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Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

Why we're reading this: This is the adult version of the Twilight Saga.
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"Love the tv show. The book is better written than I expected. I like it, but it makes you wait a little too long for "the good parts."" — 16 days ago, 11:31AM

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Mar 25, 2008

Christel rated it:

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Read in December, 2008

recommends it for: any paranormal reader

OK I am hooked on Sookie!!! Plus having the series come to life on True Blood is an added bonus!! Now to read the reat of them

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Jun 17, 2009

Victoria rated it:

Read in October, 2009

In Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris, (the first Sookie Stackhouse novel) we meet young waitress Sookie Stackhouse and some of the people of her small southern town - Bon Temps. We learn that Vampires are "out of the coffin" and this is not exactly okay with everyone. Also to find out, is that Sookie herself is not exactly normal. While she isn't one of the undead, she has a sort of disability: She can read minds & she would like nothing better than to be able to never do so again. S...more In Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris, (the first Sookie Stackhouse novel) we meet young waitress Sookie Stackhouse and some of the people of her small southern town - Bon Temps. We learn that Vampires are "out of the coffin" and this is not exactly okay with everyone. Also to find out, is that Sookie herself is not exactly normal. While she isn't one of the undead, she has a sort of disability: She can read minds & she would like nothing better than to be able to never do so again. Sookie's adventure begins when the vampire (Bill) walks into the bar she works at, and she saves his life, out in the parking lot when he is being drained by a couple of rats that want to sell his very valuable vampire blood. And before Sookie knows it, she is the target of a vampire disapproving serial killer targeting fang-bangers - women who've been with vampires.
I really enjoyed this book. It was easy and fast paced and there was just enough between important events to where I didn't get bored with the story. I loved the author's humorous writing style, and there were many interesting characters. I loved Sookie, though I had a lot of mixed feelings towards Bill until I started to understand that he mostly always thought of himself as unhuman and he detached himself from humans and their (his) emotions a long time ago. I hope he'll be a more likeable and understandable character in the other books. I also hope to see more of Eric in future books as well, even though he was not in this first one that much at all. I really liked him.
I didn't really think much or try to guess about who the killer was, which was why I was so surprised at who it was. That person seemed...not completely nice and on the road to goody-goody, but decent. In fact it's still sinking in. I never suspected.
I'm planning on reading this again before I have to take it back to the library. I very much recommend this if you are looking for some fun vampire fiction, even if you're not a fan of the True Blood series as I'm not, you might still find yourself liking this first book of the series.(less)

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Feb 10, 2009

Gina rated it:

Read in February, 2009

Saw the HBO and loved it. Read the book loved it more.

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Apr 08, 2009

Kristan Reed rated it:

Read in March, 2009

Well its no Twilight but its good

Do NOT let your kids read it - turns out its very adult and I had to take it away from the teenager - but I think I was to late :(

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Jan 25, 2009

Gingub Gravette rated it:

bookshelves: supernatural-fodder

yay fun silly naughty vampire love

added - doing a re-read since this was honestly a skimmer book to the naughty parts while watching HBO's trueblood.

update - enjoyed much more after rereading - of course everything looks different when you have read all 7 other books - eric i'm looking at you, your cool viking facade can't fool me. and bill - i can't help but think everything you do has a double agenda behind it. oh and bubba, got to love the introduction of bubba.

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