Dead as a Doornail

This entire series is an excellent read, also on HBO as True Blood, I never miss a charlaine Harris book this is hands down the best series, along with Diana Gabaldon as my favorite author of all time, I read every day, I’d rather read than eat at times so after hundreds of books in the past 55 years,vi recommend this author highly!!!! It’s from a female perspectives, mutual I’ve seen men read it also!:thank you Ms. Harris for the great read! Give us some more about our favorite characters from HON TEMP

***Contains Spoliers*** Sookie. Sookie. Sookie is always in the crosshairs of nearly escaping death and in this book their is no exception. Good takes off rapidly with Sookie escaping a a terrible fire due to her fairy God-Mother, she escapes with her life but losing what she prizes most her home. Temporarily while her home is being built we meet a few new characters one main!y being a new bar tender that works for Eric who is decade as looking like Captain Hook sans the missing hand. Between the new characters and our heroine Sookie, her love life is becoming even more complicated, she is now desired by vampires, Shape shifters: panthers, werewolves, and a tiger.

A lot happens in each book. The story stays fast paced and the secondary characters are interesting. I wish we were less in Sookies musings all the time because theyre so often repetitive, and the dialogue is few and far between. My favorite scenes involve Eric. Ive gotten to the point where the story no longer aligned with the TV series. Must keep reading to find out what happens.

Charlaine Harris is an average writer, but a first class story teller, loves conflict, and great at personal insights into the life of a courting female. These are facts which have been proven over and over again throughout this series. This book, however, comes down to a poorly executed formula which has worked until now.

The four major parts of a Sookie Stackhouse novel include 1) World creation. New info on “Supes” or supernatural beings. Sometimes she introduces a new supernatural creature, while sometimes, she provides more detail on existing supernaturals. 2) Mystery. Strangulations. Abductions. Torture. Missing Persons. Shootings. Something to keep your attention if the rest of the book fails. 3) Romance. Boy Next Door, Rebound Boy, Amnesiac Lover. Take your pick. 4) Action. Sookie is always in the middle of the action, getting beat up, staked, shot and stabbed.

***Spoilers***

“Dead as a Doornail” starts out with a fairly uninteresting premise, and continues on with a fairly uninteresting story. A sniper is attacking the were community. Several people have ben shot, including Sam, and one has been killed. Oh, and then Sookie’s house is burned down, and Sookie is saved by her fairy friends. The pirate/bartender vampire who Sookie is keeping at her house claims to have killed the guy who set the fire, but the guy doesn’t really seem like the culprit.

The problem with this story besides being trite is that the story introduces two new characters (bartender and Tara’s creepy boyfriend) who turn out to be the two new bad guys. Neither character had much time to develop, and you really had every reason to be suspicious of them. The other bad “gal” (the cook) was introduced in the previous book, and again little development. As the story develops, the cook is revealed to be an ex-stripper (gads! a reason not to like her) and the pirate doesn’t turn into a legitimate love interest (why I have no idea) so we emotionally keep our distance from all of them.

The dual story (or sub plot if you prefer) in this book details the silly way that Were’s decide who is packmaster. It’s a silly Were olympics contest which in this case includes (GASP!) cheating! The character you root for is one you really don’t know (another character’s father) so you really aren’t emotionally involved. Then Sookie’s telepathy exposes the cheating. The twist comes when the revealing of the cheating results in things getting easier for the cheater, and requiring the final fight to be a fight to the death. This is somewhat nonsensical, but it makes things more interesting, especially when the only one you could root for is killed.

In the end, you have read several non-emotionally involved stories which might help set up future books to be more interesting. A necessary evil on the road from A to B.

This book is Sookie without much world building. This books is Sookie with a somewhat uninteresting mystery. This book is Sookie without any real romance. This book is Sookie with very little action.

This is a dull drab book with good old relatable Sookie. But dull and drab nonetheless.

Neutral recommendation.

Sookie and Jason are on edge just waiting to see if Jason makes a change at the full moon. Sookie is not used to having so many men want her. Bill will always care for her and Eric has seemed to always stay interested, Alcide likes Sookie so much he’s ready for a committed relationship, Calvin is trying very hard to court Sookie but she just can’t imagine living in Hotshot even if she thinks highly of Calvin, and………..Even with all of these men wanting her, Sookie is currently single.

It seems a new evil has once again come to town because there have been multiple people shot. With no leads and not much evidence everyone is wondering who this shooter could be. During all of this drama and attention from so many men, Sookie is now friend to the pack and so she attends first the burial of a very important were. It seems as though Sookie will never have time to rest for there is an upcoming ritual to determine who will be the new pack leader of the pack Alcide is part of. It is very competitive and ritualized and Sookie feels a little fear but also a little awe for seeing an event that takes place so rarely. Again, the book ends with Sookie a few seconds from death and a kiss with one of her many beaus…..I’ve enjoyed the book thoroughly.

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