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Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse #10)
It's all about family ...
Sookie Stackhouse is dealing with a whole host of family problems, ranging from her own kin (a non-human fairy and a telepathic second cousin) demanding a place in her life, to her lover Eric's vampire sire, an ancient being who arrives with Eric's 'brother' in tow at a most inopportune moment. And Sookie's tracking down a distant relation of her a...more
Sookie Stackhouse is dealing with a whole host of family problems, ranging from her own kin (a non-human fairy and a telepathic second cousin) demanding a place in her life, to her lover Eric's vampire sire, an ancient being who arrives with Eric's 'brother' in tow at a most inopportune moment. And Sookie's tracking down a distant relation of her a...more
Hardcover, 320 pages
Published
June 10th 2010
by Gollancz
(first published 2010)
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INCONSISTENT is the word for this book. That is, inconsistent with the other books.
There are just so many things that make dubious sense in a way too short book, which doesn't even take advantage of the subplots and just lets them rot and eventually spoil the book.
Not to mention that the actual plot was such a mess. Weak, really. Not a chance of any tension build-up.
I am also very bothered by the logic, which, for the most part is nonexistent.
The love scenes could have been a bit interesting, wi...more
There are just so many things that make dubious sense in a way too short book, which doesn't even take advantage of the subplots and just lets them rot and eventually spoil the book.
Not to mention that the actual plot was such a mess. Weak, really. Not a chance of any tension build-up.
I am also very bothered by the logic, which, for the most part is nonexistent.
The love scenes could have been a bit interesting, wi...more
This book was not what I expected. I waited so long for it that I just wanted more of it. I mean after all the time it took to get published, the book could have been a bit longer. Still it was much better than the previous book.
I loved to finally see Sookie and Eric in a real relationship. It seemed so natural. I was extremely happy as well because Sookie even considered how it would be to be changed into a vampire. Finally. Although she didn't give much thought to it, just a paragraph,lol, and...more
I loved to finally see Sookie and Eric in a real relationship. It seemed so natural. I was extremely happy as well because Sookie even considered how it would be to be changed into a vampire. Finally. Although she didn't give much thought to it, just a paragraph,lol, and...more
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Shannan and I love, LOVE this series. It is fun, never boring, filled with entertaining mysteries and is often quite humorous…and other things I am too prudish to write.
The book starts off with a very morose Sookie, but who can blame her after being tortured, physically and mentally? Slowly, and thankfully, Sookie does return to her Sookie self. Just in time really, because all her friends are having family issues and Sookie being Sookie, she is there to help. Oh, and there is a mystery of the n...more
The book starts off with a very morose Sookie, but who can blame her after being tortured, physically and mentally? Slowly, and thankfully, Sookie does return to her Sookie self. Just in time really, because all her friends are having family issues and Sookie being Sookie, she is there to help. Oh, and there is a mystery of the n...more
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May 07, 2010
Alyssa (Hesperia Loves Books)
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May 08, 2010
Kat Kennedy
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Dead in the family isn't a book that you can easily judge on its own. Dead in the Family is really just a filler book between the Fairy battle of last book and the inevitable show down with the King of Louisiana and his people to come.
This makes it hard to review because, to be honest, nothing really happens. We have what I would call a short story "arc" to bridge us between what I would consider the main story. Sookie finishes up in this book much the same as she started though she has undergon...more
This makes it hard to review because, to be honest, nothing really happens. We have what I would call a short story "arc" to bridge us between what I would consider the main story. Sookie finishes up in this book much the same as she started though she has undergon...more
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After the last two books, I think I was expecting a little more from this book than what I got. Don't get me wrong, I liked the book and would've given it a 3.5 had it been an option.
My biggest problem is that while I know this is a clearly a transitional book, very little happens that is of consequence (if we're being set up for something big in a later book, Harris has done a poor job of building tension/momentum).
It was also very choppy, as if significant edits were made and you can see the...more
My biggest problem is that while I know this is a clearly a transitional book, very little happens that is of consequence (if we're being set up for something big in a later book, Harris has done a poor job of building tension/momentum).
It was also very choppy, as if significant edits were made and you can see the...more
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Hrm. I'm not exactly sure how I felt about this one, it was just kind of meh. There were too many storylines going on and things were tied up way too neatly.
I've also come to the realization that I like Sookie and Eric better when she's fighting her attraction to him. As a couple, they've kind of lost their appeal, which is weird, because he's always been my favorite pick for her. I think Charlaine writes better sexual tension and conflict than actual sex scenes.
The title of this installment is...more
I've also come to the realization that I like Sookie and Eric better when she's fighting her attraction to him. As a couple, they've kind of lost their appeal, which is weird, because he's always been my favorite pick for her. I think Charlaine writes better sexual tension and conflict than actual sex scenes.
The title of this installment is...more
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Re-reading by audiobook for 2nd time - 04/19/11 - also have hardback
Great book and ditto for the review below with maybe the reference to the Look candy bar removed. What was I thinking? Love this series and can't wait until the next book comes out - May 2011!!!!!!
