| Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 10) |  | Author: Charlaine Harris
Publisher: Ace Hardcover
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0441018645
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780441018642
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Publication Date: May 4, 2010
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The #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series- the basis for HBO(r)'s True Blood-continues!
After enduring torture and the loss of loved ones during the brief but deadly Faery War, Sookie Stackhouse is hurt and she's angry. Just about the only bright spot in her life is the love she thinks she feels for vampire Eric Northman. But he's under scrutiny by the new Vampire King because of their relationship. And as the political implications of the Shifters coming out are beginning to be felt, Sookie's connection to the Shreveport pack draws her into the debate. Worst of all, though the door to Faery has been closed, there are still some Fae on the human side-and one of them is angry at Sookie. Very, very angry...
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 Write a real book July 29, 2010
Coco (California)
I'm a fan and love this series, but for "Dead in the Family" it looks like Harris threw together bits and pieces of unused text in order to cash in without doing the actual work of writing. Nothing happened, and the plot was pointless, dull, redundant, and without direction. Bleh!
 IT IS THE BEST YET! July 29, 2010
Lester (Maryland)
When Dead in the Family first came out, I thought the reviews did not sound very good. I recall reading that it was crammed with too much and went into too many directions. THAT'S WHAT I LOVED ABOUT IT. I can't say one bad thing about this book. Kept me a nervous wreck the whole time, well written, am in love with Eric and Sookie together. The history was very interesting. I just think the entire book was excellent and hope her future books are as captivating. Great job!
 It's a good read. July 28, 2010
V. Cole (Culver, IN USA)
Seriously, I do not understand why people feel so "cheated" by the book. It was standard Sookie Stackhouse. Quick, easy to read, fun. The only parts I could have lived without were the graphic sex scenes between Sookie and Eric. It's treading on Jean Auel territory, ala the later books, between Aila and Jondalar. But I skimmed them and went on. I prefer the book Sookie to the TV Sookie. She's a much more interesting person in print in my humble opinion. If you're a fan, you'll probably enjoy the book.:)
Ho-hum July 28, 2010
Samantha
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have to agree with many of the reviews written here. I waited, not very patiently, for this latest installment and was left feeling very disappointed. After Bill declared his love for Sookie in the last book, and with Eric doing the same, I expected a lot of tension around that story line. Sadly Bill barely made an appearance, and Sookie spent a lot of the book not with Eric either. The ending felt very rushed and unsatisfactory with characters cleaning themselves up and just hopping into bed for a good nights sleep. Although I love this series I hope that Charlaine delivers on the next one. I felt this was a little lazy and it felt like a promise unfulfilled.
Good only if you're already hooked on the series. SPOILERS July 28, 2010
L. silva
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was entertained by the book because it's a Sookie Stackhouse book. But honestly, that's pretty much it: loyalty-fueled interest. While it had some good moments, overall the story seemed disconnected, rushed through, and ultimately predictable...
First...TOO MANY CHARACTERS (old and many new ones) with their own little stories, most of which end up nowhere and are not connected to the main plot in any way. The result is pages and pages of nothing, followed by a clue to the plot, then more nothing, then more nothing, then some more clues, then the end. I feel that this book was a catalog of all the characters she created rather than actual story. Most of the time I found myself forgetting about so and so, and ultimately not caring.
Second...it doesn't make any sense that a child (vampire) would be stronger than his maker, or stronger than a vampire older than he/she. In fact, I'm pretty sure that that doesn't happen in any of her story lines - but somehow it did here. We were told before that a child cannot refuse the commands of its maker. For example, Eric could not refuse his maker "bed time" with him. Yet somehow, some child manages to completely ignore his maker in this story.
Third...it only took 1/3 of the book for me to find out who the culprit was. It was extremely predictable.
Fourth...you spend an entire book practically running away from "uncle", only to get zero explanation from said uncle (don't want to give too much here).
Finally...the ending was crap. Of all the Sookie Stackhouse stories, this had the most boring ending. I could almost see Harris deciding to go to sleep and just say "the end". In fact, if anything this book didn't leave much to lead into an 11th book.
Overall, out of love for the characters I couldn't rate this as "I don't like it", so I gave it three stars. I expected more, so much more especially since book nine left us with a hanging question: "who IS the vampire Niall told Sookie about before he disappeared?"
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