Dead Air – Deadlocked
May 7, 2012 in Blog Talk Radio, Deadlocked - Book 12, Eric Northman, Promo Events
Time for some shameless self promotion!
If you’ve never tuned in to EricNorthman.net’s Dead Air podcast, you’re really missing out! No more excuses! I’ll be joining DeeDee and Tiffany on Monday night at 8pm central, for a great discussion on all things Deadlocked.
We’re so excited! I hope you guys will listen, and maybe even call in! We’d love to hear your take on the book. If you can’t listen live, check back here later and I’ll embed the podcast in this post once it’s aired.
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Oh wow, I will so be listening! Cool.
Great news SVB!! Can’t wait to hear you!
I am looking forward to listening; I have enjoyed Dead Air in the past. How fun!!
Can’t wait SVB.
Looking forward to listening – I’ll be at work, but will catch it when I get home for sure
Count me in! *fangirl squee*
Sad to think it’s all coming to an end. We can speculate all we want after the last book, but we’ll never know for sure.
Would it be possible to listen to this later somehow? I am sadly still waiting for my book delivery – it will be here this week fingers x
Yes, you’ll be able to hear it after.
I’ll embed the podcast in this post once it’s finished, so if you can’t listen live you’ll still be able to listen later
Very, very cool! Can’t wait to hear you drop some logic on the listening masses SVB.
I’ll be listening! Can’t wait!
Great job, SVB!
You were excellent, SVB! *squee*
<3
Great job, SVB; it was really fun to hear your voice. I know and have known for ages that you are Australian, but somehow when I read your posts, you sound like a New Yorker in my head, lol. Now I can auditorily picture what you actually sound like.
I thought about calling in but I got audio stage fright and couldn’t think of what to say.
I seriously hope that Tiffany loses that ten dollar bet.
Cheers!
Should make it easier to auditorily picture what it sounds like when I drop the F Bomb
I’m glad you enjoyed it jaytea
Great job SVB! I happen to like how you say “essential spark”.
It’s always interesting to see how others can come away with such a totally different interpretation of the same text. Amazing. Oh well, no offense to Tiffany but here’s hoping she loses all her bets.
You were great SVB, and it was nice to *really* talk to you.
I loved how you said, “essential spark” too!
You did great SVB!!
I hope Tiffany loses the bet too!
You were great SVB and it was really awesome to put a voice to the name and to actually talk to you!
It was great to talk to you too after so long!
DITTO!
Great job, SVB! Loved hearing your logical arguments for why Eric is the endgame and that it was necessary for him to be more absent in this book. And your accent makes “he’s got a lot of shit going down”sound way cooler than when my non-accented voice says that.
Excellent job, SVB!
Lots of valid key points and insightful speculation. Well done.
Viking for the WIN!
I’ve listened to the podcast and my favorite part was where SVB reiterated something that she’s said here in the blogs: Sookie is completely distraught at the thought of Eric leaving her.
I think so many people saw an opportunity for another character to fulfill sookie’s HEA and I think her level of misery of Eric leaving her really solidifies that there’s no chance for Sam or Bill. That is not to say I’m still convinced that Eric will make the cut i.e. she may end up along but its definitely not an opening for Bill or Sam.
I will say however, that as I’m writing this I’m convincing myself more and more that Eric is infact the end game. Because Sookie does not want him to leave I think he will stay. I think Sookie would only end up alone if she chose it. And as SVB pointed out (THANKS) Sookie doesn’t seem to be choosing that ending anytime soon. Certainly not in the span of one book =)
You were great SVB! It was lovely to listen to three smart ladies discussing the books that they clearly love. To hear you three talk about them so fondly really reminded me why SVM will always be my sentimental favourite series. These books have been such a journey!
Woohoo, SVB I just heard you on Dead Air. I agree with everything you said. Sookie and Eric are the end game. Sam is a red herring.
