised ending.   hide

this was after the fae war, where the fae portals were all closed by Niall and only very few fae decided or being left to stay with human. Everything went normal, as normal as Sookie would get with her life. Until oneday Sookie found out there was a fresh dead body being buried on her home yard, by purpose. Who was that, and who did it? Thats where the story gets excited. Loving this one, lots of...more

this was after the fae war, where the fae portals were all closed by Niall and only very few fae decided or being left to stay with human. Everything went normal, as normal as Sookie would get with her life. Until oneday Sookie found out there was a fresh dead body being buried on her home yard, by purpose. Who was that, and who did it? Thats where the story gets excited. Loving this one, lots of eric, lots of twists, plus drama and actions. PS: we'll get to 'meet' eric's maker too :p   hide

I'm sold on the Sookie Stackhouse series. I tore through this book in one day. Charlaine Harris is gifted at the first person narrative. The great way to work around it is to make the main character telepathic. The book is more more upbeat than the previous book in which Sookie was grievously injured. Even though this is paranormal chick lit, the characters are three-dimensional and...more

I'm sold on the Sookie Stackhouse series. I tore through this book in one day. Charlaine Harris is gifted at the first person narrative. The great way to work around it is to make the main character telepathic. The book is more more upbeat than the previous book in which Sookie was grievously injured. Even though this is paranormal chick lit, the characters are three-dimensional and approachable. As someone who has become rather attached to the main character, it was nice to see her not hospitalized at this end of this one. It was also realistic that she would have some post-traumatic stress from the crap that's happened to her.   hide

It's good for Charlaine Harris that she has those True Blood royalties to fall back on, since she seems intent on ending her writing career by churning out dull messes like this one. The tenth installment of the formerly-fun Sookie series stumbles along doing nothing much of anything until the last thirty pages or so...at which point we save everyone we know, plus maybe the whole world, and then...more

It's good for Charlaine Harris that she has those True Blood royalties to fall back on, since she seems intent on ending her writing career by churning out dull messes like this one. The tenth installment of the formerly-fun Sookie series stumbles along doing nothing much of anything until the last thirty pages or so...at which point we save everyone we know, plus maybe the whole world, and then get a little Laurell K. with our sleeping arrangements. We suggest renaming this Dead in the Water, which pretty much sums up the state of the series.   hide

This was one of the best Sookie Stackhouse books of the last few years. In it, Bill and Sookie are healing from the brief, but lethal, Fae war. Claude, among the very last of the faeries left on our side of the divide, is healing from loneliness...by moving in with cousin Sookie. In fact, this book is very aptly titled; it's all about families. Sookie spends time with her cousin Hadley's young...more

This was one of the best Sookie Stackhouse books of the last few years. In it, Bill and Sookie are healing from the brief, but lethal, Fae war. Claude, among the very last of the faeries left on our side of the divide, is healing from loneliness...by moving in with cousin Sookie. In fact, this book is very aptly titled; it's all about families. Sookie spends time with her cousin Hadley's young son, who shares her mind-reading ability. She also, much to her chagrin, spends time with Eric's vampire family. In the 'True Blood' TV series, Eric's maker was the beautiful Godric. In the book, Eric's maker is the frightening ancient Roman Appius Flavius Ocella. It's impossible to love Appius Flavius the way we love Godric. Why? His relationship with Eric's vampire "brother" Alexei Romanov (yes, the murdered Russian prince), turned at the age of 13, is totally inappropriate. However, the scene when the vampire family shows up and fries Sookie's psychic circuitry with their blood bond is hilarious. Eric's not the only one to reunite with "family," though: Bill's "sister," who happens to resemble his late wife, shows up to add a new wrinkle to the Bill-Sookie-Eric love triangle. The ending is a bit weird, but for this book, it works.   hide

Its pretty unusal for me not to give a book 5 stars, but this one just didnt cut it. It was short I found. The story line was Meh. I like how it developed Claudes character more, but all in all, it just didnt really follow the theam that I was expecting. It was still a good book, and I would definitly recommend it to people, but dont expect some other worldly experience when reading it. Sookie is...more

