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Deadlocked (Sookie Stackhouse #12)

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Sookie has a murder investigation on her hands.

A young girl has died at a vampire party - and it looks as though her lover, Eric, might be responsible. Eric swears he didn't do it, the police don't believe him, and even Sookie isn't so sure. Nor is she inclined to take his word for it, not having caught him enjoying the victim's blood minutes before she was killed.

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Published May 1st 2012 by Gollancz

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May 04, 2012 Maja rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: highly-anticipating-2012, failed-to-impress, are-you-kidding-me, annoying-love-triangle, i-have-superpowers, moments-of-great-frustration, glistening-fangs, so-many-vampires, totally-saw-that-coming, murder-mystery, urban-fantasy, wake-me-up-next-year, the-fae-are-so-scary, werewhatevers, huge-disappointment, reviewed-in-2012

A fair warning: this review contains mild spoilers because writing my rant without them was next to impossible. Proceed at your own risk.

The Sookie Stackhouse series is dying a slow and painful death. Everybody knows it. Charlaine Harris knows it. She knew it even before she signed the deal for the last three books. What’s more, everyone who’s been following the series closely can pretty much tell when she stopped caring. What started off as entertaining and steaming hot (albeit poorly written),...more

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May 07, 2013 Marissa rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fae, series, shifters, vampires, werewolves, paranormal, romance, borrowed-library

This series is dying a slow, painful death. Please, put it out of its misery while it's still the humane thing to do.

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Apr 09, 2013 Allison rated it 1 of 5 stars

There are some spoilers listed below. So word to the wise.

Well ladies my predictions about this book were dead-ass wrong.

I just finished the latest Sookie Stackhouse and it's another steaming pile of poo. Halfway through book 10 this series should've ended. But no, this is going to be like those cartoons, where the character slams on the breaks of its vehicle and the car is ground into the road so severely that car parts fly off until all that's left is the steering wheel still in the character...more There are some spoilers listed below. So word to the wise.

Well ladies my predictions about this book were dead-ass wrong.

I just finished the latest Sookie Stackhouse and it's another steaming pile of poo. Halfway through book 10 this series should've ended. But no, this is going to be like those cartoons, where the character slams on the breaks of its vehicle and the car is ground into the road so severely that car parts fly off until all that's left is the steering wheel still in the character's hand. Scratch that, that's way too exciting a description for this series. Think more dementia. Everything I liked about this series is gone. Romance - gone. Sex - gone. A somewhat polite, considerate female lead - gone. ( Ugh! Sookie has more bitchy comments in this novel than a sixteen year old on the rag. I can go listen to my kids for that. ) Eric - not gone - but largely absent. A coherent mystery - gone. There is no reason of any logical merit why the villains perpetrate their crimes. None. N.O.N.E.

However: Mundane, chapter swallowing, menusha - thick on the ground.

I read on the CH blog that she was shocked to see that Dead Reckoning was listed as one of the worst books last year. Seriously? What did she think was good about it? Zero story? Random strings of events that kind of came together but didn't resolve themselves? Lots of talk about child rape....? Oh wait, I know, it must have been the dissolving of the single relationship that has had the vast majority of her readers coming back for more. And on that score, Deadlock is the last nail in that coffin. Unless, you could vamperize a relationship, Eric and Sookie are over. Like, Over-Over.

But you know what they say: When the sex ends.....so its not like I didn't see it coming. Literally, in one scene Eric was like, Can I stay over and fuck the shit out of you? {I'm paraphrasing} And Sookie was like hell to the no. HELLO? WTF! Does CH think I slog through these for the descriptions of her grandmother's sweet potato casserole recipe? Hotdish for those of you in the upper Midwest...Honestly, I think CH is crushing these books because she's mad at the bloggers who've ripped her a new one over the past two years, one. And two, I think she felt forced to get Sookie and Eric together by public demand; so she destroyed the relationship in a big flipping bird to those pressures. Nobody tells Charlaine what to do! Nobody!

