• From Dead to Worse

  • Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery #8
  • By: Charlaine Harris
  • Narrated by: Johanna Parker
  • Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (5,332 ratings)

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From Dead to Worse

By: Charlaine Harris
Narrated by: Johanna Parker
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Publisher's summary

The eighth entry in Charlaine Harris' New York Times best selling, Anthony Award-winning series finds Sookie reeling from an explosive attack on the previous month's vampire summit. Many vampires were killed, including several of Sookie's friends. But most pressing for Sookie is the unknown status of her weretiger boyfriend Quinn. Like it or not, everything is changing in the supernatural world - and Sookie is caught in the middle.
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    5 out of 5 stars

Seven books in Seven Days

OK, so I got a little obsessed! After watching True Blood for the last few weeks, I decided to read the novels that they're based on. I could find only #5 and #7 in my library, so decided to use the credits I so carefully hoard on Audible. Paper or player, these books were the Hagen-Das of my week. Kept going back for just one more! Didn't talk to my husband all week! Didn't even leave the house all week!
Audible, where is #4? I'm second on my library's list for #4...that could be 6 weeks! How will I last?
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The Narrator is great! She IS Sookie! And everybody else.

The books are fun & sexy. Very sexy.They are full of imaginative ideas that make up a plausible world. Sookie is tough, sweet and very smart. She figures things out quickly & takes action. Her specialty is thinking outside the box that the vampires live in.

I think that this book, #8, has some more interesting plots twists than a few of the others and also has some nice cues for the future.

Big question...Eric or Bill?...or someone else?

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I'm rooting for Sam!

Every were and vampire Sookie gets around winds up getting her beaten, shot, staked, raped, and generally treated like hell. Alsead was a self centered ass, Quinn was a self centered ass (well, centered on his whack mom and can't find five minutes to call for WEEKS after Rhodes?) Bill feels terribly guilty for his horrible betrayal of Sookie, and Eric, well, Eric is still just self-centered Eric.

I think she should wind up with Sam! He is warm, loving, caring, (did I mention Warm?? As in his whole body is warm ... not a cold, dead body!)

I'm rooting for Sam . . . hey, I used to handle dead bodies for a living. Sleeping with one? Hooooo boy! NOT a nice thing to consider!

Rereading the whole series now, and really love Sookie, and since I listen to Audible, I can't tell you how much I love Johanna. She IS Sookie Stackhouse.

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    5 out of 5 stars

Left me waiting now for Number 9!

Unlike some of the other books there are a few events that occur in this book instead of one main one. I didn't think there was much repetition as some other readers have said, about the same as the other books but no more. Sookie's blood tie with Eric has her confused about her true feelings; her boyfriend Quinn has disappeared; Sam supports her in a major way in this book and a long lost relative finds her. I love the suspense in this book as I have in all the others but mostly really want to know....who will Sookie end up with? That question more than others intrigues me. If you are new to this series make sure you start with Book #1 and read sequentially. They can be read on their own but you will miss too much history to really have an appreciation for Sookie's character and dilemmas.

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  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

Leaves ME wanting more...as usual!

As usual The Sookie series was very good, down to the very last drop! Sookies finds out so much and Charlaine the witer is expanding in so many ways to keep us all on our TOES! Which guy will Sookies end up choosing, I hope it will be... well, you listen to the book! Is she stuck up or is she just tired of getting hurt! I can't wait to see!

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  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic, just like the rest of the series

Charaline did an excellent job on this installment of the Sookie Stackhouse mysteries.

She answered some lingering questions and opened the door for a few more. Great Read.. I mean listen.

The Narrator is still the same on that has narrated the other books, and she always does a great job.

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  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars

One of the best in the series

I thorougly enjoyed this book, despite way too much rehashing of previous plotlines. The stories of Bill, Eric and Sookie converge here in a very satisfying way. The faerie subplot is further fleshed out in a very satisfying way and lots of twists and turns to keep you on your toes!

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  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

Love the whole series

I was hooked up by the first book which I bought through a promotion, then it cost me additional 7 credits to buy the rest in a month. I have to upgrade my membership so that I could have enough credits for this series. Good strategy, Audible marketing team!

This series is much better than the popular Twilight Sega. I couldn't finish that series since the main character in Twilight has no personality, but simply a self-centered, plain & boring girl with everybody else getting busy around her for no reason - how stupid. On the contract, Sukie in this series is a well developed character with amazing personality. She's not just beautiful, but determined, strong minded, and takes care of her friends along the way without thinking of any return. The stories are all very engaging, totally worth the money I cost for membership upgrading.

I would highly recommend this serious.

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  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

LOVE SOOKIE!

I've "read" all the books in the series and I'm happy to find out that we have quite a few more books to come, I can't get enough of it. However I agree with some comments here, that this book was not as good as the others. It seemed a bit slower, a lot of unnecessary parts, and I found myself not as usually captivated by Charlaine Harris' books. It was still a very good book, don't get me wrong. And I can't wait for the next one to come out. Hope audible.com has it on audio as soon as it comes out.

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  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars

Plotting an end?

I enjoyed the other books in the series much more than this particular book. "A trip down memory lane" might work in a sitcom episode, but the recap makes this book feel like leftovers.

One of the charming/tragic aspects of Sookie was her inability to keep her life from trending toward hopeless complexity. Most of this book is devoted to closing dangling plot threads left over from the other seven books. It seems unusual for Sookie to wane her troubles down to just three or four. And that makes me worry that the author has tired of writing the Southern Vampire mysteries.

Brilliant? Good, but not brilliant. New ground? a little. Worth reading after others in series, yes. Worth reading as an introduction to the series - absolutely not.

Hopefully that time spent on plot thinning means the next book will have the same genius and humor that the other books in this series share.

Many thanks to Charlaine Harris for days of enjoyment spent listening to the Southern Vampire mysteries.

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  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

A good read, but not the best in the series

This next addition to the Sookie Stackhouse series brings up the possibility of new directions for Sookie. I love this series, and while I rated this book highly, I have to count it as not as good as some of the earlier books. It feels like Sookie is tired, and perhaps a little jaded. I don't want to spoil anything for the reader, so I will refrain from comments of a specific nature. I will say that I am looking forward to the new directions some of the occurences could travel.
The narration is only so-so. Sookie sounded like she needed a shot of lithium to perk her up a bit. Narration is certinaly an art, and while this vocalist is clearly good, I think Sookie can be matter of fact, and still retain her southern spunkiness.

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