Dead until dark

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• Dead Until Dark Dead Until Dark

  I hate to pick up a book with great anticipation only to be totally disappointed all the way through. To be fair and truthful, I admit that I have not seen a single episode of True Blood on HBO. Or perhaps the problem is that I was expecting somethin ... (read full critics)

  sfsite published on Wed, 17 Nov 2010

• Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris - Review by Waterstone's Books Quarterly Online

  Sookie Stackhouse mostly keeps herself to herself. But when she meets Bill, sparks fly. Sookie can read minds, but with Bill she has met her ideal man; she hears only silence. But there’s trouble: he’s a vampire, and her town harbours a serial killer ... (read full critics)

  wbqonline published on Wed, 29 Sep 2010

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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

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  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

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  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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  Dead Until Dark

  This reminded me quite a bit of the Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake books but with a country-fried flare. There were times I absolutely loved the character of Sookie and found her much easier to relate to. However there were also times when the character rang false (hence the 4 star rating).

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  Readingrat said on Dec 4, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  So after watching the HBO series I was very interested in the actual novel series. I think HBO did an awesome job translating this novel into a tv series. For the most part is basically a word for word account with Sookie and Bill. The story how it happens in the show is more or less how it was orig ... (continue)

  So after watching the HBO series I was very interested in the actual novel series. I think HBO did an awesome job translating this novel into a tv series. For the most part is basically a word for word account with Sookie and Bill. The story how it happens in the show is more or less how it was originally written. There are very little differences in how Harris wrote the story and how it is play out on tv. A few main characters from the tv series do not appear in the novel and other character accounts are not completely spoken for. I think that with the show you can have so many story lines and I like that they are the same story lines Harris mentions throughout her story and the show just details them more but it all just fits. I wish this could have been displayed in with the Twilight movie but the I suppose Tru Blood has a little more room to be come detailed with it being a tv show.

  All in all I think this is a great novel and tv show. If you like vampires I think you will like how they are shown in this series.

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  Cherrygeli said on Nov 4, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  Similar to True Blood but different

  I just want to start off by saying I love True Blood. I thought this book was going to be verbatim to the first season of True Blood and there were times that it was just like it but there were a lot of differences here and there. For one you were reading for her view point the entire time so you ... (continue)

  I just want to start off by saying I love True Blood. I thought this book was going to be verbatim to the first season of True Blood and there were times that it was just like it but there were a lot of differences here and there. For one you were reading for her view point the entire time so you couldn't see anything that was happening to anyone else unless it was happening in front of her.

  There were quite a few characters missing but from what I understand some of them are in the next ones. Also there was a vampire who never made it to the show, I don't know why.

  I loved this book and I already plan on buying the 2nd and then every one after that every month until I have read all 10. I want to spread it out over 10 months.

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  Xanapus said on Sep 9, 2010 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Mass Market Paperback 336 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0575089369
• ISBN-13: 9780575089365
• Pub date: Jun 11, 2009
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