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Sookie, dear, some unsolicited advice: get back to Bon Temps and a simpler, gentler lifestyle. Except there really isn't much of a payoff to be had in "All Together Dead," the book in which the summit takes place. She catches some, drops others, some seem to disappear into the ether somewhere.Sookie remains wonderful company, but Harris has surrounded her lately with characters I simply don't care about. I think that the more Sookie's world expands, the more supernatural beings come out of the closet, so to speak, the more unwieldy and overly complicated these stories become.
In Book 5 of the Sookie Stackouse series, there was mention of an upcoming vampire summit, so naturally I assumed that Book 6 would be about that. And Ms. The Vampire Queen of Louisiana; Amelia, Sookie's new, wacky and witchy "roommate"; even Quinn, the weretiger (who, if he calls Sookie "babe" one more time, I'm going to have to kill, fictional character or not): none of them is as endearing to me as Bill, Sam, Jason and Alcide, all of whom have become subsidiary characters in the series. But no, Book 6 was a meandering mess leading UP to the summit.
Harris certainly has a marvelous imagination, but not the talent to juggle all the characters and plot elements she's thrown into the air for herself. Harris, please, go back with her. I suppose Harris needed some time to introduce characters and get her ducks in a row for the big payoff. OK, a lot of things happen: trials, murders, bomb threats, vampire marriages; so why didn't I care.
Love this book - a great read for anyone. Imagining a full convention with nothing but vamps and other supes running around is great fun.Plus there is non stop action. This particular book is probably my favorite in the Sookie books. I loved the whole vampire convention idea.
If you like the series True Blood and Bill- you will not enjoy this. This book was very disappointing. I liked the fun Sookie. Too depressing in parts. Too over the top and not in a good way. Too many character changes, even Sookie.
Can't wait for the next book. Great times and alot of fun. This was another great tale of Sookie's misadventures. We get more insight into the vampire world and we see Sookie finally seriously considering what would happen if she were exposed to the general public.
I personally want Eric and Sookie together). The plot flows seamlessly and there's less of Bill (who I'm not the biggest fan of. I have put off reading the 8th book b/c I'm opening my Kindle tomorrow for Christmas and I plan on From Dead to Worse being my first download. I got into the Sookie Stackhouse series a little late but I have been devouring the books ever since. All Together Dead is definitely the best of the bunch.
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