Reviews

True Blood and Philosophy: We Want to Think Bad Things with You by George A. Dunn, Rebecca Housel

lindsayreads21's review against another edition

3.0

“True Blood and Philosophy: We Wanna Think Bad Things with You” is a philosophical look at the cultural implications within the world of the HBO series True Blood. As it is not likely that the issues presented by the presence of vampires in our human society will actually become a problem for the world any time soon, this book shows the reader the parallels between the True Blood world and our own. The same issues that the vampires in True Blood experience (racism, hypocrisy, the fight for equality) have been seen throughout history by any number of minorities. Women, Homosexuals and almost every race at some time or another has fought the “norms” of society to include them and afford them the basic rights given to everyone else.

“True Blood and Philosophy: We Wanna Think Bad Things with You” is a book that any intellectual can enjoy…assuming they also have a bit of imagination and don’t mind being compared to vampires in one way or another. So, sink your teeth in.

rosekk's review against another edition

2.0

It was quite interesting, and I think a True Blood fan with an early interest in philosophy will find it helpful and interesting. As someone who is far more interested in philosophy than True Blood, it didn't add much for me. The different chapters/articles often repeated ideas (though they were written by different people), which at times made it a little monotonous.

tamitam55's review against another edition

2.0

Though I am a big fan of the series, I honestly wasn't a big fan of of the book. I guess I wasn't expecting something so utterly philosophical and educational. It read too much like a text book and with me not being in college anymore, I really didn't want to think that hard on the series.

I can imagine this would be a good book to use in an actual philosophy course in college. It would be a relateable topic for the youth of today!