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Summary: Emotionally compelling, exciting. Highly recommended
Review: Vampires are out of the closet in America, but a large fraction of the population wishes that they'd go back. When a vampire goes missing in Dallas, waitress and mind-reader Sookie Stackhouse and her vampire boyfriend Bill are summoned from Louisianna to Dallas to see if they can solve the mystery. Sookie's mindreading only takes her so far. And when she begins to investigate, she puts herself in terrible danger from the fellowship--a group of 'humans' who preach the extermination of the vampire kind. Her vampire support is only available at night so Sookie is on her own in a horribly unfriendly city. Meanwhile, back home in Bon Temps, Louisianna, a gay cook has been killed and Sookie needs to get to the bottom of that as well. Author Charlaine Harris provides a combination of exciting adventure, mystery, and emotional depth. Sookie is powerfully sympathetic as she struggles with the differences between herself and the vampire she loves. Sookie's brief relationship with the ancient teenaged vampire, Godfrey, was especially moving. Harris makes her novel especially convincing with small-town details like the high school football game which the entire city of Bon Temps turns out to watch (if you don't come from a small town, you might not understand how completely true this is) and the famous chocolate cake--details that add richness to a fine story. LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS is the second in the Southern Vampire series. If anything, Harris's writing is getting stronger as the series progresses.
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Summary: Top-notch for what it is
Review: If you like the voice of Stephanie Plum and Kinsey Milhone you'll get a kick out of Sookie. Her sense of humor is infectious and her world of shape-shifters, vampires and psychics is really no different in most ways than our average lives, especially when we consider some of our greatest talents to be disadvantages. Very cute, good breather from "high" literature. I'll definitely read more Sookie offerings.
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Summary: Another Southern Vampire Novel
Review: Sookie Stackhouse and Vampire Bill are back. This time Sookie, with Vampire Bill as her escort, is on loan to the Vampires in Dallas. The Dallas Vampires are in need of Sookie's special "disability". In this book Ms. Harris introduces more 'supernaturals' and an organized vampire hate group. I predict a long and fun future for Ms. Harris
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Summary: A must for any reader!
Review: Just as enrapturing and humourous as its predecessor, Living Dead in Dallas is an absolutely fantastic book to read! The characterization is perfect - Sookie is tart and sensitive by turn, Bill is dancing somewhere between his vampire future and his long-ago human past, and Eric...well, Eric is just [gorgeous]. I cannot wait for Club Dead (the third South Vampire novel) to be released, and to see if my own suspicions about Sookie are confirmed...
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Summary: The Southern world with a Supernatural Spin!
Review: Ms. Harris shares the world of the South with us in wonderful ways. Sukie is our hometown southern girl with a little something extra - she can read minds. Add to that her boyfriend is a vampire - adventure was be had! Ms. Harris has a wonderful way of moving her stories along. Each chapter is interesting and you want to know more about the lives of Sukie and her friends (and the not legit lives of Vampires). Either of the southern vampire books are good, quick reads.
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Summary: Enjoyable
Review: I read the first two books in this series in one day...was left craving more content as they are both rather slim novels. That's the only reason I gave 4 stars.
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Summary: GREAT SERIES!...
Review: After reading the reviews I bought this and the 1st in the series. Great fun Reading, and I think I am in love with Eric! Sookie is a 25 year old blonde bombshell waitress, with the ability to read peoples minds. Her boyfriend Bill (whom she hooks up with in the 1st novel, this is 2) is a vampire, and he works for Eric a head vampire. Eric decides to lend Sookie's abilities out to a Vampire in Dallas. Sookie typically gets in trouble while the vamps are asleep and we get to meet some new characters. More shape shifters in this book. Sookie comes through, and then heads home to help solve a co-workers death. I can not do this series justice. If it does not seem interesting enough, buy it anyway, they are great. If you like early Laurell K. Hamilton, and Tanya Huff's Blood Price books, you will love this. Very fresh and different. The 3rd book will be out in May of '03. Start reading them now, start at the beginning so you will be ready for the next!...
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Summary: Enjoyable but Awkward
Review: I enjoyed this book (as well as the book preceding it) but never managed to shake a feeling of awkwardness. The plot is sound and the characters well crafted but the narrative style continues to feel off. Hopefully the author's future books will improve and flow more naturally.
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Summary: Truly it is her mind they are after
Review: "Living Dead in Dallas" is a continuation of the "Southern Vampire" series. Sookie Stackhouse is a barmaid, telepath and girlfriend of Vampire Bill. Sookie finds herself in one jam after another. Who knew that being a cocktail waitress would be so much trouble? First her co-worker is found dead in the back of a police car, she is attacked by a maenid who uses Sookie as a messenger, and finally she has to assist the Dallas union of vampires in tracking down a missing vampire. Sookie is described as " a sweet little eclair on the outside, and a pit bull on the inside". You have to be when dealing with vampires, shape-shifters, fang-bangers and the Fellowship of the Sun. Watch for the climatic end. All I have to say is when a telepath tells you to hit the floor, learn how to drop at lightning speed. I can hardly wait for the third novel to hit the shelves this summer.
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Summary: Even more fun than "Dead Until Dark"
Review: I'm just so glad I discovered Charlaine Harris! Living Dead in Dallas (LDD) is funny, quirky, fast paced and original. About what you'd expect after "Dead Until Dark." Sookie and her boyfriend, Bill the Vampire, are forced into offering their services to a neighboring Vampire community (the Vampire are organizing local governments. Bill is the Investigator for Area 5 and Sookie, as his girlfriend, is often forced into mind reading chores for the local undead bigwigs). And that's only one of the mysteries Sookie has to solve, while hopefully remaining in one piece. REmaining in one piece can be a challenge when you associate with this bunch. Sookie is entertaining, with a peppered wit. I do wish she would flex some feminist muscle now and then ( which author Harris very well knows how to do). I'm going to trust Harris on this, tho. I firmly believe she'll give me a very strong and independent heroine. Sometime. But, Ms. Harris, please. No more accepting pretty underwear from Bills new store. It's degrading!
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