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blklacquer (USA: TX) (2010/06/29):
I'm getting the feeling that this isn't going to be an easy series for me to get through. The first book was so-so, the second book was good, but this one I had trouble with. (if it takes me more than a week to complete..that's trouble) I hope it picks up because I have some of the other books in the series, but If I'm going to be struggling through them..I will give them up and watch the HBO series!
Joby (Canada) (2011/01/21):
There's only one vampire Sookie Stackhouse is involved with (at least voluntarily) and that's Bill. But recently he's been a little distant-in another state, distant. His sinister and sexy boss Eric has an idea where to find him. Next thing Sookie knows, she is off to Jackson, Mississippi to mingle with the under-underworld at Club Dead. It's a dangerous little haunt where the elitist vampire society can go to chill out and suck down some type O. But when Sookie finally finds Bill-caught in the act of serious betrayal-she's not sure whether to save him... or sharpen some stakes.
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I mooched this book, but never read it. Did not realize until recently it is written in the first person. A style I personally don't care for.
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UPDATE on my previous review above-After watching True Blood on HBO, I have given Harris' novels another try. Perhaps because I can relate the stories to the TV show, I am enjoying them, though I still don't care for first person narrative. I will say I enjoy the TV show better then the books.
Marianne (Australia) (2015/12/07):
Club Dead is the third book in the Sookie Stackhouse series by popular American author, Charlaine Harris. Lately, her boyfriend Bill seems to be completely engrossed in the computer project he has taken on for the (vampire) Queen of Louisiana, leaving Sookie bored and frustrated. And then, suddenly, he is heading for Seattle and leaving her instructions in case he does not return. Weeks later, no Bill and suddenly, Eric, the boss of Area 5’s vampires, assigns her a vampire bodyguard. And he has some news that has Sookie re-examining her relationship with Bill.Soon enough, Sookie is on her way to Jackson, Mississippi in the company of a rather dishy werewolf named Alcide who is her entrée into Club Dead. Hopefully her telepath skills will help her locate her absent (possibly kidnapped? hopefully not permanently dead!) boyfriend. And while Sookie enjoys being pampered in a beauty salon on two occasions, dressing up in a jaw-dropping dress and getting to dance with a gorgeous and appreciative male, this is more than offset, over the next few days, as she is also insulted by a jealous ex, mauled, drained, staked, locked in a car trunk, battered and beaten. This instalment also sees her meeting the (vampire) King of Mississippi, saving a vampire’s “life”, foiling an apparent holdup attempt, helping to dispose of a dead body and killing someone without remorse. The consideration of certain thoughtful males accentuates the distracted attitude of her official boyfriend, to Sookie’s dismay. The ending leaves Sookie’s relationship with Bill very much up in the air, although there are plenty of males willing to take his place. Very enjoyable. 4.5 stars
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