Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse, #11) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Nov 25, 2010 Francesca the Fierce (Under the Covers Book Blog) rated it really liked it

Shelves: books-read-2011, witches-shaman-magic, werewolves-shifters, vampires, genre-urban-fantasy, read-audio-books

Such a difficult book for me to rate and review. I finished it about a day and a half ago and I'm still not sure how I feel about it.

For all of you who are wondering if this book is better than the past two, which I thought were pretty bad, the last one especially, then please know that Dead Reckoning isn't bad, there's a lot going on, even though at the beginning it was a bit slow, but the story is interesting. It's much better than the last two, but at this point I don't think we'll ever get t ...more

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May 03, 2011 Bee rated it liked it · review of another edition

I'm just a bit disappointed with this book.. I love Sookie & I truly enjoyed all the other books but,
this one just left too many doors ajar. I felt at times like the book was all over the place & to top it off it wasn't long enough!! Less than 300 pages if I am correct. It lacked the "lust" the other books had as well. Poor Sookie!! SPOILER ALERT: She basically had NO Love life in the book at all!! Very disappointing!!! Bill was nicer & more protective in this book & well as others have noted th ...more

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May 09, 2011 Heather rated it liked it

I have a friend and she wanted me to let her know if this was as "weird" as the last Sookie installment. Number 10 was weird and now I know why. I think that Charlaine Harris has had a hard time finding Sookie's voice. It was almost totally lost in last book. Dead Reckoning starts out in this voiceless way but then somehow Harris finds Sookie again and as the action heats up the story and our narrator feels more like earlier novels. I would not say it is my favorite, but true fans will want to r ...more

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Dec 15, 2010 Yulia rated it really liked it

Shelves: vampires, romance, paranormal, fantasy, faeries, werewolves, demons, shape-shifters, urban-fantasy

I waited for the book since last year (when the last book was released), and somehow I forgot I was waiting for it =__=; weird cuz last year I was in a sort of obsession on finding it on the release day... I blame the big number of exams that I need to remember ever week! (like three or four a week, and I was able to somehow miss one!!)
back to the book...

So in this book there is someone who does terrorist attack on Sam's bar, and it turns out, later when some more people try to kidnap or kill So I waited for the book since last year (when the last book was released), and somehow I forgot I was waiting for it =__=; weird cuz last year I was in a sort of obsession on finding it on the release day... I blame the big number of exams that I need to remember ever week! (like three or four a week, and I was able to somehow miss one!!)
back to the book...

So in this book there is someone who does terrorist attack on Sam's bar, and it turns out, later when some more people try to kidnap or kill Sookie, that it was actually to kill her. Sam's bar isn't doing well, and Sookie and Eric's relationship doesn't look good and she knows that there's something she should know about but he doesn't tell her, and what's more he forbits Pam from telling her.
Through the book in little pieces here and there, we in the end find out that Eric has like an arranged marriage with one of the queens that his maker made, and he supposely tries to get out of it. But still, the point is that he didn't tell Sookie about it, and it seems that he doesn't tell her much about anything that may be important and be related to her.
Actually, a long time ago I think I read in some comments about the future book (like how many more books there are going to be in the series) that Sookie isn't going to end up with Eric in the end.. I was kind of wishing that wasn't true, and I was sure I'd hate that way that'll come to be, but now it seems that it a likely scenario and now that seeing that he is a jerk in some things, I'm not sure I feel that bad about it...
I hope that the guy she'll end up with in the end end end of everything would be a new character, cuz really every one turned out to be SOBs like Bill (sure he may love her but that doesn't change who he is), Queen and Alcid. Maybe a fairy?
Back to the story again.
Even though she find that out about Eric she still helps kill Vik (the bad vamp in this book), and we also find out more about Pam because she had a girl she loved and wanted to turn her because she's sick, but that didn't work out and she died. <-- nice addition to the character.
Sookie also find out more about her family and about why she can read minds, Claude turns out to still be not so good and not very family like, while the Great ...more

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May 02, 2011 Sharon rated it it was amazing

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There is no point in actually reviewing a book that is #11 in such a big series. If you have read the first 10 then you are going to read this one, no matter what anyone says about it. If you haven’t read the Sookie Stackhouse books yet, you really can't start the series with Dead Reckoning. I highly suggest you start at the beginning and work your way through the series. Instead I am going to tell you why this series rocks and why you should try it. I wil http://ismellsheep.blogspot.com/2011/...

