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Nov 21, 2011

CJ - You Carry On As If I Don't Love You rated it:

Oh. My. God.

I have never been so disappointed and consequently, angry, by a book as I am right now and it is actually hard for me to type. My brain is exploding right now.

This is going to be a rant. This is going to contain cusses. This is also going to call out Tru Blood. People are going to either like this or not.

First - Tru Blood has killed this series. *cue outrage from fans of the HBO show*

For the record, this is n More...

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May 24, 2011

Tatiana rated it:

I am willing to bet that this book was as much of a torture for Charlaine Harris to write as it was for me to read.

There is no juice left in this series. And certainly, there is no author's love. Not only is Sookie's voice no longer recognizable (I just reread books 1-3, so I can in fact tell the difference), but this whole book is simply one huge FAIL.

The characters were altered. Where was cool Pam? Where was sarcastic Eric? Where was chemistry between Sookie and Eric? More...

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Oct 05, 2011

Lady Vale added it

I don't know why I have this feeling we will be disappointed with this installment. I just feel the series needs a closure and it doesn't seem like it. I want more Eric but I don't think I'll get all the Eric I need to get to love this series again. It feels like this book is just gonna be another chapter in the series and not as whole book. I'm not sure if I made myself clear,lol.

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May 09, 2011

Kitten rated it:

3 1/2 Stars

I should start off by saying that though the Sookie Stackhouse series isn't my all-time favorite series, Eric Northman IS my all-time favorite fictional character. AND GODDAMN I LOVE ME SOME PAM!

Half of the reason I love these books is the Eric and Pam relationship; I find them endlessly entertaining. Though there weren't enough appearances of them (there never are), there were some comedic bits between the two. I enjoyed the funny jabs at Sookie on Pam's beha More...

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May 18, 2011

Megan rated it:

Dear Sookie,
You know you are one of my oldest friends, right? I love our yearly visits at your old Stackhouse family home, sitting on the porch, soaking up the sun and drinking iced tea. It’s great to live vicariously through you and hear about the most powerful and sexy supernatural beasts falling over themselves to flirt with and please you. And Eric…. Mmmm =) Anytime you want to tell me all of his dirty little secrets and every sexy thing about him that is okay with me.

Bu More...

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Aug 10, 2011

Kasiabadura rated it:

It seems to me that Ms Harris is being more and more influenced by the show, which in case of the novel is a bad thing. Does anybody else have a feeling that the author is setting a scene for a convenient fading out Eric, and a not- so- miraculous reintroduction of Bill? The dialogue between S. and E. is stale and lacks in energy.Whereas, Bill's character all of the sudden shows signs of sense of humour. In short, I wouldn't be surprised if in the end of the series Eric ended up dead, and Bill More...

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Jul 03, 2011

Sarah (saz101) rated it:

***There are some minor spoilers below... allusions to character's feelings/thoughts/actions that could give some plot points away***

Sookie's working her shift in Merlotte's when the bar is firebombed... and it doesn't look like the bomber was human. To make matters worse, an old enemy is out for her blood and the tension between her vampire lover/husband Eric and his progeny Pam with their boss, Victor, is building. The peaceful life Sookie is wishing for seems a distant dream.
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Jun 06, 2011

Lmb rated it:

Welll...This is a solid, "liked it" but more 3.5 stars. If it wasn't for the fact that there MIGHT be a HUGE plot inconsistency in this book (the convo between Sook, Claude & Dermot about Niall & Eric being in cahoots), I would give it 4 stars but I'm trying to figure out if something might actually be a well placed lie by CH or not but I'm not so sure yet.

(**Edited on May 14th. After doing some digging, I think the bit I thought was a plot inconsistency is intentional. See More...

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May 17, 2011

Veronica rated it:

Can't wait!!! I'm counting down the days.... I read the whole series in less then 2 weeks when I discovered them and I seriously need this book asap!

Well I FINALLY got my copy of this absolutely wonderful book! I couldn't put it down, I'm kinda sad that I finished it so quickly...now I miss the characters all over again! LOL, I am at a lost for words about what went down. I don't know whether I should cry or be happy, the new issue with Sookie and Eric is so heartbreaking More...

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Oct 25, 2011

Yui rated it:

3.5

It's very tempting to give Dead Reckoning 3stars because I feel it inferior in some ways to past Sookie Stackhouse novels but It isn't fair to grade a book just because I am holding a grudge to events that hasn't even happened in the book yet.

