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Living Dead in Dallas (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 2)
written by Charlaine Harris
Studio : Ace Books
by Ace Books
Release Date : 2002-03-26
Publisher : Ace Books
Released : 2002-03-26
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780441009237
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 130 reviews)
List Price : $7.99
Our Price : $3.62
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Book Description |
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When a vampire asks Sookie Stackhouse to use her telepathic skills to find another missing vampire, she agrees under one condition: the bloodsuckers must promise to let the humans go unharmed. |
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Sookie Stackhouse is at it again |
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How much more danger and adventure can Sookie Stackhouse get into?? Apparently quite a bit! I'm not sure I enjoyed this book quite as much as the first one, Dead Until Dark, but it still was entertaining. The whole issue with the fanatical fellowship was really interesting, and was left a little open for further mention in other books. I did feel that the murder that occured in Bon Temps was wraped up too quickly and not really given much development. I also didn't think the introduction of the maenad was very developed as well, but hopefully that will be brought up in future books. Despite these flaws, I'm just loving Sookie and Bill and all the other characters and am looking foward to reading the rest of the series. |
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So-so |
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Better than the first, but still nothing exceptional. At best, Harris seems to be a developing author in this book. At worst, she's just bad |
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Maenads and Vampires and Fanatics, oh my! |
Okay, not as good as the first book in the series, I admit. Still, a pretty good story. Plenty of action, and the romance was toned down a bit, so it didn't so much distract from the main storyline. I know, I know, plenty of people like those bits, but I like my supernatural stories to be just that, I suppose. Some tension, maybe (I do like the interaction between Sookie and Sam!) but not the nitty-gritty details in all their glory. There are other genres of books for that!
My main problem with this book is that there seemed to be far too much going on for so short a story. There were two main storylines, and the Bon Temps murder took a back-seat to the Dallas Fellowship storyline, plus there was the whole Maenad bit tossed in, as well. This would have been fine if the book was long enough to fully develop all of them, but while the Fellowship story arc was given enough time to properly develop and 'mature', as it were, I though the Bon Temps murder was rushed and hurried, and wrapped up far too quickly, and the Maenad bit seemed, in the end, to be just a convenient plot device. The classic two-minute sitcom ending where everything just comes together. In reality, there was enough material to fill two books of this size. Okay, at least one and a half, depending on how many twists and turns you wanted to put into the murder.
Still, the characters (especially the development of Eric as a character) and the dialogue nudge the rating up to four, since I'd give them a five but the storyline a three. It's enough to keep me eagerly reading the series, so that's about the best an author can hope for! I'd recommend this series to any vampire aficionado, as long as they can tolerate the rather liberal application of romance. |
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I'd like my time (and money) back, please. |
After hearing much praise being heaped on the author and this series, and being a fan of the earlier Anita Blake novels, I decided to give this book a try. Bad mistake on my part.
I'm not sure what other reviewers have seen in this book, but I found it poorly written, utterly unimpressive and Charlaine's prose a little ... odd. (Perhaps a too-charitable word for dialogue like ... "I don't have enough experience with the different characteristics of the many strains of Asians to tell you where he came from originally." Like, wow. Strains of viruses, sure. But Asians?) |
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A Slow Southern Simmering Boil |
(4.5 stars) A girlfriend turned me onto these books and I absolutely loved the first! The idea of vampires going "mainstream" and seeking a publicly acknowledged place in the world seemed so unique, and it's all told through the eyes of a sassy little Louisiana waitress named Sookie, who happens to have the gift of reading other people's minds. It's a wonderfully fun concept and Charlaine Harris does a great job of storytelling.
I had a little trouble getting into "Living Dead in Dallas" because one of my favorite supporting characters was found murdered in the first few pages. But once I decided to take the ride, I buckled up with Sookie and went on the hunt for the murderer.
The story veers mightily from that first mystery since Sookie gets swept up in vampire politics, not to mention having her life threatened by a mystical creature in the woods. Once she hits Dallas, though, the story zooms! I was so caught up in the suspense that I expected the book to end mid-way through, but then I remembered that she had to go back to Bon Temps, Louisiana to solve the first mystery that had started the whole thing! Once back home, Sookie asks the head vampire Eric to help her do some under-cover work to find her coworker's murderer. Well, let me tell you, read carefully through here because I almost missed who did it! But boy, what a BIG FINISH! A bit gory and shellshocky, but it is a novel of both "horror and humor" after all. Can't wait to read the next one! |
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