Also, a lot of what you gals discussed on the podcast is addressed on a single page in chapter 7 of Dead Reckoning.
Now, if you trust Sookie and what she thinks and says, then from the quotes posted above you would conclude that:
1. Sookie wants children, but her heart is with Eric. Sookie wants to follow her heart.
2. Sookie is desperately in love with Eric.
3. Sookie considers Sam a dear friend and wants to see him happy.
4. Sookie is concerned for Sam because she feels he is dating a woman who is bad for him.
But, if you mistrust Sookie and what she thinks and says, then from the quotes posted above you would conclude that:
1. Sookie wants children, but she is in denial about what’s in her heart. All
Sookie really wants are babies.
2. Sookie does not really love Eric, she is in denial.
3. Sookie is secretly in love with Sam and is in denial about it.
4. Sookie is jealous of Sam’s girlfriend because she wants Sam for herself. She is in denial about her true feelings.
Personally, I have more respect for Sookie than to believe she is a misguided fool who perpetually lies to herself. If Sookie says she loves Eric, I believe her.
I have to say, there’s an awful lot of denial going on in the second scenario Kitten.
And if this were a series written in the third person, I might buy it. But the fact that we have been INSIDE HER HEAD for 12 books now? No.
I will grant that there has been stuff tossed in occasionally that is Sam friendly. But “tossed in occasionally” is not near enough to sell me on the fact that she’s been secretly pining. And the alternative to pining is that she’s just going to settle for someone who ticks the boxes.
Sookie just doesn’t strike me as the type to take the easy option.
I saw an interview posted on this web site that CH had done in 2010, and CH stated something to the effect “I don’t write romances like anyone else that will make everybody happy…Sookie will not end up with a family and white pickett fence”. I am going out on a limb and say that I think Sookie is sick of all the blood and infighting that goes on with the Vampires, and she cannot live with the Fairies, so she will probably chose to go on her journey alone rather than put herself through any more of Eric’s dramas. In DR, Eric bit Sookie painfully, and my heart shut him out for that. I still love Eric but sometimes you can love someone forever and not be with them. He was a shit for the final time with me.
Leaving Eric in itself, wouldn’t solve Sookie’s problems with vamps at all. In fact, as she herself is realizing, “eric’s dramas” are in no small part a result of his involvement with her, rather than the opposite (though it goes both ways to be fair).
Their lives are so interconnected by now that it’s hard to say who’s responsible for what and whose problem this or that is. Basically, they’re in this together and they’ll find a way out together.
And frankly while the actual mechanics of the final resolution are still unknown, the setup couldn’t be more obvious.
I’m surprised at how many people seem oblivious to it…
THIS!
There’s not such a thing like “Eric’s problems”. His problems are in part her problems too (even if they break up). They’re together in this, early from the beginning, before they were a couple. Who killed Andre who could’ve defend QSA in FdC takeover? Who killed Victor? Ok, Appius started the Freyda thing all by himself, but why? Maybe if he still was the sheriff from area 5 without any major problem with his king none of this would happen.
Eric’s problems’ = Sookie’s problems’
If Eric had not married Sookie, she would have been dragged off to Nevada by Felipe.
If Eric had not defied Victor and Felipe, which he did when he married Sookie and refused to turn her over, then neither Victor nor Felipe would have had this vendetta against him. Remember, they were initially very interested in working with Eric, it was only after the marriage by knife in Dead and Gone that things turned sour.
If Eric had not married Sookie then Appius Livius Ocella would have not arranged for him to be married off to a vampire Queen. He arranged the marriage because he did not want Eric to remain married to a human woman. Appius Livius Ocella did not want Sookie to keep Eric and he told her this to her face.
If Eric goes to Oklahoma, do you think Felipe will leave Sookie alone? He has always wanted her to be in Nevada.