Ugh I'm not wasting any more time on this, until next year when I will feel compelled to read the last one.(less)

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May 08, 2013 Joy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal

Am I the only one that thinks that Sookie ends up marrying Sam and running the bar with him? I think that vampire politics are too much for her, as are were politics, (which excludes most of her lovers like Bill, Eric and Alcide). She loves working for Sam and all the men in her life seem to think there is more going on there than Sookie is aware of. I think harris will end the series with her and Sam getting married and running the bar while Eric marries his Queen, and Bill moons around the way...more

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May 22, 2012 Mandy rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012

Argh, This book sounds horrible, And yet... I will still read it. I feel like there is nowhere to go from the mess that has been made with the last book. Just end it please, for the love of Eric! This series has died and it has come back as a mindless wandering zombie, not a cunning sexy vampire. Vampires can at least end their own existence and put themselves out of misery (like this series should). Zombies don't even know they are dead, they just wander with a meaningless existence and eat our...more

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May 08, 2012 Regina rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: urban-fantasy-uf, hopeful-but-worried, can-t-recommend, won-t-finish, dissapointing

Edited to add: I spent some time today (completely wasted and lost time I should add), skimming the bulk of Deadlocked and reading the last few chapters. This does not change my rating or my opinion of the book. I am relieved, however, that Harris is closing down the series and pointing Sookie toward a mate. But the method by which she is doing this stinks.

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I stopped at 26%. Nothing was happening and it is incredibly boring. These is a lot of recap, recap and recap. By now we have all read th...more Edited to add: I spent some time today (completely wasted and lost time I should add), skimming the bulk of Deadlocked and reading the last few chapters. This does not change my rating or my opinion of the book. I am relieved, however, that Harris is closing down the series and pointing Sookie toward a mate. But the method by which she is doing this stinks.

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I stopped at 26%. Nothing was happening and it is incredibly boring. These is a lot of recap, recap and recap. By now we have all read the other books! We know about the war with fairy, we know about Jason's past marraige, we know, we know, we know. In Deadlocked, there are characters who have never been important to the books and the storyline that are suddenly front and center. Harris seems to have forgotten what made these books special. She wrote interesting characters (initially) that acted according to their characters' personalities and were involved in interesting intrigue and mysteries. Oh and there was scary monsters too. Well that is not in this book.

Does Harris just wake up and decide that plot lines she wrote in to her past several books were a bad idea? I really get frustrated with how Harris has something big and game changing happen in one book and then suddenly she changes it back to how it was before the game changer in a later book. Why the heck the struggle then and the war in the previous books if with one knock on the door in a subsequent book it is all erased?!! This is not the first plot line she has changed with the flick of her pen (i.e. the blood bond) and she has done this to characters. If she wants to end the possibility of a relationship, then Harris has that power. She can write in circumstances and still keep the characters in tact. But Harris never does that. She has spent the past few books destroying both Alcide's and Eric's characters. Alcide's actions in the last book (along with Amelia's) were so ridiculously out of character. In the past few books, Eric was not even a caricature of the vampire she had previously written. Well it continues with Deadlocked. I never thought Eric would be boring! I never thought (outside of the book about the witchs' spell) that he could be so dumb. I never imagined a strip club scene could be so boring. Sorry I just can't do it. And I am sad about it, sad that I invested so much money and time in to this series and author (often buying both the ebook and then the audio book). Sometimes the story arc is done and it has to be ended. This can be done without disappointing readers and gutting the soul out of the books. Really it can.

So I may return to this book in a day or two to skim, I am just too disappointed right now to continue.

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May 19, 2012 Sadie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Wow, I didn't realize how down everyone was on this series til I came here! I am *eagerly* awaiting this book, and I don't see why everyone has a huge problem with the series. I think its great. I re-read them all within the last month or 2 because it had been so long, I had forgotten a lot of the details, and it just made me want to read more. Maybe I'm just in the (apparently) small minority of people who enjoy long series. I hate to say goodbye to characters I've come to know and love, and I,...more

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Jun 07, 2012 Ashley the Magnificent™ rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: series-sookie, vampire, epub-digital

Another Harris-penned, Sookie-themed literary abortion.

Nah, it's not that bad.

It would have to be a lot better to be that bad.

