Aug. 31st, 2009
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
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glittertine's fault :-P
I picked up Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris yesterday - Sookie Stackhouse is a waitress in Louisiana, who happens to be telepathic, works for a bar-owner who has his own special ability, and starts dating a vampire... The basic tale is one of a serial killer on the loose - suspicion initially falls on Sookie's beau, and then on her brother, and it's an interesting ride to the conclusion.
Actually, as we neared the end of the book, I was counting pages and wondering exactly how it was all going to be resolved, and dreading the prospect of finding to be continued... tacked on to the final paragraph. But no, there's a conclusion, and oddly enough, it doesn't feel that rushed.
Much of it is sorta reminiscent of Tate Hallaway's Tall Dark and Dead, but it has slightly different emphases.glittertine has suggested that the backstory in these books (it's the first in a series) starts to kick in after a few instalments. I think we already get the hint that there's more going on that meets the eye as this tale unfolds, and it does feel as though there's going to be a Bill/Sookie/Sam triangle unfolding a little later.
The cover on my edition proudly sports a sticker declaring the book to be the deliciously addictive new series True Blood as seen on FX as well as a printed sub-heading that it's now the HBO original series True Blood. So sadly there's no way of pretending that I jumped on this bandwagon before it got famous.</uncool moment> ;-P
Anyway, 'twas fun, and I think I now need to read the next one :-)
glittertine's fault :-PI picked up Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris yesterday - Sookie Stackhouse is a waitress in Louisiana, who happens to be telepathic, works for a bar-owner who has his own special ability, and starts dating a vampire... The basic tale is one of a serial killer on the loose - suspicion initially falls on Sookie's beau, and then on her brother, and it's an interesting ride to the conclusion.
Actually, as we neared the end of the book, I was counting pages and wondering exactly how it was all going to be resolved, and dreading the prospect of finding to be continued... tacked on to the final paragraph. But no, there's a conclusion, and oddly enough, it doesn't feel that rushed.
Much of it is sorta reminiscent of Tate Hallaway's Tall Dark and Dead, but it has slightly different emphases.
glittertine has suggested that the backstory in these books (it's the first in a series) starts to kick in after a few instalments. I think we already get the hint that there's more going on that meets the eye as this tale unfolds, and it does feel as though there's going to be a Bill/Sookie/Sam triangle unfolding a little later.The cover on my edition proudly sports a sticker declaring the book to be the deliciously addictive new series True Blood as seen on FX as well as a printed sub-heading that it's now the HBO original series True Blood. So sadly there's no way of pretending that I jumped on this bandwagon before it got famous.</uncool moment> ;-P
Anyway, 'twas fun, and I think I now need to read the next one :-)