sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Sookie Stackhouse is a waitress in a small town in Louisiana and she's always wanted to meet a vampire because in this world vampires have been exposed and humans and vampires have been trying to co habituate together. Sookie meets her first vampire in Bill, a (confederate) civil war era vampire. Bill is quite taken with Sookie and she is equally taken with him.
I don't like that Sookie's grandma was so excited
Spoiler
to have a confederate speak to her descendants club. Ya'll know they were fighting to keep slavery a thing, right?There's a murder mystery mingled in with some paranormal romance and I really enjoyed this book. It was gory, sexy, mysterious, and entertaining. I'm giving this 4 stars out of 5 because I had a lot of fun with this read.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5 Stars
I read this for free on Libbyapp.com
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Rape, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body horror, Gore, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Animal death, Blood, Murder, and Violence
khaleesiofthegreatwhitenorth'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
3.75
Honestly I probably would have DNFed this had I not listened to the audiobook so take what I say with a grain of salt. The narrator is the one who kept me coming back for more. LOVED her Bill. Frankly more than Stephen Moyer😅
If you want an easy vampire popcorn read/listen, this is your book. Great for turning your brain off to lol
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Blood, Gore, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault
Minor: Death of parent, Hate crime, and Medical content
serenephedra's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Racial slurs, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gore, Grief, Rape, Sexual violence, Cancer, and Child abuse
leazzz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Both Sookie and Bill are mildly infuriating
I hate Jason 🫶🏻
For a vampire romance from 2001, insanely progressive
Graphic: Grief, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Homophobia, Sexual content, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault
avie_j's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Grief
Moderate: Racism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Classism, and Alcoholism
Minor: Child abuse
jmeyers888'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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Torture, Animal death, Body horror, Gaslighting, Grief, Pedophilia, Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Gore, Child abuse, Xenophobia, Stalking, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Misogyny
Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, and Sexism
Minor: Car accident
ittybittyninja12'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? No
3.0
Graphic: Death, Blood, Gore, Animal death, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Sexism, Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Racial slurs
kam_pearson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Gore, Murder, and Sexual content
lauraleamariereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Why True Blood (the tv show) is better than the Sookie Stackhouse book series (book one comparison):
- Tara — why the fuck is Tara not in book one??? Her friendship with Sookie is one of the best parts of this whole series. There is no Sookie without Tara.
- Lafayette — he has like 2 or 3 lines in this whole first book? I’m so confused. Again, one of the best side characters in the show and desperately missed in this first book.
- Jason — is so misogynistic and cruel towards Sookie in this book. True Blood Jason loves his sister and actually likes spending time with her. I don’t know why he’s such an asshole in this book — way better on screen.
- Racism — this book is overtly racist and doesn’t even try to incorporate any inclusivity; True Blood does a much better version of this Deep South confederate story. I did not feel comfortable with the disgusting lack of race equality in this book. Charlaine Harris is a white woman, I understand that — but ANY attempt by her to include Black Americans in this story was completely ignored (other than Lafayette’s quick appearance).
AND — I have been lucky enough to own a dog for many years, and sadly been there for his death. Anyone that tells me I didn’t mourn him like he was a family member is wrong. He stole a piece of my heart and I will always remember him. Smh. *Sookie when her cat dies*
Graphic: Grief, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Body horror, Blood, Murder, Racism, Violence, and Gore
Minor: Child abuse, Animal death, Death of parent, and Rape
christinabrunette's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Gore, Grief, Incest, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Sexual violence