I can't see anyone new to the Sookie-verse starting with this one, so my assumption is that everyone interested in reading it is familiar with the series, used to love it, and (like me) is only reading further because we've committed so much already. I'm probably not the first to tell you, there's a further downward spiral.

Truth is, it's boring. Dull. A waste of words...more

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May 16, 2012 Ruth rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

Hope it's more than 352 pages.

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May 12, 2013 Richard rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Rating: 3.5* of five

The Publisher Says: With Felipe de Castro, the Vampire King of Louisiana (and Arkansas and Nevada), in town, it’s the worst possible time for a body to show up in Eric Northman’s front yard—especially the body of a woman whose blood he just drank.

Now, it’s up to Sookie and Bill, the official Area Five investigator, to solve the murder. Sookie thinks that, at least this time, the dead girl’s fate has nothing to do with her. But she is wrong. She has an enemy, one far more dev...more Rating: 3.5* of five

The Publisher Says: With Felipe de Castro, the Vampire King of Louisiana (and Arkansas and Nevada), in town, it’s the worst possible time for a body to show up in Eric Northman’s front yard—especially the body of a woman whose blood he just drank.

Now, it’s up to Sookie and Bill, the official Area Five investigator, to solve the murder. Sookie thinks that, at least this time, the dead girl’s fate has nothing to do with her. But she is wrong. She has an enemy, one far more devious than she would ever suspect, who’s out to make Sookie’s world come crashing down.

My Review: Entry #12 in the seemingly eternal Sookie Stackhouse novel series. Why bother reviewing entry #12, you ask, with perfect justice, when after 12 books you're either on the bus or not interested in going where the bus is going.

Recently I reviewed book 13 in the Meg Langslow mystery series, to say auf wiedersehen to that giggle-loaded fun fest of a series. That book left me feeling that Donna Andrews was decorating the narrative with little bits and bobs from the past entries, and had in fact lost interest in doing anything new with it.

Charlaine Harris hasn't lost interest in Sookie, at least not visibly. Sookie and Eric and Bill and Pam and Sam...everyone's here and accounted for, and each one still has stuff to do that makes the book move forward. Likewise Sookie's fairy family. Sookie's life changes, not to say that Langslow's doesn't, but Sookie's life-changes come out of a story being told that has its arc. I didn't feel that in the other case.

And this isn't to say that I've loved every Sookie book. No indeed! A few have been middle books, in that they gave the whole arc a push forward but in and of themselves weren't that satisfying. But it's crucial to note that, each and every time I've read a Sookie book, I've felt Harris's authorial presence making something happen. And after 12 books, she's still in it, still working out the ideas and making them happen in prose that's got a voice, that's made an effort to please my aesthetic sense and still make me laugh. Harris is still out to seduce me.

It worked.

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Jun 28, 2012 Cassandra rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, uf, 2012

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May 10, 2012 BamaGal rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: For the fans only - not for the new or casual Sookie reader

Shelves: pnr-uf

3.5 Stars. I’m going to have to think on this one awhile; I’ll probably add and edit to my review a bit before I get my thoughts in like I want. My brain is all in jumble about this one. This series is like comfort food, a fun read even while the quality of the stories ebbed. It has been great to catch up with all the gang I've known for the past few years. The story, however, was a bit bland; although it's a very introspective read into Sookie's life. There was no real excitement; and Harris ma...more 3.5 Stars. I’m going to have to think on this one awhile; I’ll probably add and edit to my review a bit before I get my thoughts in like I want. My brain is all in jumble about this one. This series is like comfort food, a fun read even while the quality of the stories ebbed. It has been great to catch up with all the gang I've known for the past few years. The story, however, was a bit bland; although it's a very introspective read into Sookie's life. There was no real excitement; and Harris managed to make both Bill and Eric dull and lifeless in this entry. The story started very slowly, and didn’t really start to come to life until about 1/3 into the read. It’s still a better read than the last two books were, but nothing like the early books of the series.