So for years of adoration and sheer insanity it stays with 4 stars on first glance ;)

WARNING!

The following may contain spoilers.

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May 12, 2011

Dani (Voguedotcom) marked it as to-read

I can't wait for this!!! Charlaine Harris is my favourite author, so this will be amazing.
Now I work in a bookstore as well, I might be able to get a pre-publication copy like I did with Dead in the Family :)
EXCITED!

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Oct 08, 2011

Caroline rated it:

I can`t wait to read thid book!!! I really looove Eric <3

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May 09, 2011

Kristin rated it:

It's impossible not to like a Sookie. This wasn't my favorite by any stretch (Dead to the World!!!!!!), but it was good. There were several moments that made me laugh out loud, and I was glad that one plot line in particular was finally cleared up. Sookie has a lot of soul-searching to do as she learns about her history, worries about her relationship with Eric, and stresses about the plot(s?) to kill her/him/them all. Don't worry, she relaxes by watching Jeopardy! (cute).Bubba was back in the a More...

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May 10, 2011

Christina rated it:

I've been getting tired of this series for awhile now. Sometimes I just want to shake Sookie and to tell her to WAKE UP and cut all ties from the loons.
And other times I want to just toss her to a non-friendly non-sexy vampire and let them eat her and get it over with.
Still, I found this particular book better. I like Eric, and it had some Eric-y moments.
I guess I have two big pet peeves one this one. The first one is Sookie's religious holier-than-thou attitude that was buggin More...

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May 23, 2011

Nurlely rated it:

Oh my! Why on the Earth did Charlaine Harris add another obtacle to Eric and Sookie's love life. And Why the heck Bill was added to make it worse. I thought I would have an ending, or at least a hint that this book needs only a sequel to end the story. But I did not. I am started to feel bored about this never ending story.

I have to change my rate due to this unsatisfactory.

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Aug 08, 2011

Carrie rated it:

Well I was anxiously awaiting the release of this book, hoping it would redeem the series for me after the last one.

Well I regret to say it didn't. Yes, it was better than the last one but it still left me dissatisfied. I'm not sure if it's me who has lost interest in the series or the author (but if you ask me her heart just isn't in it anymore).

I miss the bad ass Eric from the earlier books and wish he would come back. I'm tired of all the Sookie drama (seriously how More...

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May 17, 2011

Cheese rated it:

Sookie, I really, really wanted to give you four stars. Truly, I did. Though we haven't known each other long, I've grown extremely fond of you. Unfortunately, I spent much of this story feeling like this:

Fear not, I also have nice things to say, I just wish they outweighed the bad.

First, the bad:

*It should have been condensed. Now, some of the allure of Sookie, for me, is her amusing internal rambling and watching her try to go about a More...

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Sep 02, 2011

Dana rated it:

You know, I really don't even enjoy these books all that much anymore, I just feel compelled to keep checking in on Sookie and make sure she's OK... I dashed through the first 10 books last summer and, honestly, by the end of the third or so, I was just exhausted with the whole notion of the damsel-in-perpetual-distress-and-love that it completely exhausted me. And yet I keep coming back. Is it because of Charlaine Harris' insistence on making Sookie, a woman in her mid-20's, speak as though she More...

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Jul 11, 2011

Pamlin rated it:

I was REALLY disappointed in this book! I still like the series, and am hoping that she just had a deadline and threw this piece-of-a-bigger-book out to be published, but it wasn't what I'm used to for a Sookie Stackhouse book. The reader (who is always amazing) even seemed not quite so invested in this one. The plot wasn't focused, there was a lot of Sookie-in-her-head instead of interacting with people, and it wasn't even that interesting.
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Bill seems to be turnin More...

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May 05, 2011

Lisa rated it:

I pre-ordered this for my Nook (Android App) and downloaded it as soon as it was available. Charlaine Harris never lets me down! I'm several chapters in and finding it difficult to pull away. Sookie's in some stuff again and I have a feeling it is going to get ugly. So far...5 stars!

Now finished and, as always, Harris weaves a wonderful story. I didn't like being left hanging at the end but will be looking forward to the 12th story all the more for it.

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Jun 24, 2011

Leila rated it:

Wow... here were 325 pages of my reading life that I will never get back.

Don't get me wrong - if you're a fan of the Sookie Stackhouse series you must read this book. It is an unfortunate yet unavoidable addiction. Charlaine Harris has woven a sticky web that many romance-starved women of all ages had found themselves happily trapped.

