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Dead Until Dark

Southern Vampire Mysteries 1

By Charlaine Harris, Sam Harris

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780441008537

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Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana, but she keeps to herself and doesn't date much because of her "disability" to read minds. When she meets Bill, Sookie can't hear a word he's thinking. He's the type of guy she's waited for all of her life, but he has a disability, tooContinue

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HBO's True Blood is funnier, wittier, sexier, better in any sense than the books it's inspired from. But the books are an easy and entertaining reading nonetheless.

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virinthesky said on Sep 10, 2010 | Add your feedback

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I read this after watching the series (unfortunately) but I still loved it. Charlaine Harris has really managed to capture a mysterious beauty in all of the main characters.

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Valentine said on Dec 31, 2009 | Add your feedback

Actually, "vampire" is not the topic that I am interested in. But I have to say, this book is really nice!
Even the topic of this book is vampire, but its not only talking about the bad part of vampire, but also talking about good relationship between human & vampire.
The words that author used i ... (continue)

Actually, "vampire" is not the topic that I am interested in. But I have to say, this book is really nice!
Even the topic of this book is vampire, but its not only talking about the bad part of vampire, but also talking about good relationship between human & vampire.
The words that author used in the book was not difficult, and I can image the picture of the story by author's writing. I am going to read more series about this book.

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Sandy Hsu said on May 30, 2012 | Add your feedback

Ten times better than Twilight...

I haven't watched any episodes of True Blood so this was completely new to me and wow I loved it! Twilight pales in comparison. This is a much more exciting love story with a lot more to the characters than Twilight. Maybe because its aimed at slightly older readers.
Sookie is a fantastic characte ... (continue)

I haven't watched any episodes of True Blood so this was completely new to me and wow I loved it! Twilight pales in comparison. This is a much more exciting love story with a lot more to the characters than Twilight. Maybe because its aimed at slightly older readers.
Sookie is a fantastic character and I really love Bill, he's so much more appealing than Edward! Enough comparisons with Twilight though as this is so much better there isn't even anything worth comparing. The vampires are as vampires should be, scary, sexy and all have an evil streak!
Will be buying the following books as soon as I can get to a bookstore!!

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Lauraolsthoorn said on Feb 25, 2012 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Well. The good of this book is that it gave us a great TV series.
Unfortunately, while the story has some good turns, the writing is pretty pedestrian and Book Sookie, being the narrator, manages to be even more annoying than TV Sookie at her worst.
Harris also seems compelled to informs us in detai ... (continue)

Well. The good of this book is that it gave us a great TV series.
Unfortunately, while the story has some good turns, the writing is pretty pedestrian and Book Sookie, being the narrator, manages to be even more annoying than TV Sookie at her worst.
Harris also seems compelled to informs us in detail every few pages of what her main character is wearing, something that seems kinda baffling once you realize she has the fashion sense of a flamingo thrown into the Sixth Doctor's wardrobe.
Just stick with True Blood and you'll be fine.

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Ian Atrus said on Aug 26, 2011 | Add your feedback

This is the first book of the "Southern Vampire Mysteries" and I did not enjoy it.
Luckily the first one that I read was the third of the series, which is nice and funny. Had I read "Dead Until Dark" in the first place, I would not even have bothered with the following stories!
My suggestion? Sk ... (continue)

This is the first book of the "Southern Vampire Mysteries" and I did not enjoy it.
Luckily the first one that I read was the third of the series, which is nice and funny. Had I read "Dead Until Dark" in the first place, I would not even have bothered with the following stories!
My suggestion? Skip the first two books and enjoy the rest. Oh, and forget about the TV series- quite horrible.

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Chiara L'Onironauta said on Mar 6, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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English Books
Mass Market Paperback 304 Pages
ISBN-10: 0441008534
ISBN-13: 9780441008537
Publisher: Ace
Pub date: May 01, 2001
Dimensions: 1097 mm x 710 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
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