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Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris

7 reviews

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

💬: "“Some women, some men,” Pam said, dusting her hands together as if she were talking about some infectious pest. “They are like everyone else who has a secret life—most of them are quite pleasant, fairly harmless.” Though Pam didn’t sound too positive when she said that. “But the bad ones tend to contaminate the good.”

Harris, Charlaine. Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse Book 4) (p. 46). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. 

📖Genres: fantasy, romance, urban fantasy, paranormal, paranormal romance, shapeshifters, vampires

📚Page Count: 292

🎧Audiobook Length: 9h 59min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️  - 3/5 
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Dead to the World is the fourth book in the Sookie Stackhouse Vampire Murder Mystery series, this series is the inspiration for the HBO show, True Blood. This addition to the series was okay, it was interesting for sure. We get introduced to new characters and new magical/mythical/supernatural entities and, of course, there's a mystery to solve. In this novel Sookie's brother goes missing and she's doing everything she can to find him. Meanwhile, Eric has completely lost his memory. Can she find her brother alive and help Eric with his memory loss?

In book four, Sookie ends up

finally starting something romantic with Eric, though I'm not sure how I feel about it because he had amnesia and couldn't remember anything from the past. I would definitely say she took advantage of the situation by sleeping with him.

Sookie's brother is missing and she uses Eric's as well as some other people's help to try and find him. I love the mystery aspect of these books and that's one of the main things that keeps me coming back to this series (even though I didn't like books 2 or 3.)

The spicy scenes in this were okay, some were fade to black and some were on page. I'd say overall they weren't spectacular but that were alright. I'm giving this 2.5 chilies out out 5 chilies 🌶️ worth of spice. 

Overall, this book was just okay. I don't think it was better than book 1 (which has been my favorite so far.) I'm going to give this 3 stars out of 5
⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/5 Stars

I read this for free on [Libbyapp.com]

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

bcollent's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

This is my favorite of the series, but the lack of apologies from confederate vampires is a problem. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence and Murder

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and War

avie_j's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Incest and Torture

lost_windsock's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

martamae77's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

elenamarmiroli's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

Ho trovato questo volume leggero e simpatico, dei precedenti, soprattutto per la maggior presenza di Eric e la quasi totale assenza di Bill. 

È sorprendente come Eric, anche senza

memoria

,  sia comunque molto più interessante di Bill. Seriamente perché uno dovrebbe scegliere Bill rispetto ad Eric?
 Ovviamente non sono gli personaggi interessati alla protagonista, ma sono i due principali interessi amorosi per ora. 

Devo dire che la protagonista ha la tendenza a rivolgersi al lettore, quindi eviterei l'opera nel caso questo vi disturbi. 

E

pantere mannare? Seriamente?

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content