PREVIOUS REVIEW - After reading this book, I remember why this series is one of my top 5 favorites. It's like the Look candy bar to me. During my pregnancy with my oldest daughter I would walk to the store each workday and buy one beca...more
Great book and ditto for the review below with maybe the reference to the Look candy bar removed. What was I thinking? Love this series and can't wait until the next book comes out - May 2011!!!!!!
PREVIOUS REVIEW - After reading this book, I remember why this series is one of my top 5 favorites. It's like the Look candy bar to me. During my pregnancy with my oldest daughter I would walk to the store each workday and buy one beca...more
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I read this book in a day and a half...and I tried to pace myself. I wanted more Sookie and Eric, but I ALWAYS want more Sookie and Eric!! I loved it anywho, but am eagerly awaiting book eleven...
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Why, oh why had I been so worried?
Displeased with Sookie’s attitude and the overall plot of Dead and Gone, I was reluctant to start Dead in the Family. Concern that the series had finally lost its luster made me hold off. I was a fool.
Dead in the Family is a wonderful addition to the Southern Vampire Mysteries. The dialogue is comfortable, the characters are true to form, and the plot rolls along steadily, touching on all the key threads that make this series a success. Harris returns to Bon Te...more
Displeased with Sookie’s attitude and the overall plot of Dead and Gone, I was reluctant to start Dead in the Family. Concern that the series had finally lost its luster made me hold off. I was a fool.
Dead in the Family is a wonderful addition to the Southern Vampire Mysteries. The dialogue is comfortable, the characters are true to form, and the plot rolls along steadily, touching on all the key threads that make this series a success. Harris returns to Bon Te...more
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Dropped everything for this book! Great Mother's day gift! I enjoyed the book but it is probably my least favorite in the series so far. I was glad to be back with Sookie again. She is like an old friend now. Her personality is refreshing, charasmatic, and unique. The story, while good,just was not as exciting as previous books but it was very enjoyable to get to find out more about the history of Eric and Bill and get to know more about Claude.
I went back a month later and listened to this book...more
I went back a month later and listened to this book...more
I love the Sookie Stackhouse stories, but was disheartened by the ending of this book. I also thought that there was too much explaining previous storylines rather than getting on with the new story.
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Another good book in the series. I'm amazed at how she's keeping the quality & consistency of the writing up. The series should certainly be read in order - it's a soap opera. If you don't know the history, you'll miss the emotional attachments to characters & won't understand their struggles.
Definitely worth reading for anyone who likes the series so far. I can't wait for the next!
29May11 - I read this a year ago & re-read it as part of the marathon to catch up for book 11. I wasn't...more
Definitely worth reading for anyone who likes the series so far. I can't wait for the next!
29May11 - I read this a year ago & re-read it as part of the marathon to catch up for book 11. I wasn't...more
Dead in the Family picks up where book #9 left off. Sookie is healing and trying to deal with the emotional aftermath of the torture she faced during the Fae war. She and Eric are dating, and they are still married in the vampire way. Bill is having problems healing from the silver poisoning he got during the Fae war. Sookie has an idea to help him, but will it work? The government is looking at adding shapeshifters/weres to the national registration bill, which would limit their rights as US ci...more
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Mar 12, 2011
ஐ Briansgirl (Book Sale Queen)ஐ
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I just finished it. I thought Claude and Dermot climbing into bed with Sookie at the end was just plain CREEPY!! The book was okay. I loved the Eric/Sookie moments as it feels like a real relationship now, not just a vamp blood bond thing. I don't mind the vamp organization rundown we got as it's obviously info we'll need later, when CH finally deals with Victor and Felipe. What I didn't like, and felt it was unnecessary, was the whole insane dead royalty thing with Alexi. I lost a bit of respec...more
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FYI: From Ms. Harris' website board moderator aislyn 2010-01-28 12:45
A publisher's blurb was released for Amazon UK but it was written prior to Charlaine actually finishing the book and she has confirmed that she changed some things. We are waiting for the new blurb so that we have our facts straight and do not fuel discussion on events that might not take place.
17 May 2010
Read it. Loved it. All about family and the different forms it can take.
A publisher's blurb was released for Amazon UK but it was written prior to Charlaine actually finishing the book and she has confirmed that she changed some things. We are waiting for the new blurb so that we have our facts straight and do not fuel discussion on events that might not take place.
17 May 2010
Read it. Loved it. All about family and the different forms it can take.
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The title is apt - the book is indeed all about family relationships in Sookie's world - her relationships with the fae; her relationship with her brother; her relationship with Erik (which in this book is lots of sex with some emotion sort of thrown in as an afterthought, presumably to keep balance); her relationship with Bill; Bill's relationship with the Bellefleurs', and apparently, all vampire's relationships with their sires' and siblings.
