Dead and Gone the 9th book in Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse series which has been adapted into True Blood Season 2 for HBO TV.
In brief, Dead and Gone is set in Louisiana, in a small town that goes by the name of Bon Temps. Up till now a secret has been closely guarded but is about to reveal itself and shock the human world!
In Bon Temps there are a number of different creatures and all in general tend to get along pretty well on the whole. However, the Were people are about to let out their closely guarded secret " they can change into animals! This goes down fairly well but trouble is afoot when there is a gruesome murder and it turns out to be Sookie Stackhouse brothers estranged wife (did you get that okay?). More trouble then for the blond, telepathic barmaid.
So Sookie our heroine has her plate filled, but then this is what weve come to expect, and we know she will deal with it all with ease and take things in her stride, or do we?
How about Sookies romantic life, just to change the subject a little bitty? Well, without giving anything away, will she or will she not commit herself to Eric? Or maybe Bill will come back on the scene? You can never tell with Sookie, can you? You have to read the book to find out though, sorry.
I will let you know however, Sookie is still being somewhat stand-offish. Oh come on now, if she were anything otherwise, wed all be wondering why she has changed so much, wouldnt we.
In contrast to the last book of the series " From Dead to Worse " this book is less detailed and more to the point. This may not suit all tastes actually because part of Charlaine Harris gift is the detail she puts into her characters. She has an extraordinary talent for weaving different characters together in their relationships with one another, but in Dead and Gone, this is less so. The art of weaving is less on show " rather the weaving falls apart just a bit.
Not enough is made of certain events that warrant some importance and more detail, when in my mind a more thorough exploration of the sequence of events was called for.
No matter what though I will always love Sookie! She can be as non-committal as she wishes to be - I cant help but love her. And due to the fast-paced nature of the book, even though I was left feeling not entirely fulfilled, there is never a dull moment, and you just want to keep on turning those pages. There are new characters introduced to breathe fresh life into Bon Temps and there are still the old favorites there to keep us smiling and feeling warm inside.
So there we have it " my resume of Dead and Gone, short and to the point, a bit like the book Im reviewing really. Its a pity the book is not longer but what it does mean is that we are frothing at the mouth (well, almost) for the next book to be on the shelves.
It would seem then that after all, Ms Harris continues to do her job with success and fans such as myself, and hopefully you too, will continue to read as long as she continues to write for us!
In brief, Dead and Gone is set in Louisiana, in a small town that goes by the name of Bon Temps. Up till now a secret has been closely guarded but is about to reveal itself and shock the human world!
In Bon Temps there are a number of different creatures and all in general tend to get along pretty well on the whole. However, the Were people are about to let out their closely guarded secret " they can change into animals! This goes down fairly well but trouble is afoot when there is a gruesome murder and it turns out to be Sookie Stackhouse brothers estranged wife (did you get that okay?). More trouble then for the blond, telepathic barmaid.
So Sookie our heroine has her plate filled, but then this is what weve come to expect, and we know she will deal with it all with ease and take things in her stride, or do we?
How about Sookies romantic life, just to change the subject a little bitty? Well, without giving anything away, will she or will she not commit herself to Eric? Or maybe Bill will come back on the scene? You can never tell with Sookie, can you? You have to read the book to find out though, sorry.
I will let you know however, Sookie is still being somewhat stand-offish. Oh come on now, if she were anything otherwise, wed all be wondering why she has changed so much, wouldnt we.
In contrast to the last book of the series " From Dead to Worse " this book is less detailed and more to the point. This may not suit all tastes actually because part of Charlaine Harris gift is the detail she puts into her characters. She has an extraordinary talent for weaving different characters together in their relationships with one another, but in Dead and Gone, this is less so. The art of weaving is less on show " rather the weaving falls apart just a bit.
Not enough is made of certain events that warrant some importance and more detail, when in my mind a more thorough exploration of the sequence of events was called for.
No matter what though I will always love Sookie! She can be as non-committal as she wishes to be - I cant help but love her. And due to the fast-paced nature of the book, even though I was left feeling not entirely fulfilled, there is never a dull moment, and you just want to keep on turning those pages. There are new characters introduced to breathe fresh life into Bon Temps and there are still the old favorites there to keep us smiling and feeling warm inside.
So there we have it " my resume of Dead and Gone, short and to the point, a bit like the book Im reviewing really. Its a pity the book is not longer but what it does mean is that we are frothing at the mouth (well, almost) for the next book to be on the shelves.
It would seem then that after all, Ms Harris continues to do her job with success and fans such as myself, and hopefully you too, will continue to read as long as she continues to write for us!
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