It was a lucky day for barmaid Sookie Stackhouse when vampire Bill Compton came into the place where she was working. A very powerful telepath, Sookie is regarded as a pariah by the townsfolk of Bon Temps. Since a vampire's mind is closed to her, Sookie feels comfortable and free to pursue a relationship with Bill without hearing things she need not know. Bill also wants to be involved with Sookie because she doesn't fear him and accepts him as is.
Bill has applied and been awarded the job of investigator of Area 5 but since there is very little trouble occurring at the moment, he is going to Area 6 in Texas. There is a vampire missing from the nest and they want Bill and Sookie to locate him. Their investigation leads Sookie to a radical church group that feels vampires are an abomination and should be destroyed along with their human sympathizers.
LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS is a delightful mix of the supernatural, romance and mystery genres that creates a new and unique work of fun reading. The eccentric characters are used to show that Sookie and Bill's relationship is normal by comparison. Charlaine Harris performs the impossible by making the reader feel a bit sad that vampires don't really exist.
"Sookie Stackhouse is a telepathic waitress with a vampire boyfriend. In this book, the local vampires loan her out to another group of vampires who'd like to borrow her for her telepathic abilites. Not only does she have to worry about that, a friend of hers was killed, and a maenad (wild crazy lady) has arrived and wants the vampires to pay tribute. Sookie's relationship with Bill, her vampire boyfriend, goes through a few bumps, and Eric is back and defnitely interested in Sookie. You might want to check out the first book, Dead Until Dark, if you haven't read it yet. "
Melissa Cookson, Resident Scholar
"All barmaid Sookie Stackhouse wants is a normal life in her small town home of Bon Temps Louisianna. However, being a telepath and dating the local vampire isn't going to help her reach that goal anytime soon. The problems really start when her boyfriend Bill's boss decides to 'loan' Sookie out to a nest of vampires in Dallas.
One of the Dallas vampire's has been abducted, but who could kidnapp an imortal? All the clues seem to indicate The Fellowship of the Dawn ("lets take the UN out of undead"); an extremist cult of KKK-esq proportions. But could the guilty party be someone within the Dallas nest itself? And what do the shapeshifters lurking around the city have to do with this?
Using her self proclaimed 'handicap' of mental telepathy, Sookie attempts to unravel the mystery without getting herself killed in the process. But vampires aren't her only problem. Back home, she has the murder of her eccentric coworker and a maenad who thinks Sookie's flesh makes for a decent billboard to contend with.
Sookie and Bill face these challenges together, but even if they survive the mystery, will their relationship survive each other?"
Gerri Mahn, Resident Scholar
"This is the second book in the Sookie Stackhouse series by Harris. Sookie is called upon by the vampires to help find a missing vampire in Dallas, they have agreed to have Vampire Bill, Sookie's boyfriend, accompany her to question the humans involved. Of course nothing is every that easy and Sookie is almost kidnapped before she is even out of the airport.
She has to infiltrate a religous cult who thinks that the only good vampire is a burning one. Sookie ends up being taken hostage, clawed and poisoned, and finding a dead coworker at a sex party that may involve killing. A waitress just cannot count on sore feet being the only problem anymore. "
Manda, Resident Scholar
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Review Analysis of Living Dead In Dallas
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Plot
Composition of Book Descript. of chases or violence - 15% planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 55% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20% Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%
Tone of book
- cynical or dry-wit
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- fantasy story on current Earth
Romance
Yes
Spying & Investigations
Yes
What is main char. doing?
- rescue mission/escape from confinement
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror story?
Yes
Horror plotlets
- vampires taking a quick bite
If enemy is a group...
- cult
Human/magical couple?
Yes
Type of couple:
- She's a human, he's a magical being
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- mage/magician
- blue collar worker
Age:
- 20's-30's
Has magical/special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- mind reading
- can read emotions
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Profession/status:
- religious figure
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century
- current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- licking
- actual description of sex
- description of breasts
How much dialogue?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
