Greg reviewed Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris (Southern Vampire Mysteries, #2)
None
1 star
Why did I even think this was a good idea
Absolute garbage
Why
Paperback
English language
Published Aug. 18, 2004
Living Dead in Dallas is the second book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries. This second novel follows the adventures of telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse of Bon Temps, Louisiana, as she is employed by Dallas vampires to use her telepathy to help find their lost companion. Sookie agrees to help investigate the whereabouts of the missing vampire on one condition: any humans found to be involved must be turned over to human law enforcement rather than subjected to vampire justice. In Dallas Sookie Stackhouse has her first encounter with the anti-vampire organization "The Fellowship of the Sun," as well as meeting and learning of the existence of werewolves.
Living Dead in Dallas is the second book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries. This second novel follows the adventures of telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse of Bon Temps, Louisiana, as she is employed by Dallas vampires to use her telepathy to help find their lost companion. Sookie agrees to help investigate the whereabouts of the missing vampire on one condition: any humans found to be involved must be turned over to human law enforcement rather than subjected to vampire justice. In Dallas Sookie Stackhouse has her first encounter with the anti-vampire organization "The Fellowship of the Sun," as well as meeting and learning of the existence of werewolves.
fiainros reviewed Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris (Southern Vampire Mysteries, #2)
Review of 'Living Dead in Dallas' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
This particular one did not seem very mysterious. There were sort of two mysteries - who had murdered Lafayette and who had kidnapped Farrell. Neither were particularly mysterious because just as you were getting clues to whodunit, Sookie out and out heard the answer. Then there is the romance side-plot with Bill.
Again, easy fun little read. This one was definitely not as good as the first.
Wetdryvac reviewed Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris (Southern Vampire Mysteries, #2)
Review of 'Living Dead in Dallas' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Decent Fluff.
Angela Korra'ti reviewed Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris (Southern Vampire Mysteries, #2)
None
4 stars
Sookie Stackhouse #2, Living Dead in Dallas, is somewhat oddly structured: a main plot with a side plot acting as bookends. Which is a bit weird for me as a reader, since I actually liked the bookend plot better than the main one!
The main plot has Sookie being called upon to head to Dallas along with her vampire lover Bill in order to investigate the disappearance of a vampire there. Here, the points of interest are the introduction of the Fellowship of the Sun as a plot point--and the first rumblings that all may not be cozy between Sookie and Bill as she hopes. The side plot has the lamentably quick death of a character given much more life and interest by the TV show, with so little focus on it and on the sordid secrets of several denizens of Bon Temps that it's difficult to get much …
Sookie Stackhouse #2, Living Dead in Dallas, is somewhat oddly structured: a main plot with a side plot acting as bookends. Which is a bit weird for me as a reader, since I actually liked the bookend plot better than the main one!
The main plot has Sookie being called upon to head to Dallas along with her vampire lover Bill in order to investigate the disappearance of a vampire there. Here, the points of interest are the introduction of the Fellowship of the Sun as a plot point--and the first rumblings that all may not be cozy between Sookie and Bill as she hopes. The side plot has the lamentably quick death of a character given much more life and interest by the TV show, with so little focus on it and on the sordid secrets of several denizens of Bon Temps that it's difficult to get much emotional investment in that part of the plot.
For me, the real high point of this book is the ramping up of Sookie's interactions with Eric, Bill's superior in the vampire power structure. He's delightfully straightforward in his lust for Sookie, and yet at the same time delightfully devious in how he maneuvers her into getting what he wants. I've always found him a more entertaining character than Bill, and it was fun to go back and re-read this book on the strength of Eric's participation in it alone. Three and a half stars.