If Eric refuses to fulfill his marriage contract, which is legally binding, do you think he and Sookie will be left unpunished? Well, we already have an answer to that. Eric said that they will both be severely punished, to the point where their lives will no longer be worth living.
On the other hand, if Eric abandons Sookie and he goes to Oklahoma like Felipe wants him to, he will avoid punishment for killing Victor and he will gain considerable wealth and power. But what will happen to Sookie?
Exactly Kitten. What does Eric get from all this except Sookie’s love. Do you normally leave your partner when he’s in trouble especially if it’s none of his doing? As if Sookie doesn’t have her own drama. She even realise it in this book but some reader just still stuck on “”the bite”.
Scenario #2 also assumes that after 12 books and three years (booktime) Sookie hasn’t developed one single bit of insight about herself. Option #2 calls for Sookie to have a sudden, ginormous epiphany of her true, long buried feelings which will mean that she spent 12 books and three years spinning her wheels waiting for said epiphany. And that’s just ridiculous. Sookie has a better handle on her own feelings than that and Charlaine has a better handle on the writing and character develoment.
A-F***ING-MEN Kitten!
“3. Sookie is secretly in love with Sam and is in denial about it.” – This would be longest denial i’ve ever read: 12 books!!
There’s a difference between what you wish CH had written and what CH actually wrote.
Hey SVB. Only part of the pod I listened too were you’re few minutes at the beginning. First chic didn’t like it…ok… Enjoyed and agreed with you. 3rd person didn’t like it either and there I stopped. After all the negativity from last year, I’m just not willing to hear it. I’ve liked every book in equal measure. And it’s not like I’m easy to please. I struggle to find good reads everyday. The universe CH created was really unique IMO and the particulars haven’t been too important. Cheers.
I was the third person, and I did like it…
My feelings fell more in line with yours DeeDee. I liked the book overall but I also felt there were some definite slow parts and not enough Eric. I missed him too. But I think that that was sort of the point. I think the readers were supposed to miss Eric, much like Sookie was missing him. *sigh* But it does make for an even longer year until we can see him again.
CH made her point, Eric’s lack of page time left a hole for me. I hope she is working her little fingers to the bone on a large brick for next year!
Essential spark! Essential spark! Essential spark!
*is silly*
I loved you on this SVB!! I really liked this book,much more than DR. and I really agree with EVERYTHING you said. I love Eric as much as every other Viking gal,and yes…I missed reading more Eric on the pages,but this is SOOKIES journey! and this book REALLY showed me how far she’s come! I loved every second of this.
I so don’t see any Sam issues…he is her friend. I love a couple of my male friends,and yes sometimes I think some girls may not be good enough for them but that does NOT mean I am in love with them. (Like you said) and we’ve been in Sookies head for 12 freaking books!! SHE IS NOT IN LOVE WITH SAM!! The whole “she’s lying to herself” thing is not something I see happening in a book for adults. (this isn’t a romance for high school kids)
oh and I would SO not worry about any of those bets. There is no door number 1,2 and 3. It’s Eric. Sam is her constant friend. THAT.IS.IT. It has never been clearer to me. I would have done EXACTLY what she did when he died..used the CD on him..to make him live. It has nothing to do with romantic love. It has everything to do with him being like family,friends are the family you choose for yourself,and despite everything Sam is a constant in her life. She loves Sam…but she is not IN love with him. As she keeps saying and thinking again and again and again,she’s IN LOVE with Eric. Why do people pick and choose what they want when it comes to stuff she says and thinks?
Why do people pick and choose what they want when it comes to stuff she says and thinks?
This is the real element of mystery in this series
They also pick and choose what they want when it comes to CH.
and I’m really tired of people saying Eric wasn’t himself. I mean….I think it is promising that other than Sookie,ERIC is the only character who has gone through a journey and character growth! He isn’t going to be a playful vamp in these times! He isn’t a jackass! I am glad he isn’t being annoying and “let’s just ignore everything happening around us and have sex and crap” . Jeez…. this is mind boggling.
