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After Dead What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood Charlaine Harris Lisa Desimini Books

*********SPOILERS AHEAD**********

Many of the reviews of this book have understandably and justifiably dwelled on the lack of value for money its meager content offers. Allow me to take a different tack and dwell on the content itself, which in its way is just as much of a rip-off as the book's price.

If you're someone who, like me, grew increasingly disappointed in the last few books of the series, you won't find much here to comfort you. In fact, quite a few details seem designed mostly to pour salt in the wounds. As with Dead Ever After, there's a palpable sense of Ms. Harris unloading one last time on those whom she feels have dissed her, 'misinterpreted' her stories or just annoyed her on some level. I don't know about you, but I don't much enjoy the sensation of an author working out her grudges on me while I fork over money for the privilege.

I challenge any reader to identify a goodly number of the characters whose fates are presented here without help from The Sookie Stackhouse Companion. Did Charlaine really feel it was essential to let us know what the children of Sookie's insurance agent ended up doing for a living? There's far too much of that kind of filler in the book, which make the accusations of the whole thing being a money grab extremely hard to refute. Other characters that are more relevant get sad or even bizarre endings. Even some of the characters left happy in Dead Ever After have their happiness undone in this book. Why?

As for our 'mains', after all the sturm und drang of the series, Sookie settles down to a life that is disappointingly prosaic. She marries, has kids, runs her business and retires. The sense throughout the series that she had some special role to play in the world, some grand future to embrace (exemplified by the 'essential spark') came to nothing, really. We read 13 books (and a myriad of short stories and novellas) for this? I guess she would call herself happy, but it's always a disappointment to watch someone you care about fail to reach their potential. And as a reader, it's a disappointment to see a character who once held such promise end with a whimper.

Ms. Harris continues to insist that due to his pragmatism and well-honed survival instincts, Eric is able to find happiness in slavery with Freyda...except that dog won't hunt. The chilling parallels to Eric's early years with his domineering, abusive maker, Appius Livius Ocella, hang over his life with Freyda like a bad smell. Despite CH taking pains to characterize Freyda as 'strong but fair', the fact that Eric spends the first years of his marriage pining for Sookie and his old life (just as he once pined for his children and his human life when he was turned by Ocella) merely hammers home how much his own will has been denied in this situation. CH tells us that as with Ocella, Eric learned to care for the one who had taken everything from him, and to enjoy the life offered by her...eventually. So much so that when offered his freedom, he decided to stay with Mama. Seriously? He comes off as an abuse victim falling into familiar patterns, not a pragmatist going with the flow. Who knew that beneath the alpha-male persona, Eric was at heart a big ol' submissive who was just waiting for the right person to roll over his hard-won personal autonomy like a Mack truck? The utter decimation of this character has been painful to witness.

And of course, Ms. Harris just couldn't resist a tip of the hat to the man who helped destroy her mojo for this series while lining her bank account, Alan Ball, by making Bill King of Louisiana - despite the fact that it makes zero sense. Bill of the books has always been mostly a loner who prefers to stay out of vampire politics and maneuvering whenever possible. But, as both this book and Dead Ever After prove, Charlaine thinks that stuff like established characterization, continuity and world-building is way overrated. So why not make him king, and continue to glorify this character beyond belief? Maybe he'll run for President next.

The bottom line: if you want to draw out the pain of seeing a once-great series implode, this is the book for you.


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After Dead What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood Charlaine Harris Lisa Desimini Books Reviews

I have always love the Sookie Stackhouse series and was so excited about this book that I preordered it instead of waiting for the reviews. Never again. I saw that the book was a little over 200 pages and thought it was enough to justify the amount paid. Almost all the pages are just a few sentences each, and several of the characters described were not memorable enough for me to remember them. I really wanted the book to be written in a story format as all the others were and was sadly disappointed to see it written like a dictionary. (I guess I missed that it was a coda) It doesn't even read as if much effort was put in to it. So much more could have been done with it. Perhaps Ms. Harris is so sick of the series that she couldn't get it written fast enough? I am sad to bid farewell to Sookie, but feel extremely ripped off that I paid the money for a book I finished in 10 minutes! If you must read this, borrow from library or a friend.
Are you kidding me??
Seriously? Harris and her publisher actually consider this a BOOK???
I read it in under 20 min....... and it cost more than any of the "real" books........ not to mention...... it was basically an INDEX of characters.

What a sham.
Don't waste your money.
I'll tell you what's in there.......
Sookie and Sam get married. Have 2 kids..... and are offered time in Summerland from Nial.
Eric is happy as a lark as Freyda's consort and even when she "absolves" him from the 2nd 100 years of his marriage contract, he refuses.
Bill becomes King of Louisiana and makes tons of money with a vampire computer game he created.
Hunter grows up and has nice relationships with his 2 cousins... from Sookie and Sam.
Pam remains sheriff and marries Heidi.

