Karen (ginevra) reviewed on 6/17/2009

Helpful Score: 1

I read this book after watching the first season of "Trueblood". "Dead Until Dark" is fun, a good summer read, but it could be so much better. The problem is a lack of characterization; we only get to know Sookie, everyone else in the story is one dimensional. If she can read minds, why doesn't this give her any insight on what these other people are like that she could pass along to the reader? Even Bill remains a mystery throughout the first two books of the series. As a result, I found this not as engaging as I had hoped. The television series presents these complicated, intriguing characters, and the book does not.

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