I originally read this book in 2008, and I'm pretty sure I've read it at least once since then, but not recorded on goodreads.

I read most of the books - I think all but the last one - before ever watching True Blood, and I've only watched the first four or so seasons of True Blood, though I will finish them (I got interrupted by new fall television).

I also skip 99% of the sex, so won't touch upon that in the review really. I'm not a prude, I'm just not really interested in reading romance/sex.

I'll also mention briefly that I always have grave difficulty in reviewing a book that has hundreds or thousands of reviews, especially a book that most people rave about - what I can possibly say that no one else has?

(I'll also mention I'm planning on cutting / pasting the above for however many SS books I happen to reread and review. Right now, I'm planning on doing all of them, along with the Anita Blake series, but we'll see).

So, here goes.
This one is another quick read, and very different from the show in a lot of aspects. I'm realizing part of the appeal of this series is just how quick/fast of a read they are. There's still more world-building in this one, and we meet a few new characters and learn more about the old ones. Sookie continues to get herself and others into trouble, and this bothered me a bit in this book. The big mystery of who kills her coworker almost feels like an afterthought. It's mentioned a few times, and then all of a sudden there's a big scene at the end where Sookie feels really uncomfortable and embarrassed and then some people die and the mystery is solved and the book just ends (like honestly, all the books in the series do). I think I mentioned this for book one: if I was reading these books for the first time now, I don't think I'd continue because there's just no meat in the book at all, the plot is just so thin/light, and nothing really happens except a lot of little scenes.