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Chargement... Dead as a Doornail: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) (édition 2009)par Charlaine Harris
Information sur l'oeuvreLa communauté du Sud, Tome 5 : La morsure de la panthère par Charlaine Harris
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Dead as a Doornail 4 Stars In the aftermath of the witch war, Sookie Stackhouse only wants to live a quiet life. Unfortunately, this is not to be as someone is using the local shifter population in Bon Temps for target practice and Sookie's brother, Jason, the newest member of the Were-Panther community is the prime suspect. Added to this is the arrival of a menacing vampire from out of town and a struggle for pack leadership amongst the Werewolves. Poor Sookie has her hands full! Dead to the World is a hard act to follow, but Harris does an admirable job in Dead as a Doornail. Let's start with the plot. Although there are three storylines that develop independently, each demonstrates the more negative aspects of the various supernatural groups, which have, until now, been presented in a generally positive light. The sniper mystery emphasizes the disastrous consequences of shifter behavior while the Alpha contest brings out the worst in the wolves, in general, and in Alcide in particular. Finally, the sinister vampire, Mickey, who has his hooks into Tara reveals the threat posed by rogues who view humans as little more than food. With regard to Sookie's love life, she is, once again, the object of affection for numerous supernatural males. While she is a smart, witty and resourceful heroine, it is not clear why so many of them have the hots for her. Bill has been out of the running as Sookie's love interest for several books and this does not appear to be changing any time soon. At this point, he is more of a stalker than anything else. Eric is as enigmatic as ever and his interactions with Sookie are a highlight as she tries to thwart his determined attempts to discover what really happened between them when he lost his memory. Alcide's true nature is also revealed via the Alpha contest sub-plot. Whereas the sexy Were truly appeared to care for Sookie in previous books, the darker of his nature is revealed as he attempts to use and manipulate Sookie for his own selfish needs. Calvin Norris, the were-panther leader, does not fare much better. It is clear that he wants Sookie as little more than a brood-mare and is not above using Jason as leverage. Sam appears to be the only one who truly cares for Sookie's needs and well-being, but does not appear to be the friends with benefits type. Finally, we are introduced to a new character in the form of John Quinn, a were-tiger of all things, and one can only assume that he wants into Sookie's pants as well. All in all, an entertaining addition to the series and I look forward to the next one. Appartient à la sérieEst contenu dansSookie Stackhouse, Books 1-10 par Charlaine Harris (indirect) Dead Until Dark | Living Dead in Dallas | Club Dead | Dead to the World | Dead as a Doornail | Definitely Dead par Charlaine Harris Club Dead / Dead to the World / Dead as a Doornail / Definitely Dead / All Together Dead / From Dead to Worse par Charlaine Harris Prix et récompensesDistinctions
Cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse turns sleuth to investigate a mysterious sniper who has set his sights on the local changeling population, especially when her brother Jason becomes the prime suspect in the deadly attacks. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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In this story, Sookie provides more evidence of her lack of taste in men and her inability to keep her distance, raising expectations in various shifters and vamps. If she had any sense, she would take up with Sam who she admits is a good friend, and fancies, is a hard worker with his own business and as a minor character confirms, is "nuts about her".
The books do seem to suffer from changed premises and another occurs when the fairy character suddenly acquires a brother whom Sookie has met off stage as it were, despite no previous mention and a time lapse between this book and the previous one of only a few weeks. At one point also, a certain character suddenly acquires a title, as in Sir Charles, which is a one off and seems to be an error.
More minor characters - one introduced previously and two others in this book - come to premature ends. There is a huge cast of characters by now and the book does rather lack focus, especially with such emphasis on werewolf politics. So many characters appear that most are very sketchy and I struggled to recall who one was whenever he appeared - the werewolf who opposes Alcide's father in the contest for leadership of the Weres.
On balance, this is more of a 2 and a half stars, but given the Goodreads rating system, comes out as 3. ( )