Here goes my ramble of thoughts - As most everyone knows, this is the 2nd to last book in the series. Only one more to go before Sookie and the gang ride off into the sunset. There was a murder mystery that involved Eric, Alcide, and the werewolf pack; but this book was mostly about the beginning of the closure of the series. A number of storyline threads were wrapped up in this one, and the book leads in to wrapping up the rest of them in the last book (of course). All the humans or weres around Sookie are getting married, getting together, and getting pregnant or having babies. Sookie has just had her 28th birthday, and her outlook is changing. She wants what her friends have. It’s never been a secret in the series that Sookie didn’t want to go vampire. The issue with Eric being promised to the Queen of Oklahoma is ever present, and not going away. King Felipe is pushing Eric to go through with the marriage to Queen Freyda. He says he loves Sookie, but there is the underlying desire he has for the power that will come with being the Queen’s consort. I never felt that Eric tried very hard to get out from under this edict (so far). This book ends without true resolution to this. After all the events of the book, unless Harris can give Eric back his balls, and somehow make him human; it sure looks like it’s over between her and Eric.

**** Some Spoilers in this part *****

Bill is out of the running, as are Alcide and Quinn. Sookie and Bill had the requisite closure conversation, and Sookie now wonders what she ever saw in Quinn and Alcide in the first place. That pretty much leaves Sam. They both went through a lot in this story, and the ending of the book had them re-evaluating their friendship. Harris once said that Sookie would meet her HEA in the last few books; but the only viable new character she met in this one was the wrestler who was a were, (T-Rex). He seemed to show a great deal of interest in Sookie, but then he just disappeared from the book. Why was such a big deal made about him in this book for him to just disappear? Harris must be planning to use him again in the last book. Hope he's not the curveball to the series ending. The Cluviel Dore played a big part of this story towards the end. It was an item of Fae magic that would give Sookie one gift. Eric had wanted her to use it for them, for their happiness; but what Sookie wound up using it for was very telling, I think, for how the series will end. Big Spoiler (view spoiler). The Fae are gone, Niall has taken all the rogue Faes home and closed the portal. Sookie is now part owner of Merlotte’s. (another thing to tie her to Sam)? Unless Harris throws us a major curveball in the last book, I think it has to be Sam.

Did I like the story? Yes, but it made me sad in places. Sad that it is coming to an end, sad that a number of characters have left her, and sad that Sookie is having to make some hard choices. This is a book for the fans, there is not enough actual story here for the casual reader. It’s all about winding up the series and Sookie’s fate. If you’ve cared at all about Sookie and her story over the years, though, you need to read this one.
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May 03, 2012 Day rated it 4 of 5 stars

A satisfying edition to a beloved series! Lots of resolution and a set up to a conclusion in 2013! Full review up on http://paperbackdolls.com/?p=10788

Try as I may, it is almost impossible for me to review this book without mentioning some details from previous books in the series and after 12 installments, can you blame me? So, just in case you haven’t read the earlier Sookie adventures, consider this a warning of possible spoilers and some teasers.

In many ways DEADLOCKED showcases the true str...more

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Dec 11, 2012 Sierra Bamiro added it

Raise your hand of you're dreading this book but know you put too much time in to not read it

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Jul 05, 2012 Glamoured rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-vampires, paranormal-shapeshifters, paranormal-werewolves, paranormal-romance, fantasy-urban, fantasy-supernatural, fantasy-paranormal, mystery, my-reviews

Before I absorb what I read and comment further, here is a positive review of the book. I felt a little better after reading this review. A little. All I know is that when I finished the book, I was like "WTF!" I had a lump in the pit of my stomach. Please read the good review before I rant a little. I did agree with much of what SVB said in her review. She always has fabulous insights into the series.

http://www.sookieverseblog.com/2012/0...

I had some problems with this book. I gave it a VERY ge...more

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Mar 15, 2013 Ta§chima Cullen rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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For the amount of time it took for this book to hit the market I have to say I was expecting a bit more. It was only about 325 pages, and about 1/3 of those pages concentrate on Sookie's day to day life. Although this seems to bother some people its something that I have come to expect from the series so I wont jump up and proclaim that I am deeply dissolutioned or anything because this is just something that is integral to the Sookie Stackhouse world.