Ok I’m going to stop now.
Great job SVB! I LOVED hearing you speak after all this time….ran into the other room with my laptop to make the hubs hear you too!
I thought your panel really did an excellent job of debating the best and worst moments of DL. I was cracking up at your blatant distaste over Sam’s cheapness. AWESOME!
I’ve gotta say, the “humdrum” aspects of this book didn’t bother me at all. Perhaps I was just so excited by the fact Sookie had multiple friends she could go out with to let off some steam, but those complaints didn’t register with me upon my initial read. I didn’t mind her sweet potato escapades either – I found the delicate balance of the everyday mixing with a little murder and mayhem spot on in this book.
One thing that was mentioned really struck a chord with me – the gradual changing of the way Eric deals with the world because of his relationship with Sookie. So true over all this time – has he lost his strength or balls? Hell no. I believe his time with Sookie has changed him beyond measure. Just as that time has changed HER, or any of us who have grown with a partner, rather than apart from one. If it didn’t change Eric, I would be worried about DEA. I’m not.
Sookie NOT using the CD to get him out of his bind will just make him work harder to solve the problem on his own. And our big,, resourceful Viking will do JUST. THAT.
Again, it was lovely to hear you for the first time out loud. Your wit, intellect and curse words will forever be immortalized in my future blog readings….complete with your Aussie cadence and inflection, lady
!
know which was my favorite part? when you said Freyda and Eric, and Sam and Sookie was so compatible, yes would be perfect, why this does the love evident of Eric and Sookie sooo good, so epic, it’s not about perfection, is about love and finding the way to be happy with who you really love! the struggle and the difficulties that are worth! (and do good books) and not to conform to what is most compatible. I loved what Kristin (?) Also said that the last book is not about Eric “planning” your marriage and moving to Oklahoma with the help of EOC and Pam, while Sookie and Sam are choosing the menu for Merlotte’s! LOL, this would be chapter 1 and chapter 2, then THE END. lol just do not. Moreover, none of this solves the problem of FDC is not it?
You did great SVB! Loved all of your points, such logical reasoning!
Cannot wait for the last book and our huge pay off, Eric and Sookie for the HEA!
Great job SVB. I wish I had been home because I would have called in.
I have a hard time w/people missing old Eric. Eric is Eric. When he was trying to seduce Sookie, when he had no troubles in the world, he was funny and sly and threw her on the hood of the car. But we’re past that. He doesn’t need to be sly with her anymore and if he was people would be criticizing that!
I have always felt this series was more about Sookie and her journey than a romance. I think that’s why I love it so much. Every.single.character is like an old friend to me, so Sookie interacting with them, going about her day is what attracts me to the books. I believe Eric was absent from this book for a reason, just as you said SVB. Sookie needs to sort out all kinds of things before she can really make a decision about what she wants. I also believe Sam is a red herring. I didn’t until she saved him. I heaved a sigh of relief. He’s her best friend. I agree she would have saved any one of her friends had they been killed. Here’s the other thing. When she saved Sam, she wasn’t crying out, “I love you Sam. You have to come back for me.” She simply said, “Live.”
But I’d like to say something about birthday/Cluvial Dor-gate and what Niall said. I believe Eric passed Niall’s test with flying colors. I don’t think he would have brought up the CD on Sookie’s birthday if SHE hadn’t been hammering at him that he could just walk or run away from the obligation with QOK. I believe he had something special planned for her birthday, and remember she’s the one who ruined whatever it was he was going to do.
From DL:
“‘Won’t you give me a hug too?’ Eric looked down at me, one eyebrow hiked up. ‘Before I start giving hugs to you I need to know what our situation is.’”
She totally rejected him.
