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Your Rating:. Your Comment:. This makes no particular sense, but it does allow Sookie to identify some obvious traitors to the pack, before she and Jason leave in order that Jason not witness the murder of two attractive girls.
At any rate, this episode is very dull and only interested me insofar as it left me wondering how Sookie can take mind-altering substances but still recall and recount events with exactly the same clarity, detail and tedium as always. Then everyone goes home to bed. Worst New Character Names Dr. Most Naively Patriotic Statement. Annoyingly, Sookie spends the entirety of this book going on about some vampire she wants murdered, presumably in the hope someone else will do this for her.
Sadly absolutely no progress is made regarding this murder, so I can only assume it will be the main plot force of the next book. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions.
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Return to Book Page. Preview — Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris. It's all about family Sookie Stackhouse is dealing with a whole host of family problems, ranging from her own kin a non-human fairy and a telepathic second cousin demanding a place in her life, to her lover Eric's vampire sire, an ancient being who arrives with Eric's 'brother' in tow at a most inopportune moment.
And Sookie's tracking down a distant relation of her a It's all about family And Sookie's tracking down a distant relation of her ailing neighbour and ex , Vampire Bill Compton. In addition to the multitude of family issues complicating her life, the werewolf pack of Shreveport has asked Sookie for a special favour, and since Sookie is an obliging young woman, she agrees. But this favour for the wolves has dire results for Sookie, who is still recovering from the trauma of her abduction during the Fairy War.
Get A Copy. Hardcover , First Edition , pages. More Details Original Title. Sookie Stackhouse Bon Temps, Louisiana United States. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Dead in the Family , please sign up. I like the way the relations come into the story, I am a newbie to the series and will read the first in the series, Dead until Dark, in December.
What did you think about the relationships in this one? George That they were interesting, and bound to complicate things further on. See 1 question about Dead in the Family…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters.
Sort order. Start your review of Dead in the Family Sookie Stackhouse, Aug 01, Jayson rated it liked it Shelves: read-in , genre-gothic , genre-mystery , genre-adult-fantasy , genre-romance , genre-small-town , author-american , pp , subject-vampires. View all 10 comments. May 08, Juicy Fruit rated it did not like it Shelves: awful , vampires.
That is, inconsistent with the other books. There are just so many things that make dubious sense in a way too short book, which doesn't even take advantage of the subplots and just lets them rot and eventually spoil the book.
Not to mention that the actual plot was such a mess. Weak, really. Not a chance of any tension build-up. I am also very bothered by the logic, which, for the most part is nonexistent. The love scenes could have been a bit interesting, with Sookie's issues and stuff. But everything was "repaired" out of the nowhere and for no apparent good reason, leaving us "wtf?
First of all, Eric becomes just a love-blinded version of his old viking self, this time, being entirely unbespelled. It is really hard to believe his sudden transformation, given that lately he has not been through any traumatising, life-changing experience that could perhaps explain it. Why the sudden change in personality? There is no trace of the yummy, juicy character he was.
I am having trouble imagining Alexandr Skarsgard portraying this Eric. Secondly, I feel that Sam was just shut from Sookie's universe. He basically had no impact in the plot whatsoever and he was just a filler character. Why then did Sookie go to dinner with him?
Just to fill some pages? I was expecting some event taking place or something that might effect the novel in any way. Unfortunately, this book completely ignored Sam, even if it set the background for, perhaps, a more interesting role of him in a future book. Thirdly, the thing with Bill had so much potential which was just wasted. Why did Bill need her help in sending a bloody email? If all that subplot could be solved with just an email, why did Harris go through the trouble of even including it?
I think it was very wrong of her not to dwell on this more. We just get the impression that Sookie sends and e-mail and then BAM, Bill is better and possibly, on with his sister - which of course, doesn't make sense given Bill's actions in the previous books, but I am sure that the writer will arrange for those two to get together.
It was really disappointing that the Bill issue was solved in 5 lines and not given more attention in a book so short, which definitely had enough space for more development in this part.
It is just illogic on so many levels!!! Why was Dermot put a spell on by Niall? And if so, why was he still against the good side in the war? If now he suddenly loved his family, how come he was against them. Why was the spell broken so easily? I am not referring to the actual way, but to the fact it took her 2 seconds to figure it out.
Again, the book was so short and unsatisfying that this could have been easily exploited and developed. And why the fudge did they all end up in bed, like family? I am seriously expecting to see Michael Jackson as vampire in the next book.
Maybe Princess Diana too. Hm, who else? Let me think. Maybe Napoleon? Vlad the Impaler? Jimi Hendrix? Cliff Burton? Julius Caesar? William Wallace? Kurt Cobain? I am looking forward to see who will get the chance to be resurrected as a vampire. As to the actual plot, it was pretty much non-existent as well. No tension build-up at all because you don't know what the conflict is - oh, wait, there is none, except a fabricated one in the last 20 pages.
Which of course, unravels with the speed of light and burns down equally fast. And why was a year old vampire stronger than both a bad ass Viking and a creepy Roman??? The were-wolf part was out of the nowhere as well. In the future, I expect more sub-plot development and a more substantial main plot, with an actual tension build up.
The love scenes were quite crappy too! View all 32 comments. Dec 21, Stacy rated it really liked it. It is fun, never boring, filled with entertaining mysteries and is often quite humorous…and other things I am too prudish to write.
The book starts off with a very morose Sookie, but who can blame her after being tortured, physically and mentally? Slowly, and thankfully, Sookie does return to her Sookie self. Just in time really, because all her friends are having family issues and Sookie being Sookie, she is there to help. Oh, and there is a mystery of the new corpse on her land. FBI Agent Lattesta. Normally, I would hate this.