...more You can find more reviews @BloodyBookaholic

For the amount of time it took for this book to hit the market I have to say I was expecting a bit more. It was only about 325 pages, and about 1/3 of those pages concentrate on Sookie's day to day life. Although this seems to bother some people its something that I have come to expect from the series so I wont jump up and proclaim that I am deeply dissolutioned or anything because this is just something that is integral to the Sookie Stackhouse world.

Now in this book we get some closure when it comes to some things, but when it comes to others we get even more headache. A lot of things happened, true, but if I were to count moments of excitement I would come up with 3 that stick out in my mind, and that includes the ending. When I remember the earlier installments of the Sookie Stackhouse series I remember constant danger, high suspense, and Sookie was almost always in the line of fire, having to be witty to get out of a situation or fight her way out. On this installment we got weepy Sookie feeling sorry for herself every other page with no constant direct danger to her persona (so most of the time there was no tension, nothing to keep you on the edge of your seat). The main problems in the installment were indirect, involving other people that weren't her, and I felt like I missed the excitement that earlier installments had. This book was bland, okay, but certainly not spectacular. It tight up some loose ends, but I swear if I have to read one more page of Eric being a douch bag I am going to vomit.

I used to love Eric. I thought him and Sookie together was the perrrfect pair. I used to swoon in his presence, but now when he is in the page I just want him to not be there. I think this is a little unfair on the author's part. I think she is either moving Sookie into a position where she is going to end up with her first love (Bill), or with a human. I think it's unfair because Eric used to be this sex magnet sort of sweetheart who showed Sookie how much he cared about her but we haven't gotten to see that Eric in a loong time. He ain't even trying anymore. Sad, but true. So instead of dragging their relationship on and on, I wish they would just make a decision, are they going to love each other or break up? I think the latter, but you never know. Fred Weasley did die after all.

There was a particular scene in this book that I loved. It was between Sookie and Bill, and I swear it just warmth my heart. I don't wanna ruin it for the people who haven't read it, but those who have know it. (view spoiler).

Also excuse my language but where the fuck did the hot sex scenes go? This is an adult book after all. There was about 1 sex scene, and it went black. You will never know how disappointed I was. I am no perv, but I remember some greatly written sex scenes in the past Stackhouse books and as the series goes along we get less and less sex scenes. Much like the excitement the sex part of the book is loosing it's old shine and it's becoming absurdly dull. Maybe all the sex moved onto the big screen and swore to never return to the written world. I surely hope not.

The ending, it was "awww" and "uuh" and "aaw" again. I liked it. I liked how it left things for the next installments. (view spoiler)

Next book is supposed to be the last, and I say good riddance. I have loved Sookie and her world for a long time, but after this book it seems to me that it's running out of juice. The books aren't as gripping as they used to be. Even the relationship trouble isn't enough to get it out of its hole. Instead of taking advantage of the potential it's like we are just getting the rest of the books just to get them. Charlaine Harris hung her writing cape long ago. I just want the series to end with a bit of dignity, and for Sookie, Bill, Eric, and Sam to get their respective happy endings. Here's to hoping.(less)

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May 10, 2012 Stacey rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: uf-paranormal, vampires, kindle, fairies, read-in-2012

Sad to say I'm not even looking forward to this one. My Book Eric mojo died a long time ago, and my TV Eric mojo died after S4 of True Blood. Boo hoo. :(

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Well it was slightly better than expected. Things are definitely winding down and loose ends are being tied up. We're no closer to knowing who Sookie will end up with (if anyone). Whatever. I'll see her journey through to the end because after all the shit she's had to endure I want to see her happy. Finge...more

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Jul 18, 2012 Larissa rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: vampires-witches-more, southern_writers, fiction, audiobook

Please let this tie up some loose ends and be better than #11.....

UPDATE: Thank you, Ms. Harris. This one moved so much better than the last one. But I still believe it's time to finish this series. I like the way it ended and I could elaborate more, if I wanted to produce spoilers. So I'll just say this: Fans of the series, read this one. If you've lost faith in the series, you may feel better about this one than the last one - but we'll see.

