Sink your teeth into the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series—the books that gave life to the Dead and inspired the HBO® original series True Blood.
Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Bon Temps, Louisiana. She's quiet, doesn't get out much, and tends to mind her own business—except when it comes to her “disability.” Sookie can read minds. And that doesn’t make her too dateable. Then along comes Bill Compton. He’s tall, dark, handsome—and Sookie can’t hear a word he’s thinking. He’s exactly the type of guy she’s been waiting for all her life...
But Bill has a disability of his own: he’s a vampire with a bad reputation. And when a string of murders hits Bon Temps—along with a gang of truly nasty bloodsuckers looking for Bill—Sookie starts to wonder if having a vampire for a boyfriend is such a bright idea.
1st reading: a bit predictable, but interesting. No real curiousity about the rest of the series tho.
2nd reading: Having watched episodes of the TV series I was curious about how the book and the series compared, having seen reviews that were very positive towards the books rather than the series. A re-read makes me more interested in the books.
Stookie is a bit bouncy and sometimes displays a little too little regard for her own safety (not quite TSTL but creaping close); she works as a waitress and tries hard not to listen to other people's thoughts. This doesn't always work but when a vampire comes into her life, whom she can't hear, suddenly her life changes. Getting involved in vampire politics isn't always the safest of plans.
It's not a bad read, I've read much worse and there are some very good moments thrown in.
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6 January, 2008:
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