I think it is a trashy car, but it really fits the bill though. Here are some things that I noticed in the book, in no particular order. Jason seems to have majorly matured since the last book, he even gives Pam some blood.
Wonder what this will mean in the next book? Talking about blood exchange, there was none going on between Sookie and Eric, hmmm. The whole Alexei thing was creepy, due to his age. CH did explain it well, but I still found it gross. I can only think this is a set-up for the next book or so.
Has he been spying on her? Overall, I think I expected too much from this book. I mean I really liked it. It was just not the best one in the series think book 4. View all 13 comments. Dec 13, Mrs. Badass rated it liked it. Disappointing to say the least. The whole book was rather boring. There were a few interesting parts, but overall, I skimmed a lot because it didn't add to the plot or story, and I was very irritated with the lack of Eric and Sookie.
It seemed like Harris is trying to tell us they won't end up together. With Eric's Maker telling Sookie that she'll never keep Eric, with Bill confessing more, with Alcide confessing more, With Eric being absent a lot, and no communication with Sookie for days at at Disappointing to say the least. With Eric's Maker telling Sookie that she'll never keep Eric, with Bill confessing more, with Alcide confessing more, With Eric being absent a lot, and no communication with Sookie for days at at time.
I don't know, I feel rather cheated with this book. The last few books have felt like major filler books, to pass the time and make money, but not really developing anything new in Sookie land. The fae stuff was 'interesting' but View all 27 comments. Sep 06, Shannon rated it liked it Shelves: fairies , vampires , shifters , urban-fantasy , bought , novels , owned , , werewolves.
I'm not exactly sure how I felt about this one, it was just kind of meh. There were too many storylines going on and things were tied up way too neatly. I've also come to the realization that I like Sookie and Eric better when she's fighting her attraction to him. As a couple, they've kind of lost their appeal, which is weird, because he's always been my favorite pick for her.
I think Charlaine writes better sexual tension and conflict than actual sex scenes. The title of this installment is Hrm. The title of this installment is ridiculously accurate; the story revolves around almost every character's family.
It got to the point though that things started to get convoluted. We've got Sookie's two cousins, Eric's "brother" and his maker, Bill's family and his "sister," Tara's pregnancy, and Sam's problems with his family all thrown into the mix.
On top of that, people are calling for the Weres to be registered, and even though that storyline seemed like it should have taken precedence, it gets thrown by the wayside in favor of all the drama. This one was I saw that a lot of people thought it started off slow and boring, but I never felt that way.
It moves at a leisurely pace and Sookie isn't running from danger at every turn, but I was never bored. Maybe I was just happy to be with these characters again. This novel feels like filler for sure, but I wasn't completely disappointed by the storyline.
There were some interesting things that we finally have answers to, but I thought the main mystery was figured out too easily. Although, at this point it makes sense that Sookie can figure out things a little quicker now; she's got more experience and more resources to help her out.
There just wasn't that suspense and tension that I look for in Charlaine's books this time around though. Even though the main mystery was solved and many things were tied up neatly, some interesting new questions have been thrown into the mix at the end. I'm not completely disappointed with this book, but I really wish I didn't have to wait a year for the next one when this one was lacking that certain special something I've come to expect when I read her books.
Oh well, until next May! View all 7 comments. Dear Charlaine Harris, You can stop now. You have officially sucked all the life out of all of your characters and made them all eminently dislikable. I know this is your cash cow but, please, let Alan Ball take over for you and you can go and do Bake moon pies? Write Robert Pattinson fanfic? Hunt for the long-mythologized swamp weasel of South Carolina? Anything would be an improvement over you letting your imagination continue to run amok in Bo Dear Charlaine Harris, You can stop now.
Anything would be an improvement over you letting your imagination continue to run amok in Bon Temps. Instead you wanted to write 20 page scenes about taking Sookie's telepathic cousin to the park or the funeral of an incredibly minor character who you have only ever mentioned in passing before. Why should we care? I would have been better off watching this Snoop Dogg fan video again. In summation, you and I are through.
Please stop taunting me with your stupid ass book covers and ridiculous sex scenes. Best Wishes, Logan Mar 14, Jess the Shelf-Declared Bibliophile rated it liked it. Definitely not a nail biter, but an interesting enough plot, even if it didn't have the usual tension. May 04, Jennifer rated it liked it Shelves: After the last two books, I think I was expecting a little more from this book than what I got. Don't get me wrong, I liked the book and would've given it a 3. It was also very choppy, as if significant edits were made and you can see the After the last two books, I think I was expecting a little more from this book than what I got.
It was also very choppy, as if significant edits were made and you can see the lines where the plot was glued back together, but it doesn't come together cohesievely every time.
Finally, the poor introduction of new characters. Faces that had become so familiar over the last few books are gone one way or another Amelia, Octavia, Tray, Caludine, etc and new people beings? The character developement is weak at best and non-existent at worst. And seriously, Charlaine- no mention of what happened to Arlene after she tried to kill Sookie? Is she rotting in jail?
Did she get off scott-free? You mananged to make mention of things that happened five books ago and anyone familiar with the Sookie-verse would know it already, but you can't follow up with Arlene? But maybe I should just be happy that Sookie is wearing her hair up in a scrunchie anymore and you aren't mentioning it every chapter. Jason- finally growing up. Sookie- not being a vampire doormat.
I hope Harris takes some time off between this book and the next one and really thinks about where she's going with Sookie's story, and give it the thoughful attention it deserves. View all 14 comments. This book was not what I expected. I waited so long for it that I just wanted more of it. I mean after all the time it took to get published, the book could have been a bit longer. Home Dead in the Family. Read Dead in the Family online free. Author: Charlaine Harris.
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