Dead as a Doornail

Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery # 5

By: Charlaine Harris

Narrated by: Johanna Parker

Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Charlaine Harris has won an Anthony Award for her one-of-a-kind Sookie Stackhouse mystery series. Sookie, a Louisiana cocktail waitress, skilled telepath, and friend to vampires, has a dedicated fan base that grows larger every day.

Because her mind-reading ability tends to spook people, most of Sookie's friends are of the not-exactly-human variety. And now that her brother is about to transform into a were-panther for the first time, the supernatural world is suddenly a family affair. When Sookie realizes a deadly sniper is gunning down the local changelings, her feelings turn to full-blown terror. She needs to stop the assassain before the next full moon...if he doesn't get to her first.

With its delightfully quirky characters and delicious suspense, Dead as a Doornail is a vampire mystery readers will love sinking their fangs into.

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Critic reviews

"Harris does an admirable job of creating a heroine who's not only interesting but completely believable in a world of the strange and the different. Natural and humorous dialogue and a nicely paced plot...make this entry the best yet in the series." (Publishers Weekly)

great series

just as awesome as the rest, if not a little slower in the middle! awesome series.

Good book, plot a little contrive.

This was the only one in the series that made me feel like “alright, another plot twist? We get it. Everyone’s out to get her, let’s move on.” But it is a good listen.

Still Entertaining

I read a lot of the reviews and have to say that I didn't notice the lip smacking and pauses of the narrator that much. I had to turn it up really loud to notice anything. Normally I listen in my car and background noise is loud. She did call the character Claudine, Claudia, by accident. Sookie's southern accent wasn't as developed and the other character's voices weren't as defined, but overall I wasn't too distracted by this. I got used to it quickly and became absorbed by the story. I enjoyed the book just as much as the others!

Really good with some audible flaws

I am a huge fan of this whole series and am doing a re-listen of them Overall, this is a good book just a little bit slower compared to the first four books. Still funny with mystery and action, but not a lot of interaction with some of the main characters that were featured in the previous books of the series. A lot of new ones introduced or expanded upon.

Johanna Parker did such a wonderful job with Books 1-4 that it was a little jarring when the established characters lost their accents in this one. I had no idea that this was the first of the series to be recorded until I was done with it and read the other reviews. It makes sense now because she didn’t have their voices down yet.

A lot of reviewers mentions “mouth sounds” and they were there but it was minimal and not the fault of the narrator. That’s the job of the audio engineer to clean up before the release.

Lastly, there were a few flubs of character names that had to have been wrong in the script the narrator was given. At one point, the character Claudine is referred to as “Claudia” (confusing due to future books) and Jason’s boss is continually called “Catfish Hunter” in this book, however, that character’s name is Cstfish *Hennessy* whereas Catfish HUNTER is a famous baseball player. Again, the flaw is in the script, not with the narrator.

Johanna parker what happened?

I loved the story, however, Johanna Parker seemed to loose Sookie's voice/accent in this audio-book. I almost didn't listen to this after the first half, just due to the awful recording. You could hear her swallowing constantly, and it was very annoying and truly unlike her other performances. I was glad in the next audio-book it was back to normal.

Good, but not as good

I was disappointed in this book after the last one being so great. I hoped that Charlaine Harris was getting into a groove that would carry through the rest of the series. But unfortunately that's not the case. The story here just didn't hit the right notes for me. Sookie's brother becomes such a dislikable character that it's hard to find forgiveness for him or understand why Sookie continues to hold on to the relationship.

I'd listen to all these books simply for Johanna Parker's narration

Vampires

I love this series. I have enjoyed listening hour after hour after hour. Worth the purchase.

Shifters and Jason is blamed...

I love Sookie Stackhouse, and I was very excited to read/listen to another book, but this one was a bit of a let down. Jason has become a werepanther, albeit a strange one that is a man with fur and claws rather than a true panther. But now weres are being shot and Jason is being suspected by the community of werepanthers. As the book continues, more of the main characters are shot, landing them in hospitals. I feel like Jason is suspected so often that it has become boring... and yet here we are again. So while this book has some interesting moments, it seems to me that Charlaine is phoning it in some.

good

my favorite book is the one centered around sookie and eric. This one is good but not as much of a romance.

As always, good, but not my favorite so far.

As a BIG Sookie fan, I liked this book but it lacked some of the romance and intrigue of all the prior books which I had really come to like. I had to READ #4 "Dead to the World" since it isn't available on Audible yet and you definitely don't want to miss it as there is alot that goes on between Sookie and Erik.

I get a little disappointed as the series goes on that she moves on to other relationships after I find one or two now that I really like...oh well.

This book, a mystery like all the rest had plenty of twists and turns and kept me reading and ignoring everyone around me to read the conclusion.