Author: Charlaine Harris
Published: 2007 Pages: 324
Genre: Fantasy
My Thoughts
Apparently reading the Sookie short story "One Word Answer" would have saved me quite a bit of confusion in the first portion of the book, so if you are reading the series, I would recommend reading it before Definitely Dead.
The plot premise is that Sookie's cousin Hadley has died, and to tie up some loose ends, Sookie travels to Hadley's home. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending), in Sookie's world tying up loose ends involves vampires, witches, weres, blood, death, and sex.
My nitpick with this series has always been Sookie's apparently irresistible charm to every male (and some female) supernatural who crosses her path. We've now seen Sookie flirt or sleep with Bill, Alcide, Sam, and Eric. Lo and behold, in this installment, Sookie hooks up with a newbie named Quinn, who I have to say is rather fascinating. But seriously? Is this series going to be a continuous string of liaisons with male supes? Eh, we shall see.
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Title: All Together DeadAuthor: Charlaine Harris
Published: 2008 Pages: 323
Genre: Fantasy
My Thoughts
I have to admit: I very much enjoyed this book. With much more vampire politics and less Sookie's love life, I found the plot to be quite interesting. Sookie attends a Vampire summit with her Louisiana brood including Eric, Pam, Bill, and the Queen and her entourage. Much is happening in this book: the Queen is on trial for her husband's death, Quinn has a mysterious-to-Sookie past, Barry the Bellboy returns as a telepath for a vampire King, the Fellowship is making waves of course, and on and on and on. I enjoyed the inclusions of events and characters from prior books being the basis of this installment's plot. By the end, I felt that much of what had been happening was nicely wrapped up.
That being said, Sookie's love life is still rather prominent with Quinn, Eric, and Bill all playing roles, as well as some random "I want to do you" comments from Barry. While the focus was on the political situation and Sookie's telepathic abilities, we still had to read about her bitterness towards Bill, which I found a bit childish and hope the series can move on; we also have Pam confronting Sookie about Eric's feelings for her which seemed out of character and very highschoolish; and then of course we have Quinn getting all jealous over Sookie's forced connection to Eric.
Even with my minor annoyance over the love
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One of these days, I'm just going to sit down and read them all. This requires a bit of a commitment though, so I haven't made the plunge. They sound like alot of fun!
ReplyDeleteI agree that the continuing bitterness toward Bill is childish and even irrational, given what she knows has to be the case between a "maker" and his or her vampire.
ReplyDeleteI only read the first book in the series -- it sounds like Sookie's love life gets more and more eventful!
ReplyDeleteI've just finished book 4 (Dead to the World) and loved it that she and Eric had a thing going on. Was hoping that the flings would stop there though! Guess not then...I still enjoy reading the series though. And thanks for the heads up on the short story :)
ReplyDeleteSandy - Oddly enough, they don't feel like a commitment. I can get through one in an evening or two. On the other hand, it is a commitment if, like me, you want/have to finish a series once you've started it.
ReplyDeleteRhapsody - Exactly! The only reason she would still be that upset is if she was in love with him, and even then, the childishness would hopefully not be there.
Laughing Stars - Her love life is definitely eventful, a rollercoaster of hot supernaturals.
Lina - I really enjoyed the Sookie-Eric mojo too. I'm thinking that might come back in later books.