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Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 1)
by: Charlaine Harris

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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780441008537
ISBN: 0441008534
Label: Ace Books
Manufacturer: Ace Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 292
Publication Date: May 01, 2001
Publisher: Ace Books
Release Date: May 01, 2001
Sales Rank: 479
Studio: Ace Books

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Book Description:
Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. Until the vampire of her dreams walks into her life-and one of her coworkers checks out....

Maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend isn't such a bright idea.

A fun, fast, funny, and wonderfully intriguing blend of vampire and mystery that's hard to put down, and should not be missed. (Susan Sizemore)

Praise for Charlaine Harris:

Harris writes neatly and with assurance. (New York Times Book Review)

An author of rare talents. (Publishers Weekly)

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- A paranormal romance in disguise...
I had very high expectations coming into this one. I had just finished reading Harrison's Dead Witch Walking and was blown away, so I eagerly looked around for another paranormal fiction author. I settled on Dead Until Dark. The covers and titles seemed fun with a promising underlying plot. My last criteria that I researched through other readers of paranormal fiction was if it was a paranormal romance, and I was assured it was not.

Boy did I miss sorely on all accounts. Right away you realize Harris's writing style is not as deep or well constructed. She writes very simply, which in and of itself is not necessarily bad, not being able to describe anything with enough detail to evoke the imagination. When a vampire dies the only way she could describe his blood is by calling it "gunk". When Sookie gets mad she storms around (and for no apparent reason) and decides to, uh, dig a hole? I can't ... Read More

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- Good concept, bad everything else.
I don't think I have to rehash all of the storyline, starts with a well endowed blonde waitress named Sookie who meets the dream Vampire..Bill. (Snicker.)
Anyway straight to the point, as a beginning of a series it started off pretty interesting. The concept of vampires who are introduced into mainstream society. How they fit in, the reactions from the live social circles, and not to mention lots fights scenes and blood abound.
It started to get a bit fast paced and uneven plot wise during the ending. People started dropping off (for a small town they sure took multiple murders in stride), and a lot of the scenarios with her boss were a bit unbelievable. An okay beginning, but I'll be honest in saying this only got 3 starts because the next book was even worse.
It's skippable, and maybe with hope the t.v. series will come out more even.

Rating:

- Sneaky entry into the romance genre
I'd read an article about Alan Ball (the creator of "Six Feet Under") who's creating a series for HBO based on these novels. The concept of the vampires being mainstreamed into society and a protagonist who struggles with a telepathic disability (she can read minds but wishes she couldn't) was very intriguing, so I downloaded the book to my Kindle. The writing is certainly not literature, but it grabs you and pulls you along and makes for a very fast and amusing read.

I'm giving it only three stars because it turns into a romance novel and it's a bit trashy. There are quite a few sex scenes and they are prolonged and quite descriptive. I wouldn't quite call it porn, but it certainly made me uncomfortable. It's funny, too, because I think the main character, Sookie, would be embarrassed herself by the descriptions of what she would consider "private." It's also interesting that the author looks like ... Read More

Rating:

- First Book of this kind I've read!!
Grabs you from the beginning and you can't put it down! I have since ordered the rest of the series! Shared the first one with my friend and she is pushing me to finish the next book in the series because she can't wait to get her hands on it. Never read this venue before but this is a great book! Escapism I call it. Just poor fiction and gets your mind of the troubles of today! If you need a good read and plain old escape from life....this is your book!

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