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Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris

10 reviews

acwoodvt's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Again, the themes of racism and homophobia expressed openly by so many characters is treated as an expectation of living in this reality.  It’s just unclear whether this was done to help drive home the inherent distrust and distaste associated with vampirism in a racist and bigoted society, or if it’s just an easy parallel to draw from an author who already harbors those dispositions internally.  I’m struggling to understand the devotion to this series by so many. The FMC has no redeeming qualities that I’ve managed to trip over in two books beyond a childish naivety, being blonde, and being uneducated. I guess her devotion to the somewhat-kind-of protection of the other humans in the vampire community is… supposed to be commendable? Meanwhile the MMC is completely flat. The relationship is toxic as hell and they keep using the word love in the lackluster way that people who’ve never been in love use it, as a stand-in for commitment where emotions are supposed to be involved but the participants mostly just enjoy the sex/perks of being coupled and tolerate each other. Overall it’s just… vapid. 

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wandering_seal's review against another edition

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medium-paced
Reread after 15/20 years.

Does Sookie even like Bill? Because he seems pretty gross and she seems barely into him.

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nrogers_1030's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad 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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missbsbookshelf's review against another edition

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dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

3.0


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martamae77's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5


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_thelitlibrarian's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

4.00 stars
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TW: Sexual Content, Blood, Death, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape. 
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again...Bill is a dud. I forget how boring his character seems to be, and truly don't see what Sookie sees in him. Sookie is having a streak of bad luck, first, her fellow coworker is murdered and no one seems to care. She then comes face-to-face with a beastly creature who leaves her badly hurt, needing help from vampires who save her life. Since they've done her a favor, Sookie can't help but oblige when the table have turned and they need something from her. 

So much happened in this book, Sookie finds herself having to leave Bon temps to use her powers down in Texas where she is looking for a missing vampire. Sookie uncovers a lot more than she expects and finds her own life in danger. Meanwhile back home, questions start to arise when a Maenad strolls into town causing chaos. Having watched the series first, I will say that the plot of the book is jammed packed and doesn't read as well as it does on screen. Overall, I felt like a few storylines could have been cut and re-focused on some of the ones that lacked a bit more. 

My thoughts on Sookie are a little muddled, I can't decide if I love or hate her. She has her mind focused on one thing (sleeping with Bill), while that is said, it makes me uncomfortable how close she acts around Eric. She's supposed to be dating Bill, but other than some action in bed, and a few cute moments, you wouldn't be able to tell that these two are romantically involved. I plan on continuing the series as they make fast books to listen to while multitasking!

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embla_v's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious

3.0

Sookie tar återigen på sig att lösa mord med hjälp av sin "gåva". Men hon blir också iväg skickad för att hjälpa vampyrerna i Dallas med deras försvunna vampyr. 

Jag tyckte att boken var underhållande och jag kommer fortsätta läsa serien. Jag är lite osäker på vart serien kommer ta sig. Fast en sak är säker och det är att Sookie förmodligen kommer lösa fler mord och att det kommer vara drama med Bill och Eric. 

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perlastars's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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elenamarmiroli's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

Questo libro è noioso. Estremamente noioso. Con solo qualche spazzo di qualcosa in grado di intrigare e attirare l'attenzione del lettore. E non credo che ciò sia dovuto agli  avvenimenti, quanto piuttosto al modo di scrivere dell'autrice che non riesce a narrare gli avvenimenti rendendoli anche solo lontanamente interessanti come avrebbero potuto esserlo. 

Anche la protagonista non aiuta, visto che tende a essere passiva e non fa mai domande interessanti, che potrebbero portare a scoperte interessanti per il lettore. Eric, anche se è uno stronzo, è decisamente il personaggio migliore di questo libro, in quanto è interessante.
Perciò non vedo l'ora che lascia Bill, per intraprendere una relazione con Eric.


Un libro con del potenziale, che la scrittura non ha saputo usare, un libro che è di gran lunga battuto dalla serie tv che ne è stata tratta, che nonostante non sia fedelissima all'originale, è riuscita a migliorarlo notevolmente.


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christinabrunette's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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