Book 13 - kind of a nice number to end the series wit...more

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May 05, 2012 Jenn rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: awful-no-good-very-bad

If you are dying to read a step-by-step description of Sookie's mundane daily activities, such as checking email, washing dishes, sorting the mail, showering, or changing clothes, then you will absolutely love this book.

If you enjoy reading about the dullest, one-dimensional, Dollar Store generic versions of characters you used to love (all while trying to slit your wrists with you favorite bookmark), then pick up a copy of Deadlocked!

However, if you expect more than 5 sentences out of Eric's m...more

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May 11, 2013 Amy J. rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal, read-2012, team-c-2013, read-05-2013

My guess is Lafayette is still alive. I think Ms. Harris is allowing True Blood to influence the series too much

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May 01, 2012 Beadrbop rated it 1 of 5 stars

Received an advance copy of the book. Still to early to post review. Book 12 of Sookie series-can't wait till everyone has a chance to read it to chat about it! UPDATE: added review below 5/1/12.

Deadlocked-Angst, Rattle and Roll...

The newest installment for Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series titled "Deadlocked" is due out 5/1/12. Luckily I was able to receive an advance review copy of the book from the publisher. It has been my pleasure to read this book a few times to allow all the act...more

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May 14, 2012 Kimberly B. rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal, mystery, 2012, own

Well, knock me over with a feather! Charlaine Harris has redeemed herself with Deadlocked. I went into this with a whole lot of skepticism that Harris could write another great Sookie Stackhouse novel after the train wreck of the last one (well, it was a train wreck for me anyway compared to all of its predecessors). But, she pulled it off. It was clear from early on in the book that Deadlocked was good ol' Sookie Stackhouse. Maybe Harris took some of the criticisms about the last book to heart...more

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May 02, 2012 Alisha-Dear Constant Reader rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romance, delicious-hero, complete-let-down, character-assassination, cha-ching, dumber-for-having-read, dumb-plot-lines, filler-killer, love-triangle, not-that-good-but-kept-reading, polished-turds, poor-writing

Short on Story, Harris' Newest Book Fails Again***
**Or, How Harris Let Alisha Down (who loved Sookie forever and ever)**

Rating details: I gave this three stars out of pity, then I got mad the more I thought about the crap I'd just read, so I changed it to one star.

I'm about to lay down the harsh on the newest installment in a series I adore and it isn't going to be pretty because quite frankly, I'm pissed. If you want to disagree with me, please do so. I have a lot to complain about and I didn'...more

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Jun 10, 2012 Melissa rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Looking forward to this book. I hope Sookie finds the right person for her. Bill or Eric will not do!!! Bring us someone new that will put poor Sookie 1st?!?!?! This girl has been thru enough and I think she deserves some peace and happiness. **** I read this and one more book will be it and that we have not "meet" the man Sookie will end up with?!?!? Per Ms. Harris

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Sam Martin I agree with you that it look that way that Sam maybe the one Sookie will choice to be with! Out of all the guy she been interesting in going out with...more
May 03, 2012 02:34am

Samantha i liked Sookie and Eric together but politics will always get in the way same with Bill after those horrible things he did to Sookie i just cant see t...more
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May 15, 2012 Serena added it

I'm sure I'll get sucked into buying this, thinking that maybe this is the ending. I feel like I've spent so much time reading the rest of them that I'm compelled to finish it, even though the last few were disappointments. I'll pull out my hair if she ends up with Bill, Eric is waaaay better!

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Jan 20, 2013 The Flooze rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy-paranormal, glutton_for_punishment, owned, mystery, vanquished_2013

Emotionless.

That's the best one-word summary I can give for Deadlocked.

Not that Sookie is numb. Not that joyous and sad events don't occur. But none of them touched me in the slightest, so: who cares?

