555 Review: Sookie Stackhouse 8 & 9 by Charlaine Harris

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From Dead to Worse

Read: 27 June 2009

How I got it…

Why I read it…
  • check out my other Charlaine Harris marathons here and here.
  • those should explain it

What's the story?
  • something about how they coped with stuff after the big explosion
  • something about Alcide and a play for power
  • something about Bill and Eric, I think
  • Oh, and a surprise about Sookie's background

What I liked about it…
  • More Sookie and Eric
  • ...what can i say? I'm a fan.

What I didn’t like about it…
  • the fact that i can't remember the story and I had to Google it
  • the fact that, after Googling it, I still can't remember much of it.
  • it's just one of those books you have to read because you've invested in the entire series already and you can't not read one of the books in the series.

Rating:




Dead and Gone

Read: 28 June 2009

How I got it…

Why I read it…
  • Bullet # 3 in "What I didn't like about it" category above

What's the story?
  • a Fairy War is brewing that will involve Sookie given her background
  • meanwhile, the weres finally go public
  • weres going public coincide with a seeming hate-crime against one of the Weres
  • there's a shift of power in the vampire community, which will impact on Eric and, of course, Sookie
  • war comes, and it's not pretty


What I liked about it…
  • Eric and Sookie, sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N....(well, actually, they did a bit more than that)
  • the kick-ass Fairy War at the end
  • the fact that Harris actually killed off a few characters whom her readers have probably grown to love, because doing this takes courage for a writer
  • increasing politics and painful loss make for a more mature story and main character

What I didn’t like about it…
  • that some characters I had grown to love aren't there anymore
  • the hanging ending


Rating:



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Comments

Anonymous said…
Our literary editor in our student paper wrote a review of a book by Charlaine Harris some time ago. She found the series interesting too. Merry Christmas! :)
December 23, 2009 at 5:54 AM
penstalker said…
Hi Honey, it's my first time on your blog. You have a good one, btw. :D

I also blog about literature and books at www.penstalker.com

I wanna check out Charlaine Harris next since I'm currently hooked with Sergei Lukyanenko right now.

the plot of Harris' books seem to be forgettable though. I'll decide after i finish the series I'm following right now. :)

-mighty
December 23, 2009 at 7:43 AM
fantaghiro23 said…
@Karlo - Hi! Actually, it's a cute little series which you can really intellectualize, however pretentious that might sound.:) Alan Ball did a very good job adapting it in True Blood and making it weightier.

@Mighty - Welcome! I liked Lukyanenko's Night Watch, and Day Watch is on my TBR.:) And yeah, some of the subplots in the series are forgettable, but then I find that's usually the case when you follow a long series.
December 23, 2009 at 6:58 PM
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