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Dead as a Doornail

Southern Vampire Mysteries 5

By Charlaine Harris

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| Hardcover | 9780441012794

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When Sookie's brother Jason's eyes start to change, she knows he's about to turn into a were-panther for the first time. But her concern becomes cold fear when a sniper sets his deadly sights on the local changeling population-and Jason's new panther brethren suspect he may be the shooter. Now, SookContinue

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The Best Reviews: Charlaine Harris, Dead as a Doornail

"Charlaine Harris has created a charming, beguiling and sometimes unsafe alternate Earth" When the Japanese invented synthetic blood, the vampires came out of the closet and mankind had to learn to co- exist with another species. Sookie Stackhouse, c ... (read full critics)

thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

Dead as a Doornail

Dead as a Doornail Dead as a Doornail is book five in the Southern Vampire series told in the first-person by telepathic small-town Louisiana bar waitress Sookie Stackhouse. I've enjoyed all the books in this series and am happy to report that Dead a ... (read full critics)

likesbooks published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

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Bloody Filler

I don't know if Ms. Harris was a little tired after all the effort she put into the first 4 books but book 5 in the Stackhouse series reads like a drawn out afterthought; a little nonsensical and very often dull. In Doornail there is a sniper on the loose taking out members of the supernatural world ... (continue)

I don't know if Ms. Harris was a little tired after all the effort she put into the first 4 books but book 5 in the Stackhouse series reads like a drawn out afterthought; a little nonsensical and very often dull. In Doornail there is a sniper on the loose taking out members of the supernatural world. Sookie endures the usual litany of sticky situations and mortal injuries but this time around the story is extremely diluted with pointless commentary and insufferable podunk metaphors ("my face burned like a pack of fire ants"). Cue the banjo.
Furthermore, this book is somewhat hard to follow. Many of the pivotal characters are people/things that have never before been referenced and there are times when the dialogue is completely without context; "I turned to Maryelizabeth and her daughter and thanked them for the glass of water. Maryelizabeth gave me a hostile look and said to her daughter `We should've never sent you to school'". What? What does that have to do with anything? I very often read after I've had a couple (six) glasses of wine but I have a pretty good recollection of the major action items in this story and Maryelizabeth's daughter's education had nothing to do with anything and while we're at it, who the hell is Maryelizabeth?
I mean, I'm going to continue reading the series (if anything it makes the HBO series more fun to watch) but I sincerely hope later stories have a little more umph.

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ReadingQueen 12/17 said on Aug 10, 2010 about the Paperback edition | 1 feedback

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" You can take the man out of the Viking era, but you can't take the Viking out of the man "

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Katiuzzolaa said on Apr 6, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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I think all of her books are quite good as in plot but when it comes to editing...i am quite sure she would be better of hiring someone else. So many mistakes an international book shouldn't have. Like Presents the came from birthday and then the next book she says it was for Christmas. I'm reading ... (continue)

I think all of her books are quite good as in plot but when it comes to editing...i am quite sure she would be better of hiring someone else. So many mistakes an international book shouldn't have. Like Presents the came from birthday and then the next book she says it was for Christmas. I'm reading them at a pace of one a day....and i get frustrated when she contradict herself.

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Sgrufoletta said on Aug 24, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

A bit dissapointing

When I had this book on my hands and started to read it, I thought it was going to be the best of Sookie Stackhouse series. Despite of all the good opinions and anything else, I was totally wrong.
In my opinion, and among the first and the fourth book, Club Dead was the most boring and uninteresti ... (continue)

When I had this book on my hands and started to read it, I thought it was going to be the best of Sookie Stackhouse series. Despite of all the good opinions and anything else, I was totally wrong.
In my opinion, and among the first and the fourth book, Club Dead was the most boring and uninteresting book. In Dead to The World, the thing and the story in general had improved. But now... What the hell! Mrs. Harris could've written something so much better. She'd created a very structured story 'till the fouth book, but now I'm wondering: What happened?
A third of the book is based on the story, the rest is just PAGES and PAGES of ordinary stuff. And the reunion on the end of the book was so null...
Something's telling me "Definitely Dead" is even more boring than this book. I will read it anyways...

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Tinta electrónica said on Jun 5, 2011 about the eBook edition | Add your feedback

Not sure why I keep reading these! This one was the worst so far, but I probably will continue to indulge. :)

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Rasberry Amanda said on May 14, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

I can't understand why i look forward to reading this series when the plot is not exceptional, and the characters are so out of the world (not just literally)!

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The Underdog said on Feb 28, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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Hardcover 304 Pages
ISBN-10: 0441012795
ISBN-13: 9780441012794
Publisher: Ace Books
Pub date: May 03, 2005
Dimensions: 1355 mm x 839 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
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