Or as I like to call it, Twilight for big girls 
Have you finished book one in the Sookie Stackhouse series yet? If not come back, the discussion will still be here whenever you are ready.
One of the reasons I love mysteries is that the language is usually very blunt. You don’t often find purple prose in a whodunit novel. Charlane Harris is no exception and even though a big part of this book revolved around Sookie’s personal life (or lack thereof) there was no pussy-footing around the point.
A killer is on the loose in Bon Temps, L.A. a killer who strangles women who have a relationship to vampires. As a mind reading waitress, you’d thing Sookie would have caught on to the killer’s identity long before the climax, but I’ll admit I didn’t put it together until at least 2/3rds of the way through the book.
When did you figure it out? Was the a major clue or did you put all the pieces together at a random spot.
I don’t know about you, but I bought into this world right away, That vampires came out of the coffin and were now a part of everyday reality. They were petitioning for civil rights in the good old US of A, promising that since the invention of synthetic blood, they no longer needed to feed on humans.
But turn the tables and the humans are draining them as their immortal blood is the new drug of choice. Something about vampires as victims, took awhile for that picture to gel for me. What was your impression of the Vamps, both mainstreaming ones and the ones in the nest and at Fangtasisa?
I loved Sookie right from the start, she’s so hyper aware of everything around her with just enough self-loathing at her “disability” to make her buyable. What was your take on her?
Let’s talk Sam. I had a hunch, somewhere around the attack on Sookie by the Ratarays that Sam was other. Ms. Harris even pointed out a growling sound. I was thinking werewolf probably because in almost every paranormal I’ve ever read, where there’s smoke there’s fire and when you have vampires, werewolves are probably lurking nearby.
The death of Sookie’s grandmother really caught me off guard. Sookie too, I’d imagine. When looking back,I see that it was necessary for Sookie to grow as a character, which she really did.
Coming of age was definitely a prevalent theme through this story, probably one of the most interesting ones I’ve ever read. from the truth about vampires to way too much info on her brother’s sexual preferences, no matter which way poor Sookie turns, the blinders are being ripped off. Bill is the catalyst for all this and Sookie knows it because she hears in his matter of fact tone “deal with it.”
She knows she must change, wants to go from being the barmaid who hordes interesting tidbits to total overwhelm. I feel for her, even if she’s blonde and built.
Your thoughts?
P.S. I want someone else to run the discussion on Hag 1 next Friday. Conflict of interest and all that. Let us know if you’re willing. If you don’t have a copy, message me on facebook and we’ll get you set up.