Did I forget anyone? Oh, yes Hunter finally makes...more
Did I forget anyone? Oh, yes Hunter finally makes...more
Disappointing to say the least. The whole book was rather boring. There were a few interesting parts, but overall, I skimmed a lot because it didn't add to the plot or story, and I was very irritated with the lack of Eric and Sookie. It seemed like Harris is trying to tell us they won't end up together. With Eric's Maker telling Sookie that she'll never keep Eric, with Bill confessing more, with Alcide confessing more, With Eric being absent a lot, and no communication with Sookie for days at at...more
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I thought this latest book in the Sookie Stackhouse series was in keeping with the other books as being highly entertaining and satisfying. I love Sookie being with Eric and how his love for her softens him a bit, but I have my suspicions (with some possible foreshadowing from the book) that it won't last forever. Hope I'm wrong. The fae relations of Sookie and the vamp relations of Eric and Bill were all a great part of this book, with some satisfying resolutions. Eric's little "brother" is cer...more
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Once upon a time there was a handsome Viking with a great sense of humor. He was no prince like the people from the realm of HBO seem to believe – just the garden variety Northman. But where he lacked in nobility he made up in boldness, generosity, and zest.
He had a perky girlfriend who was not only openhearted but gifted above all other humans with nerve, wits, and a sixth sense. They loved each other, although not always in a conventional way, and they tried hard to make their relationship wo...more
He had a perky girlfriend who was not only openhearted but gifted above all other humans with nerve, wits, and a sixth sense. They loved each other, although not always in a conventional way, and they tried hard to make their relationship wo...more
Dear Charlaine Harris,
You can stop now. You have officially sucked all the life out of all of your characters and made them all eminently dislikable. I know this is your cash cow but, please, let Alan Ball take over for you and you can go and do... whatever it is that you do to occupy your time. Bake moon pies? Write Robert Pattinson fanfic? Hunt for the long-mythologized swamp weasel of South Carolina? Anything would be an improvement over you letting your imagination continue to run amok in Bo...more
You can stop now. You have officially sucked all the life out of all of your characters and made them all eminently dislikable. I know this is your cash cow but, please, let Alan Ball take over for you and you can go and do... whatever it is that you do to occupy your time. Bake moon pies? Write Robert Pattinson fanfic? Hunt for the long-mythologized swamp weasel of South Carolina? Anything would be an improvement over you letting your imagination continue to run amok in Bo...more
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May 22, 2010
Matt
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As with all of the other Sookie books by Charlaine Harris, I just couldn't put this novel down. The story is excellent again, carrying on where the last one left off with the two-natured coming out of the proverbial closet.
There is a good portion of the book that tells about Eric's past which is a nice addition to the series. Mrs. Harris does such a good job with creating strong and believable backgrounds for the major characters! We also see a little bit of the background of our old friend Bill...more
There is a good portion of the book that tells about Eric's past which is a nice addition to the series. Mrs. Harris does such a good job with creating strong and believable backgrounds for the major characters! We also see a little bit of the background of our old friend Bill...more
read the first chapter online. im thinking maybe that was a mistake because now I cant wait until it comes out!! i dont know how im going to wait until may!
Melinda don't read this as I'm sending it right to you after your doppelganger reads it!!
Kind of a let-down after a long absence and compared to the truly exciting works I've read recently. The tension created in dramatic #9 was wasted on this meandering ambivalent story. I hate to say it but the sex scenes with Eric were awkward and flat, and the werewolves and fairies bring little to the table this time. Sookie's down-home, church-going, working girl personna is wearing thin and she has nothin...more
Kind of a let-down after a long absence and compared to the truly exciting works I've read recently. The tension created in dramatic #9 was wasted on this meandering ambivalent story. I hate to say it but the sex scenes with Eric were awkward and flat, and the werewolves and fairies bring little to the table this time. Sookie's down-home, church-going, working girl personna is wearing thin and she has nothin...more
Hmm, not too sure about this one. It took me a while to get into it. I am so over the Sookie will she won't she EVER just pick a guy and stick with him. Will she ever just BE HAPPY!?!? UGH. That was a complete turn off in my trying to read the book.
Luckily I guess things did pick up and I was able to get into the book. The plots were weird; there were too many things going on and nothing really important seemed to happen. This was a stand alone odd book that did little to nothing to push the st...more
Luckily I guess things did pick up and I was able to get into the book. The plots were weird; there were too many things going on and nothing really important seemed to happen. This was a stand alone odd book that did little to nothing to push the st...more
Having followed Sookie Stackhouse's adventures since the first book was published (way back in 2001, I think), I have certain expectations from the series. This book failed to meet them completely. In fact, it was so poorly written (and plotted), I could not even finish it, skipping from here to there, as though it were a collection of disjointed short stories. My personal opinion is that since True Blood debuted on HBO, Charlaine Harris has lost her Mojo. She doesn't even seem to know who her c...more
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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
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