I am unmoved.
Mar. 17th, 2011 11:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vr_trakowskiI finally read the first of the Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood novels, Dead Until Dark. They really ought to put numbers on the covers; it took me a while to figure out which one came first.
Eh. They're so wildly popular that I expected it to be fairly good, but while the plot hangs together well enough, the characters' actions were a little too random or unexplained.
Also, I find Sookie stupid and annoying, and Bill a cipher. Why is half the male population of her town lusting after this woman? She can't make a decision and stick to it for two days together, let alone behave consistently towards the object of her putative affections. Bill pops up and just falls in lust with her for no discernible reason--at least, he never offers a word of explanation, and Sookie seems to take it for granted.
In addition, Sam was obvious.
I may try the next one to see if things improve; first books are often rough.
Eh. They're so wildly popular that I expected it to be fairly good, but while the plot hangs together well enough, the characters' actions were a little too random or unexplained.
Also, I find Sookie stupid and annoying, and Bill a cipher. Why is half the male population of her town lusting after this woman? She can't make a decision and stick to it for two days together, let alone behave consistently towards the object of her putative affections. Bill pops up and just falls in lust with her for no discernible reason--at least, he never offers a word of explanation, and Sookie seems to take it for granted.
In addition, Sam was obvious.
I may try the next one to see if things improve; first books are often rough.