A Touch Of Dead - by Charlaine Harris
Review by D Michelle
A Touch Of Dead - by Charlaine Harris.
I actually bought this thinking it was another in the True Blood series. Who can keep up with how many have been written and without going back to the books. Who knows what you've read, they all meld into one another after a while and only the highlights make for good landmarks.
This is a collection of 5 short stories centred around Miss Stackhouse. It would appear that Charlaine Harris is like me in the fact that once something is written, it'll never get thrown away. The difference here is that the books that these stories fit into have been written and the stories actually are relevant to one story or another so they won't fit anywhere else.
So instead of adapting for another story, later on, or just going against the grain and throwing them out with a big sigh, it seems that another option arose. "Let's make a separate book with them!" - what a great idea... except that it's not a great idea.
The stories were left out of the books in the first place and I think that was the right decision.
I finished the book because I don't like leaving them unfinished (OCD) but I didn't enjoy the stories really. They seem contrived and 'trying too hard' (especially the last one).
I must say that I've read every one of the Sookie Stackhouse vampire books and I think the series has run its course. The stories are becoming 'samey' and not even Charlaine Harris's talent is enough to keep me reading many more of them. One more to go...
Published
19/08/2010
Publisher
Gollancz
ISBN
9780575094444
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Touch-Dead-Sookie-Stackhouse-Collection/dp/0575094443
A Touch Of Dead - by Charlaine Harris.
I actually bought this thinking it was another in the True Blood series. Who can keep up with how many have been written and without going back to the books. Who knows what you've read, they all meld into one another after a while and only the highlights make for good landmarks.
This is a collection of 5 short stories centred around Miss Stackhouse. It would appear that Charlaine Harris is like me in the fact that once something is written, it'll never get thrown away. The difference here is that the books that these stories fit into have been written and the stories actually are relevant to one story or another so they won't fit anywhere else.
So instead of adapting for another story, later on, or just going against the grain and throwing them out with a big sigh, it seems that another option arose. "Let's make a separate book with them!" - what a great idea... except that it's not a great idea.
The stories were left out of the books in the first place and I think that was the right decision.
I finished the book because I don't like leaving them unfinished (OCD) but I didn't enjoy the stories really. They seem contrived and 'trying too hard' (especially the last one).
I must say that I've read every one of the Sookie Stackhouse vampire books and I think the series has run its course. The stories are becoming 'samey' and not even Charlaine Harris's talent is enough to keep me reading many more of them. One more to go...
Published
19/08/2010
Publisher
Gollancz
ISBN
9780575094444
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Touch-Dead-Sookie-Stackhouse-Collection/dp/0575094443