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Nabaza.net-The MarketPlace - Living Dead in Dallas (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 2)
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List Price: $7.99
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Manufacturer: Ace Books
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780441009237
ISBN: 0441009239
Label: Ace Books
Manufacturer: Ace Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 291
Publication Date: 2002-03-26
Publisher: Ace Books
Release Date: 2002-03-26
Studio: Ace Books
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When a vampire asks Sookie Stackhouse to use her telepathic skills to find another missing vampire, she agrees under one condition: the bloodsuckers must promise to let the humans go unharmed.
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Summary: Blue-collar romance/thriller with a healthy dash of horror
Comment: It's been a few years since I read Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 1), the entertaining first book in Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series, but Living Dead in Dallas works quite well as a standalone novel, with Harris weaving the key points of her background story seamlessly into the fabric of this fast-paced sequel that's more violent than I remember the first one being. Equal parts romance and thriller, with a liberal dash of horror, Harris makes it work on the strength of Sookie's appealing character, a blue collar, no-nonsense Southern gal who defies most stereotypes while knowingly indulging in others when it suits her purposes...and who also happens to be a telepath in a world where vampires live openly among the living, and werewolves and other supernatural creatures exist in the shadows. There's actually two unconnected stories here, but together they nicely flesh out Sookie's world and set the stage for what should be a long-running series, not just novels, but the upcoming HBO show, too.
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Summary: This was terrible..
Comment: How many supernatural creatures does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Seriously though, how much plot fodder can you stuff into this book? I enjoyed the first book about half/half, with hopes that the second would be more connecting. It's not. It's the complete opposite. I struggled so bad to finish it.
For a small time waitress to be waiting to meet a vampire, she sure is flippant when it comes to love. I was so confused when it seems like the love of her life and the one she gave up her precious virginity too, Bill, took a somewhat sort of back seat and her boss stepped on up in the first couple of pages and laid the love down on her. It's pathetic. She even goes on to say "Gosh, its a terrible thing to date your boss!"
Instead of something like "Don't touch me again" or "Not interested?"
Then we realize that there's some sort of mythical creature (I don't care to remember the name, that's how important it was) another telepath, more shape shifters, and werewolves.
Oh, and lets not forget the murder that happened, and right after she skips town with a vampire. Wouldn't that look suspicious to anyone? Anyone? Guess not.
In conclusion, don't waste your time on this.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Sookie Stackhouse is at it again
Comment: How much more danger and adventure can Sookie Stackhouse get into?? Apparently quite a bit! I'm not sure I enjoyed this book quite as much as the first one, Dead Until Dark, but it still was entertaining. The whole issue with the fanatical fellowship was really interesting, and was left a little open for further mention in other books. I did feel that the murder that occured in Bon Temps was wraped up too quickly and not really given much development. I also didn't think the introduction of the maenad was very developed as well, but hopefully that will be brought up in future books. Despite these flaws, I'm just loving Sookie and Bill and all the other characters and am looking foward to reading the rest of the series.
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Summary: So-so
Comment: Better than the first, but still nothing exceptional. At best, Harris seems to be a developing author in this book. At worst, she's just bad
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Summary: Maenads and Vampires and Fanatics, oh my!
Comment: Okay, not as good as the first book in the series, I admit. Still, a pretty good story. Plenty of action, and the romance was toned down a bit, so it didn't so much distract from the main storyline. I know, I know, plenty of people like those bits, but I like my supernatural stories to be just that, I suppose. Some tension, maybe (I do like the interaction between Sookie and Sam!) but not the nitty-gritty details in all their glory. There are other genres of books for that!
My main problem with this book is that there seemed to be far too much going on for so short a story. There were two main storylines, and the Bon Temps murder took a back-seat to the Dallas Fellowship storyline, plus there was the whole Maenad bit tossed in, as well. This would have been fine if the book was long enough to fully develop all of them, but while the Fellowship story arc was given enough time to properly develop and 'mature', as it were, I though the Bon Temps murder was rushed and hurried, and wrapped up far too quickly, and the Maenad bit seemed, in the end, to be just a convenient plot device. The classic two-minute sitcom ending where everything just comes together. In reality, there was enough material to fill two books of this size. Okay, at least one and a half, depending on how many twists and turns you wanted to put into the murder.
Still, the characters (especially the development of Eric as a character) and the dialogue nudge the rating up to four, since I'd give them a five but the storyline a three. It's enough to keep me eagerly reading the series, so that's about the best an author can hope for! I'd recommend this series to any vampire aficionado, as long as they can tolerate the rather liberal application of romance.
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