Bibliosearcher: Information about Dead in the Family: A True Blood Novel

Product Information:
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 10/06/2010
Publisher: Gollancz
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0575089326
ISBN 13: 9780575089327

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Customer Reviews
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Brilliantly Realistic
I loved it. I'm so glad that Harris didn't just brush over the whole torture thing & act like Sookie could just get over something like that. The approach to this book was perfect as a follow up to the last one. We can see Sookie has been affected in a way that will change a part of her forever, and after what happened to her that's exactly how it should be. I think making this book a map of her recovery rather than a stand alone book will ensure the character continues to grow & develop, which you can see with all the relationships & emotions she works through in this book. Plus it leaves Harris with a great platform for the next one. Overall I think it's a brilliant addition to the series & definitely a must for anyone who has read the book before.

Sookie gets tougher
Picking up immediately after the last book ([[Dead and Gone: A True Blood Novel (Sookie Stackhouse Vampire 9)]]), Sookie is still traumatised and healing from recent events and has changed: no longer the soft, sweet, cute Sookie who just wanted to protect and safeguard everyone, she is harder and decides, uncomfortably, that some people might deserve to die.
After the diverse interests of recent books, this one keeps its focus quite tightly on the vampires with lots of Pam and Eric who are my favourite characters. There's more vamp politics, we get to visit Eric's home (at last!) and meet his `father' and unexpected vamp `brother'.

Not everyone has liked this book from the reviews, but I really enjoyed it: I like the fact that the characters haven't remained static, that they have evolved in response to events which have gone before, and not always in comfortable ways. Hints dropped towards the end suggest, too, that all has not been satisfactorily resolved in Sookie's life and that there are more changes to come - can't wait!

The 10th True Blood Novel
This book was absoloutely AMAZING! Even though i was going on holiday the day after i ordered it and the p+p cost more than the book it was SO worth it!

A great new title
Fans of Sookie, be it from the TV series, True Blood, or from Charlaines established series will really love to get their hands/teeth upon this offering. As usual it has her instantly recognisable writing style backed up with a whole host of lead as well as supporting characters. Add to that great prose, wonderful dialogue and character growth that can be surprising as well as emotionally upsetting for the reader and you know that its definitely a book that is going to garner a reaction. Great stuff.

Gets Better and Better
I must admit i was not a big fan of the previous Sookie book as it had a bad plot and did not fit well but this one my oh my. I loved this one and could not put it down with this book i am hopeing it will be a new start for sookie as i did not like Bill in the first place. This book shows how good a writer Chairlaine is and that Stackhouse is still going strong after ten books personnally i was getting a little tired of sookie's life always in danger and her gettin beaten up in almost everybook with this one it goes at a nice slow pace that still maneges to draw you in to her world and never want to leave i do hope we see more of Hunter and my New fav character Claude in later books but this is a highly recommended read to any sookie fan out there

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