Nothing else worth mentioning....... but if you are direly interested in what happened to the insurance man's kids...... then by ALL MEANS...... spend the $10 for the book!

I am so disappointed and so mad.........
This was a joke right? Eric got sold out so hard, made into a total wash out loser; felt like the last book was written like a Korean drama that was going on too long so they were told to wrap it up in one episode and it showed. WTH? I loved these books! I cried through so many parts, laughed through so many...this was such an utter disappointment. what a waste of my money. so disappointed. So many of the updates I had to even ask myself, who the hell is this and why is she giving us updates about this person??? what a joke. honestly. waste of money!!!
Halfway thru the book and it is little paragraphs on each page. Some of the pages just have one word on them. Kinda disappointed
This book should not even be called a book. There are maybe 15 characters of the book that we are familiar with that get one page that says what they did for the rest of their lives. The rest of the pages are 1/4 filled with people that maybe got one mention in one book one time. This should have been the last chapter of the last book in the series and should NOT have been a stand alone book. It is a disservice to the fans who stuck around for so long, to make us pay for this. It's the greed of the author, plain and simple.
After all these years, I finally read it. I refused to spend anything more than a couple of dollars for it. I read it in about half an hour, and I even stopped a few times to complain about it. All the negativity was dead on. I think it was Quinn's one line page that clinched it for me. It was forced, and frankly, depressing. If you were a die hard fan, it's worth reading it just to complete the series. But don't get your hopes up. True Blood really was the demise of this great series. It effected the writing and made it go on way too long. You could tell Charlaine had lost interest. This coda makes that painfully clear.
*********SPOILERS AHEAD**********

Many of the reviews of this book have understandably and justifiably dwelled on the lack of value for money its meager content offers. Allow me to take a different tack and dwell on the content itself, which in its way is just as much of a rip-off as the book's price.

If you're someone who, like me, grew increasingly disappointed in the last few books of the series, you won't find much here to comfort you. In fact, quite a few details seem designed mostly to pour salt in the wounds. As with Dead Ever After, there's a palpable sense of Ms. Harris unloading one last time on those whom she feels have dissed her, 'misinterpreted' her stories or just annoyed her on some level. I don't know about you, but I don't much enjoy the sensation of an author working out her grudges on me while I fork over money for the privilege.

I challenge any reader to identify a goodly number of the characters whose fates are presented here without help from The Sookie Stackhouse Companion. Did Charlaine really feel it was essential to let us know what the children of Sookie's insurance agent ended up doing for a living? There's far too much of that kind of filler in the book, which make the accusations of the whole thing being a money grab extremely hard to refute. Other characters that are more relevant get sad or even bizarre endings. Even some of the characters left happy in Dead Ever After have their happiness undone in this book. Why?

As for our 'mains', after all the sturm und drang of the series, Sookie settles down to a life that is disappointingly prosaic. She marries, has kids, runs her business and retires. The sense throughout the series that she had some special role to play in the world, some grand future to embrace (exemplified by the 'essential spark') came to nothing, really. We read 13 books (and a myriad of short stories and novellas) for this? I guess she would call herself happy, but it's always a disappointment to watch someone you care about fail to reach their potential. And as a reader, it's a disappointment to see a character who once held such promise end with a whimper.

Ms. Harris continues to insist that due to his pragmatism and well-honed survival instincts, Eric is able to find happiness in slavery with Freyda...except that dog won't hunt. The chilling parallels to Eric's early years with his domineering, abusive maker, Appius Livius Ocella, hang over his life with Freyda like a bad smell. Despite CH taking pains to characterize Freyda as 'strong but fair', the fact that Eric spends the first years of his marriage pining for Sookie and his old life (just as he once pined for his children and his human life when he was turned by Ocella) merely hammers home how much his own will has been denied in this situation. CH tells us that as with Ocella, Eric learned to care for the one who had taken everything from him, and to enjoy the life offered by her...eventually. So much so that when offered his freedom, he decided to stay with Mama. Seriously? He comes off as an abuse victim falling into familiar patterns, not a pragmatist going with the flow. Who knew that beneath the alpha-male persona, Eric was at heart a big ol' submissive who was just waiting for the right person to roll over his hard-won personal autonomy like a Mack truck? The utter decimation of this character has been painful to witness.

And of course, Ms. Harris just couldn't resist a tip of the hat to the man who helped destroy her mojo for this series while lining her bank account, Alan Ball, by making Bill King of Louisiana - despite the fact that it makes zero sense. Bill of the books has always been mostly a loner who prefers to stay out of vampire politics and maneuvering whenever possible. But, as both this book and Dead Ever After prove, Charlaine thinks that stuff like established characterization, continuity and world-building is way overrated. So why not make him king, and continue to glorify this character beyond belief? Maybe he'll run for President next.

The bottom line if you want to draw out the pain of seeing a once-great series implode, this is the book for you.