‘Club Dead’ By Charlaine Harris

Club Dead is the third book of Sookie Stackhouse’s vampire adventures. The book begins with Bill acting strangely distant then disappearing. Eric asks Sookie to travel to Jackson, Mississippi and use her abilities to figure out what might have happened. This trip involves more encounters with werewolves and vampires as well as more description of the vampire power structure that has been alluded to in previous books.

As I get further along in the Sookie Stackhouse series I keep finding reasons to dislike Bill. Given that, one of the best things about this book is the fact that Bill has a very small role and several other (better) male characters are developed. Although Sookie leaves much to be desired from a feminist perspective, her independence and determination are a welcome departure from other popular vampire stories (Twilight, anyone?). Rather than being totally dependent on the men who are romantically interested in her, Sookie looks out for herself and isn’t afraid to be without male companionship. Though we could certainly do better as far as female role models are concerned, we could also be doing much, much worse.

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