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shipperxOkay, so after reading all the complaints about the way this, that, and the other has played differently in the show than it did in the books (this usually centers on the unending Bill/Sookie/Eric "my vampire is better than your vampire" debates...which are oh-so-exhaustingly familiar and generally pointless to me other than to irritate me because I've yet to see either be as wonderful or as terrible as their supporters and or detractors claim. Now, TB's King Russel on the other hand? He's awesome! Hee!) Anyway, I decided to read Dead to the World. I skipped the first several books (I figured that I had seen the show and, while I realize they are decidedly different, I really didn't want to retread that much) and went for the book that all the Eric/Sookie shippers talk about.
Final conclusion?
I really don't think I'll be reading any more of these novels. I came to that decision when reading the big climactic fight scene and realized that I couldn't remember what it was even about! That's... not a good sign.
When I did finally remember, I couldn't help but think "That many people, weres, and vampires really had to die for that? They couldn't have come up with a more clever solution?" Slightly more spoilery reactions behind the cut
OMG! I wanted to roll my eyes so hard that they'd fall out of my head over the way Sookie repeatedly called Eric "baby," and the way that Eric constantly called Sookie "my lover" made me want to gag. After reading TWOP's bazillion or so complaints about Beel/Suckah's treacly 'twu wuv' schtick, I had expected something different. Something sparky and fun. Instead, I had to shake my head over theirony tweeness of Sookie calling a 1000 year old vampire "Baby!" That's what the whiney, passive-aggressive models (pick your season, any season) on The Amazing Race always call each other. Then there's Eric being so dopey calling her "My lover" All. The. Damn. Time. "What do you wish, my lover?" [That you'd stop calling her 'my lover!'] Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. I could only think of Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw sarcastically cracking jokes about 'taking a Russian lovah!' when she started dating Barishnikov.
"My lover" is not an endearment that can be used with dignity. There's just no situation where it doesn't sound ridiculous. I hope that True Blood realizes this and never, ever uses these words in this context. (Though with the farcical nature of True Blood, it may well use those words...in which case, the tv show had better make it funny because that's the only way it works).
Also, what was Debbie Pelt doing in this novel? That entire subplot seemed lifted from another book and didn't belong in this one, nor did it seem important in this one other than to have someone try to kill Sookie. It was completely superfluous and the inclusion of so many completely superfulous elements may have been why when the big fight scene came, I couldn't remember what in the heck it was about!
I suppose this has spoiled me some for Season 4 True Blood. *wince* I hope it's better than this book.
I think I'll be sticking to The Dresden Files for my contemporary supernatural fiction. At least those have plots.
Final conclusion?
I really don't think I'll be reading any more of these novels. I came to that decision when reading the big climactic fight scene and realized that I couldn't remember what it was even about! That's... not a good sign.
When I did finally remember, I couldn't help but think "That many people, weres, and vampires really had to die for that? They couldn't have come up with a more clever solution?" Slightly more spoilery reactions behind the cut
OMG! I wanted to roll my eyes so hard that they'd fall out of my head over the way Sookie repeatedly called Eric "baby," and the way that Eric constantly called Sookie "my lover" made me want to gag. After reading TWOP's bazillion or so complaints about Beel/Suckah's treacly 'twu wuv' schtick, I had expected something different. Something sparky and fun. Instead, I had to shake my head over the
"My lover" is not an endearment that can be used with dignity. There's just no situation where it doesn't sound ridiculous. I hope that True Blood realizes this and never, ever uses these words in this context. (Though with the farcical nature of True Blood, it may well use those words...in which case, the tv show had better make it funny because that's the only way it works).
Also, what was Debbie Pelt doing in this novel? That entire subplot seemed lifted from another book and didn't belong in this one, nor did it seem important in this one other than to have someone try to kill Sookie. It was completely superfluous and the inclusion of so many completely superfulous elements may have been why when the big fight scene came, I couldn't remember what in the heck it was about!
I suppose this has spoiled me some for Season 4 True Blood. *wince* I hope it's better than this book.
I think I'll be sticking to The Dresden Files for my contemporary supernatural fiction. At least those have plots.
