Living dead in dallas represents a lot of change for the sookie stackhouse series. The two main storylines are the one involving sookie going to dallas to help find a vampire that has gone missing, and lafayette (who was a much bigger character on the...  Read More

I am so glad my library has this in ebook it seems to be read so much faster by me rather than in paperback. I recommend this book to all who enjoy a paranormal story seasoned with a little romance and the flavor of a small southern town.

Charlaine harris writes in a pleasing style. It is easy to read when a solution pops out of thin air.

Sookie is a flat, boring, insipid character, a fictional woman who gives a bad name to real women. I also find the eric/sookie/bill love triangle to be a little tiresome.

I prefer my sleuths to use their innate intellectual and intuitive skills. The writing is fun, but not crafted well enough to hold the readers attention without this. Whatever potential the set up had ends up being lightly sketched over.

This series has 13 books and the last 6 are absolute trash. Some say it's a blend of several genres, but the romance is lacking, the mystery is full of illogic plots and character motivation, which in turn makes it very hard to suspend disbelief for t...  Read More

Some readers may be put off by harris' folksy/breezy condescension towards her characters. Sookie stackhouse is the only inspired elements in the contrived, uncertain first two novels.