Whilst reading book #10 in the series, Dead in the Family, I started feeling like the days of the entertaining adventures in Bon Temps and Shre More...

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May 03, 2011

Jen rated it:

Have you ever noticed that every time an enemy of Sookie Stackhouse bites the dust, another is waiting in the wings to make her life miserable? If you think about it, our girl has got a lot of carnage in her wake: from Lorena... to the vamp who killed Hadley... on to Andre and Debbie and Appius Livius. But you cut off the head of one beast and another grows in its place. Our beast du jour for Dead Reckoning is our old pal Victor. He is making life more and more miserable for Eric, and he's an More...

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May 10, 2011

Rubal rated it:

The Southern Vampire Mysteries are not great books. Charlaine Harris is not a great author. But I have always enjoyed reading about Sookie’s adventure, so it was inevitable that I read the latest book #11.
There something about these books that I have always liked. Sookie’s narrative is funny. I like the southern feel of the books. Though I have to mention that I don’t have much knowledge about Louisiana or the life of south and I don’t know if it’s an accurate portrayal but it’s enterta More...

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Jun 09, 2011

Christy rated it:

I don't know what to say about this. I was thrilled to death (that could be a Sookie title. lol) to be back in Bon Temps. I love spending time with my old friends Sookie, Eric, Pam, etc. But this wasn't the book I wanted to read. First of all, who is this Eric? The Eric in this book (and the last one actually) isn't the Eric we've all grown to love. The direction of the Sookie/Eric love affair is disappointing, but I guess not that surprising given that the end of the series is in the nea More...

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May 21, 2011

Rheo3000 rated it:

There was actually a chapter in this book that ended with an EXTENSIVE description of a day at work that ended with Sookie going home and nothing happening. The next chapter starts with Sookie waking up and an EXTENSIVE description of her getting reading and then going to work. The writing was stilted, boring and ... bad. The story was ... unnecessary.

It was like reading the boring diary of a boring chick who happens to live in a fun world of vampires and were-things and fairies and More...

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Aug 18, 2011

noseinbookC rated it:

As a whole -- but more so in the beginning -- I think Sookie Stackhouse (or Southern Vampire) is a great series, has great characters and world, and is well written. BUT, as I read the eleventh (11th!) book, I'm worried and disappointed at 1) my girl Sookie's fruitless love life, 2) lack of meaningful direction in the plot and character development, 3) what seems to be author's ennui with her books.

On Sookie's love life<spoiler>, as Sookie said at some point, All of you (her s More...

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Jun 14, 2011

Marilyn rated it:

No stars. First, I have been reading this series since 2001. I enjoyed the first three books thoroughly, and the middle few were okay, and the last four or so have become progressively difficult to enjoy. Second, I'm not Team anyone. I don't care if Sookie ends up with anyone -- it is possible, after all, to have a HEA without another person in your life. Really. Third, while I have not watched True Blood, I do not live under a rock and I am generally aware of it, actors, plot points, and such. More...

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Aug 24, 2011

Linds rated it:

The good news is that this book is much better than the previous one, which was frankly a mess.

The bad news is that Charlaine seems to be trying to combine the TV show with the book, which is unfortunate. I love the tv show, Alan Ball is a creative genius. But let the books be the books and the show be the show.

She has a lot of cameos from characters whose "arc" had come and gone in the books. Debbie Pelt is a main villain for one. Bill is back in a big way, an More...

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Jul 09, 2011

Soluus rated it:

SPOILERS.

I'm not entirely sure what the plot of this book was. I had the impression from the last book that Sandra Pelt was going to be an ongoing problem and I assumed, just before the end of Dead Reckoning, that she would continue to be a villain until the next book or until the end of the series. Now that she's been disposed of and - presumably - eaten alive by the fae in Faery, there are only three possible adversaries: Jannalynn, Felipe and the Queen of Oklahoma - but I will get t More...

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Jun 09, 2011

Sheryl rated it:

Poor Sookie. It seems like someone is always trying to kill her. And this book is no different. Much of the action centers around two enemies-- one from Sookie's past (I will not ruin the mild surprise by naming who) and Victor, the new regent of Louisiana. Victor hates Eric and thus Sookie (and Pam), as well. When Sookie is not entangled in vampire politics or the menace from her past, she is trying to learn more about her fairy side (and is mildly successful).

Eric and Pam get a lot More...

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