There is no point in actually reviewing a book that is #11 in such a big series. If you have read the first 10 then you are going to read this one, no matter what anyone says about it. If you haven’t read the Sookie Stackhouse books yet, you really can't start the series with Dead Reckoning. I highly suggest you start at the beginning and work your way through the series. Instead I am going to tell you why this series rocks and why you should try it. I will add that I loved Dead Reckoning as I love all the Sookie Stackhouse books, it has been a year since I got to submerse myself in Harris’s world of sexy, unapologetic vampires, shifters and fae, and I am already foaming at the mouth for the next one!

What is it about this series that has everyone so excited (other than the extremely hot supernatural men)? A lot of buzz about the books has being generated by the TV show True Blood which is loosely based on the series. Now, I have only seen season one and while I liked it, it doesn’t really follow the books. So don’t judge whether you will like the books or not based on your reaction to the T.V. show. This series of books is one of the reasons I became a reader and blogger of the UF/PNR genre.

It is written from the POV of the heroine, Sookie, and I love living in her head. Maybe it is because I am a southern girl too, but I like her attitude. Bad stuff keeps coming at her but she buckles down and overcomes the challenges without too much complaining. I also like the easy-going and humorous writing style of Harris. I can totally see myself having the same inner dialogue Sookie does as she goes through her day.

“When I thought of Eric with someone else, I wanted to rip out all his beautiful blond hair. By the roots. In clumps.” –Sookie from Dead Reckoning

Or when Sookie is scared, naked and hiding, while some bad guys look for her.

“My heart sank, though I would have sworn it was already down to my toes. My bare toes. I was glad I’d painted my toenails recently. Irrelevant!”

I also like the fact that the supernatural beings in the story don’t change the way they behave. They don’t experience a sudden epiphany and change their evil ways. You know how in most UF and PNR stories the vampire/shifter/fae tries to change for their significant other? Not in this world . They don’t think like humans (cause, duh! They aren’t) or love like humans do, and they are self-serving and feel no need to apologize for this fact. It is how Sookie handles dealing with these characters that draws me to her. Someone must bend and it is usually her. Harris isn’t very nice to Sookie, for the most part the girl is being manipulated by everyone in her life. She does manage to find a silver lining most of the time, that is part of her charm, but her character is the one that struggles and changes throughout the series. I just find myself rooting for her. Sadly, there are only 2 or 3 books left in the series according to Harris. I will be reading and hoping for Sookie to find her HEA.

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Apr 15, 2011 Christy rated it liked it

I read this book in no time. It left me wanting more. I did feel as if nothing happened. I kept waiting for action and felt like I didn't get it. I dunno. Maybe it's been too long since I read a Sookie book. I still liked it though. ...more

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Apr 06, 2011 Suzanne rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I enjoyed this book a lot better than the last one, even though it ended with Sookie feeling sorry for herself again. I wonder if this was the point where the author decided she was going to end the series so she's been wrapping up loose ends. It feels like she's getting the series back on track with this one. ...more

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Oct 31, 2010 Brandi ;) rated it liked it

Shelves: fairies-witches-vampires-and-were, paranormal-romance, 2011, kindle-kindle-love-my-kindle

This book kind of just pissed me off. I need some time to stew on it so I can give a decent review... Will get back to it at a later time after I've cooled a little. ...more

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