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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
25 reviews
2haileyyb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Spoiler
I also didn’t like slicks sexual assault like why in order to transform people it has to be like that, just for it to end up killing her bffr. Also the description of his “fangs” or whatever had my kinda confused cause it like retracts and then he sucks for the leg? Idk again weird yet fascinatingGraphic: Child death, Grief, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Pedophilia, Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gore, Classism, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Misogyny, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Body horror, Rape, and Sexual assault
historybabe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Blood, Child death, Gore, Murder, Animal death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief
kier__'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Drug abuse, Grief, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Drug use, Gore, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Dementia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Cursing, and Death
tayter's review against another edition
Graphic: Bullying, Murder, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Gore
This book made me not want to read anymore from this author.imogenreads_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Death, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Rape, Sexism, and Child death
Moderate: Dementia and Stalking
Minor: Domestic abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
poeths's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Spoiler
I am not going to give it 5 stars just because that rape scene was horrible. For me it didn't make sense. I am tired of men not knowing how to actually write a rape scene. But also, why it has always to be rape? Why it's always sexual violence against women? He was doing so well, you don't need that to make it more horrific. Nor to make someone a vampire, you don't have to rape them. Just as you don't have to drink from their thigh... In that sense, with violence against women and little kids that was pretty sexual, just like when he is basically having ¿¿sex?? with a minor... I don't know man but like, we have moved on past that. It made me disappointed on the author, as he talks about gaslighting and sexism and racism and he depicts very different and interesting female characters... I am just sad because of that, overall the writing it's amazing, the grotesque elements are chilling, the book is raw and you hate the villain so much.Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Animal cruelty, Murder, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Death, Gore, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Blood, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Child death, Body horror, Rape, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Racism, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Animal death, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Mental illness
fanboyriot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It started out well though I would have liked to read more about some of the side characters. I loved Mrs. Greene and would have liked to see more of her. It was at the halfway mark or about there that things kinda went down hill for me. Patricia was slowly being backed into a corner and the more she found out about her charming new neighbor the less people in her life believed her.
There are obviously some major issues within this book I'll add some content warnings that I think apply but I suggest looking them up if you're considering reading this.
The major problems I had with thus book were pretty self-explanatory. The misogyny, sexism, and child molesting really popped off in this book. I understand this took place at a time were housewives were seen as less than human and were it was common for misogyny and sexism. That doesn't mean I wanna read a book about it. And onto the child molesting vampire. What was the point of that? It wasn't like he could only feed off kids. So why add that to the book? It's absolutely disgusting. And lastly what was with all the world war ii stuff? Like dude your kid is drawing a swastika on their notebook and you're not worried?! It just seemed really random to add.
I will say that it ended decently and I really liked the small town setting. The kind of neighborhood that was safe enough to leave your doors unlocked all the time, and where the people who lived there would welcome you with some kind of food only to drop it off and learn your whole life story, that part was written really nicely.
Graphic: Murder, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Gore, Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, Gaslighting, Violence, Sexual assault, Body horror, Classism, Toxic relationship, Racism, and Death
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Animal death, Kidnapping, Antisemitism, Self harm, Hate crime, Torture, Ableism, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Drug abuse
Minor: Pregnancy, Grief, Bullying, Cursing, War, Vomit, Suicide, and Domestic abuse
alexisgarcia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, Stalking, Blood, Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship
cuddlygryphon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Infidelity, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Sexism, Racism, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Alcohol, Child death, Medical content, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Mental illness
jennshelfishlife's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Patricia Campbell has an uneventful life in the Charleston area, where she takes care of her family, and her joy in life is meeting with the other ladies in the Old Village for their book club. While at book club, they discuss true crime novels filled with violence and other dastardly deeds. And then, her life changes one evening when she walks around the side of her dark house to retrieve the trash bins. Patricia is attacked, and a mystery begins to unfold, as well as other horrors in her small neighborhood and the rural area called Six Mile. Patricia is determined to discover the root cause of all the evil and runs into several roadblocks, primarily due to her husband and his old-fashioned friends. She loses her friends while continuing her probe into the popular but frightening new neighbor, James Harris. Will Patricia be able to stop the horrors, believe me, there are some horrifying events, Ann was particularly frightful, and the attic scene was so creepy I released a scream.
I recommend The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires to fans of vampire books and horror.
PS I love the description, Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias meet Dracula, spot on!
PSS The audio narration was well executed; kudos to Bahni Turpin, she made this creepy novel even more hair-raising!
Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, Rape, Murder, Gaslighting, Blood, Sexism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Animal cruelty, and Classism