Background:
I started reading this series back in 2003, two years after this book was first published. I have read all books in the series previously, including the most recent title, Dead and Gone.
I recently started watching True Blood and my interest was sparked to reread the series. Not only because I had never done so, but also to try to determine the exact changes that had been made to the show.
Super-quick Synopsis:
Sookie Stackhouse is a clairvoyant waitress in Louisiana who gets involved in the recently legalized Vampire culture in Louisiana.
The Review:
Since this was a reread, it was fairly easy to get through this book and there were certainly no surprises for me while reading. However, it was very nice to refresh myself on how things started for Sookie. She and other characters have definitely changed over the course of the series, which may seem redundant but there are series in which character development does NOT occur.
This is a strong opening book and sets up the new world Sookie becomes involved in. Through the course of the series, we learn so much more, but we learn it when Sookie does. I know that first-person narrative really bothers some people but I general am fine with it.
I admit that I didn’t realize that there was so much similar between the first book and the first season of the show. There are some major things different, but overall the main storyline was the same. Obviously a show needs to be fuller than the first-person view the books have.
I think I will continue to reread the books, unless I start to compare them too much and it ruins my enjoyment of the show.
Rating:
Not rating since it was a reread