Its pretty unusal for me not to give a book 5 stars, but this one just didnt cut it. It was short I found. The story line was Meh. I like how it developed Claudes character more, but all in all, it just didnt really follow the theam that I was expecting. It was still a good book, and I would definitly recommend it to people, but dont expect some other worldly experience when reading it. Sookie is getting a bit to whiny for my tastes, and she needs to really get a handle on her feelings for Eric cuz this relationship thing shes got goin on with him is gettin old. She sais she loves him, and then she sais she doesnt know, and then she sais she loves him, and then she sais she thinks its love....cmon already, dont torture yourself or us anymore!!! grr...lol Eric is getting soft too, I kidna liked him better before. I like what happens to Bill in this book, we dont see him to much, but enough to be happy for him. The wares are back for a bit. I dunno..read it :)   hide

I love the Sookie Stackhouse series, but I felt this one was like an "in-between" book or something. It seemed to me like the story drug out forever and I had to wait until the last 60 pages or so before anything exciting started to happen. When something finally does happen, it takes like two pages and it's back to hum drum. There was never any doubt that I'd finish it, but it was more of a...more

I love the Sookie Stackhouse series, but I felt this one was like an "in-between" book or something. It seemed to me like the story drug out forever and I had to wait until the last 60 pages or so before anything exciting started to happen. When something finally does happen, it takes like two pages and it's back to hum drum. There was never any doubt that I'd finish it, but it was more of a chore than a pleasure. Also, no real cliffhanger at the end... I hate that. Basically, this book just seemed different to me than the rest. As I said, it seemed like an "in-between" kind of book. If you love the Sookie action, this book is a disappointment. If you like the Sookie steam, this book is a disappointment. If you like a lot of background information, people getting to know each other, Sookie slowly healing from the Fae war, Sookie complaing a lot about not getting to see Eric, a couple of minor story lines that have like a three page climax (if you can call it that) at the end, then you'll like this book. The usual grit and excitment just wasn't there for me. I still love Sookie and Charlaine, and cannot wait for the next book in the series.   hide

A really great addition to the series. I had my doubts starting off, but after the first chapter or two my doubts were quelled. Although problems like Victor were not fixed in this book, others with the Fae were. I don't think it took away from anything, and if they had really tried to solve the Victor problem it would have felt very rushed. A lot of necessary character development went on and...more

A really great addition to the series. I had my doubts starting off, but after the first chapter or two my doubts were quelled. Although problems like Victor were not fixed in this book, others with the Fae were. I don't think it took away from anything, and if they had really tried to solve the Victor problem it would have felt very rushed. A lot of necessary character development went on and the conflicts in this book added a lot of background history too. For me, all the non-torture of Sookie was a plus. In a sad way, I think people have gotten used to the darkness of the "True Blood" tv series and are expecting that from the books. Although this isn't my favorite book of the series, I haven't been this pleased with one of the new books since "All Together Dead." It's been a LONG time since I finished reading a Sookie book with a smile rather than anguish over all the drama--looking forward to the next book not because a central character is on death's door/got killed, but because I *like* escaping to the world Charlaine Harris has created.   hide

I'm a huge fan of Harris', but I've found that the last several Sookie books have been boring and strained. It's almost as though Harris is fishing for something to write about in this saga. I love Sookie and the other characters, but it was all getting to be a little too much. Dead in the Family was much better than the last few in the series, though not as good as the first few. I enjoyed...more

I'm a huge fan of Harris', but I've found that the last several Sookie books have been boring and strained. It's almost as though Harris is fishing for something to write about in this saga. I love Sookie and the other characters, but it was all getting to be a little too much. Dead in the Family was much better than the last few in the series, though not as good as the first few. I enjoyed the read, although the characters are still a little forced (and sometimes even out of character for themselves). I do hope that Harris either comes up with some different stuff for Sookie and the crew to adventure into, or that she ends the series soon. Right now, she's just not doing her characters justice.   hide