I remember when these books were exciting. When I'd get completely caught up in Sookie's romantic entanglements and hope for more of the Gracious Plenty. When my connection with her was strong enough that I sympathized over every sadness, celebrated each success. I remember anxiously awaiting the ne...more

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Nov 07, 2012 Andrea rated it 4 of 5 stars

Can´t wait to read this book! I just hope the all Eric-Sookie thing gets resolved. At the beginning of the series y didn't like Eric intervening between Bill and Sookie, but after what Bill did to Sookie, I immediately accepted Eric as her companion.
I've been reading the slow transition of Eric- Sookie relationship and in the last books I could see that Eric is still more in love with himself that with Sookie, which makes me think that Bill, who eventually got to love her more than himself and...more

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May 02, 2012 Hope Morris rated it 1 of 5 stars

No, no, no, no, no. Deadlocked was terrible.
Twelve years of my life was for nothing. Spoilers ahead.

Deadlocked begins with Sookie at Hooligans watching Claude strip. I thought that was an interesting beginning, but no. It went rapidly downhill from there. The book was basically divided into two parts. Part one: senseless. Part two: meaningless with some diluted action. Following Hooligans, the story continues with Eric's party. While getting ready, Sookie gets a call from Pam telling her to arr...more

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May 06, 2012 mrsj rated it 2 of 5 stars

Slow start, boring romance, some twists, heart breaking moments, betrayals, whiny Sookie, a different Eric and a weird ending.

Oh Eric, just what had happened to you? *sigh*
For that, I took away 1 star from the intended 3 stars review.

Thanks, Ms Harris.
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So, 1 more book for the end of this series yah?
How exciting.

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Apr 29, 2012 Lauren added it

I've put it as "to read" and I wwill....but...like most other people I'm struggling to enjoy these books like I use to. Fingers crossed it changes with this one. (I can't give up on Eric!)

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Charlaine Harris has been a published novelist for over twenty-five years. A native of the Mississippi Delta, she grew up in the middle of a cotton field. Now she lives in southern Arkansas with her husband, her three children, three dogs, and a duck. The duck stays outside.

Though her early output consisted largely of ghost stories, by the time she hit college (Rhodes, in Memphis) Charlaine was wr...more Charlaine Harris has been a published novelist for over twenty-five years. A native of the Mississippi Delta, she grew up in the middle of a cotton field. Now she lives in southern Arkansas with her husband, her three children, three dogs, and a duck. The duck stays outside.

Though her early output consisted largely of ghost stories, by the time she hit college (Rhodes, in Memphis) Charlaine was writing poetry and plays. After holding down some low-level jobs, she had the opportunity to stay home and write, and the resulting two stand-alones were published by Houghton Mifflin. After a child-producing sabbatical, Charlaine latched on to the trend of writing mystery series, and soon had her own traditional books about a Georgia librarian, Aurora Teagarden. Her first Teagarden, Real Murders, garnered an Agatha nomination.

Soon Charlaine was looking for another challenge, and the result was the much darker Lily Bard series. The books, set in Shakespeare, Arkansas, feature a heroine who has survived a terrible attack and is learning to live with its consequences.

When Charlaine began to realize that neither of those series was ever going to set the literary world on fire, she regrouped and decided to write the book she’d always wanted to write. Not a traditional mystery, nor yet pure science fiction or romance, Dead Until Dark broke genre boundaries to appeal to a wide audience of people who just enjoy a good adventure. Each subsequent book about Sookie Stackhouse, telepathic Louisiana barmaid and friend to vampires, werewolves, and various other odd creatures, has drawn more readers. The Southern Vampire books are published in Japan, Great Britain, Greece, Germany, Thailand, Spain, France, and Russia.

In addition to Sookie, Charlaine has another heroine with a strange ability. Harper Connelly, lightning-struck and strange, can find corpses… and that’s how she makes her living.

In addition to her work as a writer, Charlaine is the past senior warden of St. James Episcopal Church, a board member of Mystery Writers of America, a past board member of Sisters in Crime, a member of the American Crime Writers League, and past president of the Arkansas Mystery Writers Alliance. She spends her "spare" time reading, watching her daughter play sports, traveling, and going to the movies. (less)

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“It’s called Two and a Half Men,” Dermot was telling his guest.
“I understand,” Bellenos said. “Because the two brothers are grown, and the son isn’t.”
“I think so,” Dermot said. “Don’t you think the son is useless?”
“The half? Yes. At home, we’d eat him,” Bellenos said.” — 20 people liked it

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