Dead Until Dark: A True Blood Novel - Charlaine Harris

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34 of 34 Ciao users found the following review helpful

gingelou

Member since 11/05/2003

Reviews written: 339

What, or rather Who, is Dead Until Dark? .....Vampires!
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10/01/2013

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Advantages Vampires. Addictive reading.
Disadvantages Took a little while to get into the story.

Dead Until Dark: A True Blood Novel - Charlaine Harris A few years ago Vampires 'came out' to the world and proved that they really do exist among us and are not just a myth or legend as many people believed. Since their coming out vampires have slowly began to become more accepted as members of society, albeit dead members of society. A large part of this acceptance is due to the Japanese coming up with a product "True Blood" which is an artificial blood which enables vampires to live among humans, or as they call it 'mainstream' without needing to feel off or kill the humans. Sookie ... more
28 of 28 Ciao users found the following review helpful

kayleaf

Dead Until Dark 14/06/2011

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Advantages A good read, a good horror, not too frightening yet page turning
Disadvantages Wish it was longer!

After watching the True Blood series I decided to give the books a go as I wanted to find some vampire/horror fiction that was a little more adult than what I usually read and as the series was rated 18 and featured quite a lot of naughty bits and gore I figured the books would have similar content. I began with Dead until Dark and it took me a while to realise this was the first book in the series, afterall there are 10 of them I believe, although I may be mistaken, there may be nine or eleven but there are a variety of spin off books to go alongside the series. All of the books in the True ... more
30 of 30 Ciao users found the following review helpful

sarahbarrow

Member since 11/05/2007

Reviews written: 730

Come alives at night! 08/10/2009

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Advantages Another great vampire book.
Disadvantages Not too sure on the extra characters yet!

After watching the entire first series of “True blood” the latest vampire offering featured on the channel FX, and now just starting to be shown on channel 4, I was intrigued to read the books. The series in my opinion was ok, but not the best I have ever seen, so I was desperate to read the books to see if they were slightly better. My younger sister, has also developed a real penchant for all things dark and vampy (thanks in part to me!), so I was delighted to hear that she had brought entire book collection and had already set aside the first two books for my perusal, god I love her! The ... more
35 of 35 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Jonni_boi

Member since 22/03/2007

Reviews written: 232

Who's the killer? 16/04/2010

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Advantages a hell of a lot look at review!
Disadvantages 1 slightly little bit, look at review!

I got this book out of curiosity, I had heard so many people saying it's a good book and a great TV Series that I couldn't refuse when I realised I could borrow the book, and even if it were not my kind of book, I was only borrowing it, so it's not as if I would have wasted my money at all. But as you can tell my rating shows that I fully enjoyed it! Charlaine Harris, I was reading the author's name when I got this book and I knew I had heard of the name before, so I flipped back to previous reviews to see if I truly had read any of her books, I didn't find any, but then it struck me, I read a ... more
12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful

shegoesbyemma

Has Some Positives and Some Negatives 21/06/2011

Advantages gripping plot, addresses uncomfortable situations
Disadvantages writing style, some characters

Synopsis: It is fair to say that Sookie Stackhouse hasn't had the best life to date - living with her grandmother, Adele, after losing her parents, and having a distinct gift - telepathy. With 19 deaths in this first book alone, you would be forgiven for saying that it is a very dark novel, full of vampires and danger and many many murders - but who is the culprit? Thoughts / Opinions: After True Blood was made into a TV series, I thought I would see what the books were like - I was severely disappointed. Whilst the characters are loveable and the plot is gripping, the writing style was not ... more
28 of 28 Ciao users found the following review helpful

frankiefromings13

Trouble of the murderous kind is in town 28/01/2010

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Advantages Great fantasy read packed with action and suspense
Disadvantages Lots of silly parts, didn't empathise with any characters

Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress in the small town of Louisiana, has the gift of being able to read people's minds. But when the very handsome Bill walks into her bar for the first time and she can't hear a word that he's thinking, Sookie immediately takes a liking to him, if only for the silence that she would have from his company. But Bill has a gift of his own - a deadly gift that means he can only come out at night and blood is the only type of food he enjoys. But being a vampire doesn't get in the way of Sookie and Bill's relationship, nor do the judging eyes of her friends and family. But ... more
5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Charlee1993

Fabulously fangtastic 06/09/2010

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Advantages Its gripping and fun- the perfect mix of humour, crime the paranormal and romance
Disadvantages A bit hard to keep up with at times

After finishing the twiligt saga I was left mortified by stephenie meyers poor choice of endings for 'breaking dawn'. I was searching desperately for a similar vampy book which would cure my hunger for a bloody good story ( pardon the pun). I found dead until dark on the shelf, initially drawn to the cover and when reading the blurb I decided it was the perfect book for me to chill on the Egyptian beach with. The mixture of humour, violence and sex in the novel create a fast paced and grabbing storyline. I couldn't put the book down after reading the first chapter, which is a tad slow to start ... more
0 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful

carley311

Starts well and just gets better and better! 15/10/2010

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Advantages once you finish 1 book there always seems to be another to pick straight up where it left off
Disadvantages Some of the characters dont run true to each other with the books and tv series, but no biggie

i decided to have a look at these books once i'd seen a couple of episodes of True Blood, which is a TV series based around these books. I must say i was an instant fan of the TV series so thought the books would make a good addition. So, i started reading and to be honest was disappointed to start with, it didnt seem to live up to the TV series and some characters in the series werent in the original book BUT i continued reading, and i'm so glad i did! The story is based around a young woman (sookie stackhouse) and the current co-existance of humans and vampires. To start with the whole story ... more
1 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful

busybee333

Dead until Dark is addictive , good mix of humour and romance 14/10/2009

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Advantages There are 8 books in the current range and this could go on.
Disadvantages I hope the author doesn't stop writing

In my opinion this book is a really good read after watching the first series and finding it quite humorous I tracked down the books in my local library. I am now completely hooked , I think that the vibrant characters are very endearing and I love the romance element. In my opinion the stories are easy to read and packed with the right balance of humour and romance. I would definitely describe this as an Adult version of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' but with less slaying! As always though I think that the book is more detailed and quirky than the actual TV series and certainly covers more ... more
0 of 4 Ciao users found the following review helpful

matty2k9

dead until dark is an absolute must read. 28/10/2009

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Advantages great all rounder
Disadvantages definaetly not for younger readers there isnt any

Dead until dark by Charlaine Harris is an absolute must read for all you twilight lovers its quite a lot like twilight but in a lot of other ways its definaetly not. its like twight because of the way its all planned out and written a male vampire wants a female vampire and has to protect her ans so on and so on. but the ways its definaetly not like twilight is: it contains a lot of adult humour. it has a lot of rude (sexual) details in it. it contains a lot of swearing definaetly not for a younger reader. this book brings your whole imagination to life in a battle against good and evil ... more