Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 9)
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781597229876
Feature: ISBN13: 9781597229876
Format: Large Print
ISBN: 1597229873
Label: Wheeler Publishing
Manufacturer: Wheeler Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 393
Publication Date: 2009-05-07
Publisher: Wheeler Publishing
Studio: Wheeler Publishing
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ISBN13: 9781597229876
Condition: New
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Summary: overpriced and underwritten sequel.
Comment: This is a weak sequel that was written for the bucks,only read this if you are a fan who would read Charlaine's doodles. You can also get this book 1$ cheaper at walmarts,the book publishers are over-charging you for a book that needs to be neithor printed or shipped.
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Summary: Very good!
Comment: This was in good condition and came fairly quickly. I am very glad to have been able to buy this book online!
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Summary: A good read, with some reservations.....
Comment: After coming down from "Dead to Worse", I was in full hopes when I began reading "Dead & Gone". Harris is now focusing on the fae situation, and we get to see more of her great-grandfather. But what puzzles me how this fairy war makes absolutely no sense! I guess it was created to have Sookie run for life...yet again. The part concerning Arlene was really sad, and intense. Since she's been a member of FoS, everything she does is bigot-motivated. Quinn proved that he was a nutbag physico. If BILL hadn't shown up, he probably would have kill Sookie! This was a good book, and I got through it faster than the others. What made me roll my eyes every time I read it was the blood bond between Sookie and Eric. And this pledging crap? I thought that was truly a weak plotline, for sure. She's so hot for him, and yet she denies herself. So finally they let nature takes its course and I can't understand how she simply likes Eric. The Eric in this book is so flat, and unloving. He never tells her he loves her, but quickly states, "She's mine" like she's a piece of property. I think the blood bond is only used for Eric's convenience. It's really not about love- it's about control. Having a hold on a person, so they would never sway. Loyalty is very important to Eric; and to have first dibs on fairy blood is a plus for him. Poor Sookie is so drawn into it- and others around her are truly disappointed (Sam, Bill, Amelia). One thing that sticks out in this book how BILL comes to save her, every time. In the climatic ending, BILL makes the last stand, professing his love for her (as always) with Eric right in the room. I'm sure Eric had his reasons why he didn't come to save her first (he'll just tell her he told Bill to save her for him, guh!), but he's her lover...or whatever; he should have been there first. And to read that in that way confirmed what I knew all along. Sookie is an afterthought to Eric. He will always be an opportunitist; and he won't go rushing into battle for some dame. Overall, the book was done quite well. Never a boring moment and it held my attention. I'm looking forward to the paperback of "Dead in the family"...there's no way I'm going to buy it in hardback!
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Summary: Has the series jumped the shark?
Comment: ** I don't think anything here counts as a spoiler, but you may want to think twice about reading this, if you haven't read the book yet **
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In a nutshell
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There are three main threads to the story; The weres and shapeshifters of the world come out of the closet so to speak, but shortly after this one of them is brutally murdered.
Was it a hate crime against weres? Did someone bump them off for another reason, and if so, what reason? Naturally Sookie decides to involve herself with the case and try to use her mind-reading abilities to identify the murderer [because all of the events in the previous books didn't teach her not to stick her nose in where it doesn't belong].
Oh yeah; And the 'hidden from the human world' fey are at war in their own world and it spills over into our world, as they fight over if they should close the portal to the human world, or leave it open.
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My opinion
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On one level I did enjoy DEAD AND GONE as it was just as totally addictive, sit-up-all-night-to-finish-it as the earlier books in the series, but afterwards I had misgivings that niggled away at me, so I'm airing them here. Maybe it's only because I know what standards Charlaine is capable of that stops me from totally enjoying DEAD AND GONE, and I would love it is a less experianced author wrote it...
First of all; The weres coming out should be as major as when the vamps did, but we hardly get a glimpse at the ruptions it would undoubtedly have caused around the world; We just get to skim though newspapers with Sookie and only see how it affects her and have a small side-story via Sam to learn about some of the fall-out. This should have had it's own book; s it is, it's just a waste.
Was anyone surprised at the who-did-it aspect? It was obvious and I became irritated at the characters for not figuring it out sooner.
The fey war is a story thread that we didn't really need. It mostly take's place behind the scenes and just serves to trim the character list down and add non-gripping 'will Sookie make it out of this one?' moments, when we all know full well she will as there's more books on the way.
Which nicely brings me to my main problem with the book: The number of characters cheerfully killed off in it and the way that another couple of characters decide to suddenly up and leave. It is fairly obvious Ms Harris has only done it to tidy up the character list to try to keep it similar to True Blood. However I've been a huge fan of 'The Southern Vampire Mysteries' [I don't care if they've re-packaged it as the 'True Blood' series] and the short stories for the seven years before True Blood started on TV, so the way the author is suddenly trying to reverse the years to bring the books and the programme into evenish balance is obvious to me. It totally ruins all of the character progressions they've made over the years.
Also; Nine books into the series and Sookie is still unsure of which love interest she wants?! In the books she's clearly always been favouring Eric, but all of a sudden she's back to going misty eyed over Bill, when his past actions in the books have been awful and completely unforgivable. If Sookie were a real person I'd lecture her on self respect. And then throttle her. Oh, and Quinn turns up for a grand total of one pointless scene, which adds nothing to the story.
While I'm ranting about pointless scenes; The author now feels the need to write Tara into a scene too, so she and Sookie can have a heart to heart. In the good ole 'The Southern Vampire Mysteries' days Tara was a rarely mentioned old school friend of Sookie's and was a very minor character, with no mention of an alcoholic mother. Now they're suddenly BFFs...
Customer Rating:
Summary: Another Great addition
Comment: I'm so hooked!!!! The book gets better and better with each chapter, with each book.
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Now an HBO original series, True Blood-the New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series continues.
Except for Sookie Stackhouse, folks in Bon Temps, Louisiana, know little about vamps-and nothing about weres.
Until now. The weres and shifters have finally decided to reveal their existence to the ordinary world. At first all goes well. Then the mutilated body of a were-panther is found near the bar where Sookie works-and she feels compelled to discover who, human or otherwise, did it.
But there's a far greater danger threatening Bon Temps. A race of unhuman beings-older, more powerful, and more secretive than vampires or werewolves-is preparing for war. And Sookie finds herself an all-too human pawn in their battle.
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