I'm only on the second book now, so I can't speak for later ones, but so far they're okay popcorn. Sookie has, at current count, three hot supernatural men who are interested in her -- I'm sure there will be more, from reading spoilers online, but at least she's not gaining one in every chapter.
The writing isn't so great. The author relies way too heavily on dialogue, so scenes that aren't dialogue-heavy don't have any emotional oomph.
Also, if you're the type of person who has to find the main character engaging in order to like a series, I'd give this one a pass. Sookie is... well, she is the type of person who only knows the word "libido" because it was in a word-a-day calendar. She's pleasantly surprising at times, but most of the time, is just boring.
I don't know. I can see how you might like it, and I can see how you might hate it. She is sort of a less-angsty Anita Blake who is not so obviously a stand-in for the author, with marginally better fashion sense, and no stupid aphrodisiac super-power.
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Date: 2009-05-26 06:04 pm (UTC)The writing isn't so great. The author relies way too heavily on dialogue, so scenes that aren't dialogue-heavy don't have any emotional oomph.
Also, if you're the type of person who has to find the main character engaging in order to like a series, I'd give this one a pass. Sookie is... well, she is the type of person who only knows the word "libido" because it was in a word-a-day calendar. She's pleasantly surprising at times, but most of the time, is just boring.
I don't know. I can see how you might like it, and I can see how you might hate it. She is sort of a less-angsty Anita Blake who is not so obviously a stand-in for the author, with marginally better fashion sense, and no stupid aphrodisiac super-power.