Monday, May 20, 2013

Dead Ever After (SPOILER ALERT!)

I am going to try and put up a few blog posts today.  Maybe this is ambitious of me, but I haven't done much in a while and I wanted to write something more upbeat. 

I have been an avid fan of Charlaine Harris and her books for quite a while.  I've read all of her series and most of her short stories.  This month, the last book of the Sookie Stackhouse series (True Blood) was released.  I had mixed feelings before starting the book.  I am a little bummed that the series is over and I know there was a lot of buzz about who Sookie would finally end up with.  If I am honest, the books were getting to be a little all over the place, so I suppose this book was as good as any to end the series with. 

If anyone has already read this, I would be curious if you agree with me....  To me, it seemed like there was a lot of loose ends to tie up in a short amount of space.  I knew in my heart that Sookie and Eric would have to break up.  I have always been a fan of Eric and Sookie, but I figured that it wasn't going to be meant to be.  Gosh, I don't want to be negative about this book, because I really did enjoy it, but I am having a hard time even remembering the highlights. 

The book started after Sookie saved Sam's life using the Cluviel Dor (magical fairy artifact that gives the owner one wish). I don't think I will go thru the whole plot of the book, but we see three of Sookie's enemies, Steve Newlin, John Glassport, and Claude team up to frame Sookie for Arlene's death and Sookie even ends up in jail before Sam secretly borrowed money from Eric to bail her out in exchange for not ever being more than just a business partner to her.  We get to see all the troops called in to help Sookie...Mr. Cataliades, Diantha, Amelia, Bob, Barry the Bellhop and even Quinn.  Eric and Sookie officially break up and he marries Freyda, as promised.  Amelia's father, Copley Carmichael, is another enemy of Sookie's who sells his soul (and his driver, Tyrese's soul) to the devil for the wish of gaining the Cluviel Dor, which had already been used by Sookie.  So Copley decided he too wanted Sookie dead and went after her.  After Eric moves to Oklahoma with his new wife, Pam becomes Sheriff!!  Jason and Michelle got married!  Tara and Sookie strengthened their relationship and Bill and Alcide all ended on a positive note with Sookie.  Sam, of course, couldn't stay away from Sookie and eventually they realized they were better as a couple than as just friends.  Sookie has her "happily ever after" with Sam.  

Obviously, for most avid readers of the Sookie books, who Sookie finally ends up with has been the most heated debate/ moment to look forward to.  I've always pushed for Eric and Sookie (like most people, I think!), but I knew that it would never work.  I do have to say, the break-up was kind of glossed over with little to no emotion from either of them.  I would have liked to see a little more of Eric rather than end the book with the feeling that Eric is a total dick.  I had a sneaky suspicion (as well as lots of spoiler alerts) that Sookie and Sam would end up together and I wasn't really rooting for them.  So boring!  Yeah, yeah....she wants a normal life and a family, etc...but Sam?  Ugh.  Basically, I thought a lot of things were rushed/ garbled all together and I am completely meh about Sookie ending up with Sam....that about covers it.  I wish it wasn't such a lackluster finish, but at least everything was tied up in a nice little package and even as the worst book of the series, it's still better than lots of other books! 

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