Dead Reckoning

Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery #11

By: Charlaine Harris

Narrated by: Johanna Parker

Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

With her knack for being in trouble's way, Sookie witnesses the firebombing of Merlotte's, the bar where she works. Since Sam Merlotte is now known to be two-natured, suspicion falls immediately on the anti-shifters in the area. Sookie suspects otherwise, but her attention is divided when she realizes that her lover, Eric Northman, and his "child", Pam, are plotting to kill the vampire who is now their master. Gradually, Sookie is drawn into the plot - which is much more complicated than she knows.

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Loved it

I read all the books in this series and then decided to listen. I loved it. I can't wait until the next book comes out.

great story

What did you love best about Dead Reckoning?

The whole series is great and this is just a continuation of a wonderful story line.

Any additional comments?

I love the way that Johanna Parker reads the story and hopefully she reads all of them forever. Can't wait for the next story to be written.

Wonderful Audio Story

What made the experience of listening to Dead Reckoning the most enjoyable?

Although I never much got interested in this story when I read much of it in ebook form, I loved the story as read by Johanna Parker. Her ability to capture Sookie's personality as well as the other characters is amazing. I always knew who was speaking.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

I pretty much liked everything about this story in the audio version, including the ending. It helps to have no opinions about how the author SHOULD end a book or series.

Have you listened to any of Johanna Parker’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I've never heard Johanna Parker before but now I regret having read this series in print versions until this book.

these seem to be on a downward trajectory

SPOILERS...
Meh. I've sat here for 3 minutes trying to figure out how to word this review, and MEH is what I have come up with. The last couple books have been lacking. Almost as though a ghost writer is producing them. This one is no different. It starts out well, but immediately after the bombing, it looses steam, and turns into a recitation of Sookie's daily minutia. The conflict between her and Eric is just irritating, with his announcement about the upcoming nuptials just being abrupt and weird. I have a feeling that the author is leading us to a Sookie/Sam combo, which would be nice, but why go to all the trouble with the Sookie/Eric combo and then just toss it away? of course, she did do a big built up with Quinn, then vanished him in a heartbeat with a lame excuse.
The story line of killing Victor is an excellent one, but it is dropped as well, almost as though it doesn't exist. And where is Pam? why is she so absent? and why has Alcede turned into such a male-chauvenist tool? It' just bizarre, the direction this is taking. I don't know that I will finish the series. Very unsatisfying.

Overall a pretty good book

Would you try another book from Charlaine Harris and/or Johanna Parker?

I have listened to the entire series

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Her books are good, but can be a little slow at points and too many references to things you allready know about from the previous books mentions the character Bubba far too often.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Johanna Parker?

Yes excellent narration.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Yes

SO MUCH better than the last book

Yes, Harris does tend to get bogged down in the mundane details of Sookie's life. As many reviews have noted-- she spends a lot of this book cleaning, for some inexplicable reason.

However, this was a VAST improvement on the last book. The characters are evolving, and we have to let them do so. Eric and Sookie are NOT going to have the same chemistry and lust for eachother that they had in the earlier books. Their situation has changed, the world has moved on. It can be disappointing for people looking for the exact same thing, but I think its a fair decision on the author's part.

This installment seemed more of a wrap-up and correction of the last novel. There were some new developments that I'm looking forward to, but mostly, I think the author was regaining her footing. In my opnion, she did.

Johanna Parker, the narrator, is AMAZING, as usual. Seriously, that woman is "Sookie," in my opinion. I'd love to see her have a bit part on the show. I'm even tempted to buy more of the books that she narrates, even if they're not my style/ genre.

Not the Best, Not the Worst

When I bought this book, I noticed all the negative reviews and decided "what the heck". It was fun, I enjoy hanging out with CH's characters for a few hours, the story wasn't fabulous but it's just fine. I never thought I would make it this far in the series and I will buy book #12. If you want positive/negative details, please check out the other reviews. If you want some encouragement to hang out for a good story with some old friends, I say "Go for it!".

Dead reckoning falls dead

I have all of the applied stackhouse books in print and kindle and audiobooks. I love Charlaine Harris books. I didn’t care for this one. It wasn’t in keeping with the original story. Also I loved the true blood series until the fifth season, then it got weird. Money is not always good when you lose your desire to write great stories.

Refreshing

Things in this story definitely change things up a bit and make it refreshing. Excited to see how the rest of the story goes. Only a few more left.

A lot of fun!

I was not sure I was going to like this book, but she took the story line in a whole new direction that I was not expecting. Much better than I thought it would be.