Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse, #10) in Challenge Overload (PNR and UF Edition)

Jun 03, 2010 Tara rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-2010, urban-fantasy, weres-and-shifters, vampires

Hmm.. Well, this book was somehow lacking.

Dead in the Family is the 10th book in the Sookie Stackhouse series and it really felt like a filler book. Like "here read this while I finish the next story". In this book Sookie finds herself once again (unwillingly) involved in Were politics, she's questioning her bond with Eric, worrying about Bill and being suspected of something by the police... Maybe it's because it's all so been there done that. Not to mention it really just took forever to get Hmm.. Well, this book was somehow lacking.

Dead in the Family is the 10th book in the Sookie Stackhouse series and it really felt like a filler book. Like "here read this while I finish the next story". In this book Sookie finds herself once again (unwillingly) involved in Were politics, she's questioning her bond with Eric, worrying about Bill and being suspected of something by the police... Maybe it's because it's all so been there done that. Not to mention it really just took forever to get to what the mysteries were going to be in this book and once they were revealed, they were still less than exciting. These weren't mysteries that were going to be life or death or anything.

The reason it really felt like a transition book is because we really get to know her fairy relatives, but nothing really happens with them. Sam has a new girlfriend and Sookie continually wonders why they are together, but nothing happens there. Jason has a new girlfriend and things seem to be going well there but nothing happens. Merlotte's has a new bartender, Kennedy, and something may be up with her, but nothing happens. Then there is the guy, Danny, that watches the new bartender and sometimes acts as bouncer, and something is going on there, but nothing gets mentioned. Alcide no longer has a girlfriend and admits to Sookie that he had hoped that they would be together, but nothing happens there. Bill is sick, then a woman that was made by Lorena his maker comes in to help him and they have history, but nothing comes from that... oh and he tells Sookie that he would like to be with her again as well. (Look out Eric everyone seems to be coming for your woman). Not to mention they talk a lot about how Victor (the new Vamp in charge of Louisiana) needs to die, but we never see Victor in this book, even though within the first 50 pages, Pam & Sookie have a big confrontation with his people that ends sort of badly. Did I mention that we find out where Eric buried Debbie Pelt? Oh well, we do, although nothing becomes of that either. Eric & Sookie's bond is there and they seem content to just trudge through their life together... I'm surprised Quinn didn't show up. It was just a whole lot of set up and unresolved plot lines.

I seem to be rapidly losing interest in this series. I would like for some decisions to be made. For instance, who will Sookie choose? I would like her to make a relationship choice. I mean I LOVE Eric, but she's a sun person that wants babies and that won't happen with Eric unless she changes her mind about that. Either way, I would be happy to see her make a choice and settle in to that life and deal with the chaos that may cause around her. Or how she can protect her relationship and maybe the family they produce from the Supe world. It would just be more interesting at this point.
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Oct 17, 2009 Natasha rated it liked it

I rated this 3.5 stars.
I know I'm a year behind on this read, but I wanted to wait until it came out in paperback and I could read both this novel and "Dead Reckoning" in the same month.

Dead in the Family is the tenth instalment in the Sookie Stackhouse(a.k.a True blood) series by the very talented Charlaine Harris. I started this series a while back, before the tv series was out and I really got hooked fast.

This time around Sookie is still coping with the loss of her fairy cousin and friend, ...more

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Oct 09, 2009 Meghan rated it did not like it

Shelves: paranormal-fantasy, books-read-30nov09-30nov10

Slightly better than #9, but it seems to me that these books are losing the ability to stand alone as an entire book. The series started out with each book having its own story, usually a murder mystery or an adventure of some kind (ie. rescuing Bill). The last couple books, though, seem to not carry enough story for me. The writing isn't captivating, the characters are drab, we are losing touch with past main characters, ie. Sam, Bill, etc. The new characters that she brings in, Eric's maker an ...more

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Sep 21, 2009 Jessica B rated it really liked it

Shelves: charlaine-harris, own, 2010, released-in-2010, vampires, werewolves, fairie-fey, special-abilities, re-reads, 2013

Oh Sookie Stackhouse I have been waiting for you for over a year... you just didn't do that one year period justice.

I love the Sookie Stackhouse novels and am a huge fan of Charlaine Harris's writing. Trust me she could blither on about nothing and I would enjoy it... which is sort of what this book was. A whole lot of nothing that was very enjoyable.

I felt there wasn't much of a plot... and not enough Eric, Bill and too much Sam.

I really enjoyed the beginning of the book when Sookie was gett ...more

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Aug 23, 2010 Yz the Whyz rated it liked it

Shelves: charlaine-harris, 2012-challenge-books, 2012-reads

I feel pretty lukewarm about this Sookie installment.

Picking up pretty much from where the last book ended, Sookie is trying to recover from the torture she had experienced and dealing with the loss of several people. In this story, we get vampire, weres and fae stories woven throughout the storyline, but it feels like a filler before the next book. Pretty meandering, in my opinion.

The whole reading experience made me feel blah, and I'm not sure when I'm going to pick up the next one in this ser ...more

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Jun 03, 2010 Amber rated it really liked it

Shelves: vampires, series, paranormal, mystery, adult, romance, faerie

I love the Sookie series,but was disheartened by the ending in this book.
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.

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