Dead In The Family

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Im intrigued by your comment on this book thinking bout Checkin it out. Thank you

[#2]

OMG - I have read all 10 books, the short stories.. I am not working on the Harper novels..

[#3]

I am currently reading Dead in the Family.  I love the Sookie Stackhouse series.  I didn't know that she was coming out with book 11 in the series.  I'm excited to know what that one will be all about. 

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I really thought this latest book left much to be desired.  Being a huge Charlaine Harris fan I waited very impatiently for Dead in the Family to release.  I pre-ordered and the morning it released I ran to my Nook and began reading.  Maybe I had too high of expectations?  I'm not really sure.  But I do know that I kept waiting for something to actually happen and nothing ever did.  I will read any other books she puts out in this series because I completely adore Sookie Stackhouse, but this book is not one of my favorites.

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Love the entire Sookie Stackhouse series you must read them all

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I have read all the Sookie books too but I have to say I was not impressed at all with this one. It was slow, boring and not much of a story line in my opinion.  My daughter and her friends have all read the series and they did not like Dead In The Family either.If you check out the reviews you will see that most people were not very happy with it.  I hope the next one will be more in keeping with the series or I will have so say buh bye to Ms. Harris. 

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avid_reader1590, I agree with you completely.  I think "Dead in the Family" is a transitional book.  The next one should be much better.  ***I hope***.

If you haven't visited the author's website recently, here's a link to the first chapter of "Dead Reckoning".  3monstersmom's was kind enough to post it earlier this week over on the paranormal boards.

http://www.charlaineharris.com/DeadReck_1.html

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I have read all of the Sookie Stackhouse novels and short stories. However, I have not enjoyed the last couple of novels in the series as much as in the previous books. My impression of the last few was that the plots could have been tightened and written as novellas rather than full length novels. Alternatively, perhaps the books could have had more story to the story, if you will. That said, I still intend to continue to read every book and story in the Sookie-verse that Ms Harris offers.

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Sarah 3975, thanks so much for the link! I do hope Dead Reckoning will be more like the old Sookie books; it looks promising.

 I always give authors that I love the benefit of doubt but if they continue to disappoint then I have to move on. There are several “star” authors who I no longer read as I feel they are now writing on their name alone to sell novels.