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From Dead to Worse: A True Blood Novel
by: Charlaine Harris

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 1 to 4 weeks Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780575083943
ISBN: 0575083948
Label: Gollancz
Manufacturer: Gollancz
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: June 19, 2008
Publisher: Gollancz
Studio: Gollancz
Sales Rank: 5617

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- A disappointed reader
I had been anticipating the release of this book and thought it could not fail to deliver......i was very wrong. I am a huge fan of Charlaine Harris' previous books, but wish i'd saved my money on this book. There seems to be no real storyline throughout the entire book, i kept expecting a gripping story to start at any time but no joy! If you haven't read any of the previous Sookie Stackhouse books, if you can't afford to buy the entire series, don't worry, just buy this book, the author seems to have used this book as an excuse to detail all the other books, it was so repetative, it was ridiculous. when reading a series, it is essential sometimes to re-iterate what has previously happened to some degree, but this was just an excuse to make ... Read More:

Rating:

- 3.5 stars - Too much happening
First Sentence: If this was "The Lord of the Rings" and I had a smart British voice like Cate Blanchett, I could tell you the background of the events of that fall in a really suspenseful way.

Bartender and telepath Sookie Stackhouse is both angry and missing her waretiger boyfriend, Quinn, who went missing after the explosion at the vampire summit. The two leaders of the wares have issues of their own as their women are being targeted and killed.

With New Orleans and southern Louisiana still trying to recover from Katrina, there are serious changes in the vampire community as well. Sookie's life takes an unexpected turn when she meets her great-grandfather, Niall.

There was a lot happening in this ... Read More:

Rating:

- I still enjoyed this
Yes, I enjoyed this instalment in the Sookie Stackhouse series. I adore the small town atmosphere combined with a parallel realistic supernatural world. However, I didn't enjoy this book as much as I feel I should have done. I don't want to give anything away (I get a wee bit frustrated by spoilers and when I'm scrolling down reviews it can be hard for my eye not to catch something) - I'll just say that to me Sookie seems to be getting more selfish: the Quinn section of the story seems half baked and self absorbed (on Sookie's part) and seeing as things happen that allow Sookie to be given 'favours' by the powerful then if she'd wanted she could have helped Quinn and others. Even Sookie admits her reaction to her long lost relative comes over ... Read More:

Rating:

- Oh how I loved this
I must say that for me this series and this character keeps on getting better. Despite the authors best efforts you can't really read these out of sequence so for anyone contemplating the author, start at the beginning.

Sookies relationship with Quinn and with Eric takes some intriguing turns, her relationship with the supernatural community is deepening and she finds out some family information that I think will take us lucky readers in some new directions. Amelia is becoming one of my new favourite characters and we get to meet her dad which is enlightening!

This book is both a great story on its own and promises some great next installments- Just wish she would write a bit faster!

Rating:

- Entertaining but maybe not the best of the series: **Spoilers**
Before this book was released in the Uk I had a look at the Amazon USA reviews of it and too be honest the majority of them thought it was poor compared to the others.

I did enjoy it but have to agree with the others in saying that Harris was tying up loose ends here by writing characters out and putting final stops on any unfinished storylines.

Didn't like the way she wrote Quinn out, wasn't staying true to their relationship in previous books.
Bill is trying to get Sookie to love him again but the way Harris wrote it looks like that is not going to happen,
Eric is a main influence throughout the book and it looks like it could be moving towards a more permanent fixture in Sookies world.

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