That whole scene read to me as if he had had it w/her childish assumption that this was like an arranged human marriage. He got so frustrated that in his anger he threw it at her. “You want me out the marriage and you think it’s so easy, well it is, used that damned thing that makes you so powerful and the problem is solved.” I don’t think he would have ever mentioned to her that he knew she had it otherwise. And if HE’s so selfish let’s take the other side of the coin. If Sookie loved HIM so much and wanted to be with him so badly, why didn’t she use the CD, the minute she knew what it was?
I’m glad for story’s sake she didn’t use it to get him out of it, but if people are going to say Eric is selfish because he’s not out of the QOK obligation yet, then so is Sookie for not using it for him.
Again great job SVB, I enjoyed listening to that lively conversation!!
PS: I think next year you’re going to be $10 richer!
Childish?! I was actually proud of her for getting to the issue of things. Her relationship with him and where it stands means more to her than a little package in his pocket. Plus, they’ve hardly had any time together.
Why must Sookie bend to Eric? Why do we make excuses for him, yet call on Sookie’s “rude” behavior? Excuses are made for him all the time, “he’s a vamp and she has to get with it”? Why can’t Sookie be the person – THE HUMAN – she is and have that respected as well? She has a right to put her foot down.
I loved this book and I think they will stay together. But, Sookie’s banter with him has been a direct reaction to his sh*tty behavior towards her this book.
I really think you’re both right. Sookie and Eric are both having communication issues. She’s certainly sending him mixed signals – upset that he’s not there, but also refusing to see him and hanging up the phone on him. He’s not telling her everything, and acting jealous and short-tempered. He’s under some tremendous pressure, but Sookie would understand that better if he shared more. This is not his strong suit. And clearly, they’re both adjusting to relating to each other without the blood bond.
I thought Sookie made big strides in the communication department when she initiated their conversation on the porch. Eric is going to have to rise to the challenge if they’re going to be able to move forward with their relationship. I think he will, and that we’ll see this in DEA.
See, I think these arguments over who’s to be excused and who isn’t never go anywhere, because there’s never one of the two that’s more at fault than the other.
I really don’t think, all things considered, that his behaviour has been shittier than hers if we look at the whole picture and put things in perspective, especially if considered in the context of the series rather than single books . They both make mistakes and have their issues they need to get over.
Sookie shouldn’t “bend” to Eric, nor should he “bend” to her.
Yet in a way that’s the point of this book: the deadlock is that we clearly see they do have what it takes to work things out and yet thanks to a series of misunderstandings, miscommunications, and pride/insecurity/ stubborness issues, they’re stuck in a seemingly unsolvable, unmoving situation.
But this apparent stillness is just the moment before the final explosion, and while I still thhink the series is probably 2 books too long, I admire the way she’s been able to keep the tension going (though there are instances where it borders on contrived, and there’s a bit of a filler feel) and I can’t wait to finally see the resolution that I felt was already being set up back in book 8.
I agree Rosmunda. They’re both equally at fault because it seems that wnenever one is ready to talk, the other isn’t ready to listen. I may be remembering things wrong but I seem to recall that Eric called Sookie wanting to come over and see her and maybe to talk but Sookie didn’t feel like seeing him right at that moment so she told him no. Who knows what Eric might’ve shared had he gone over. And vice versa, there have been moments when Sookie has wanted to talk but Eric has put her off. It’s maddening really and that’s why I’m glad (at least on this front) that this series is near done because this is when things can start to veer off into contrived territory. I don’t see one as more at fault than the other. Frankly, I want to slap them both upside the head at different times.
Maybe I didn’t express it correctly, but what I was trying to say, you and Rosmunda are saying.
Eric can absolutely be a jerk, but she’s not innocent either. Just the night after she hung up on him, she’s angry that he didin’t call her the next night. Sookie says she feels that he’s shoved her aside, but he wanted to come over the night before, and, I dont’ know, I’d be pissed and frustrated if she hung up on me like that. He can’t read her anymore, how’s he supposed to know how she’s feeling. There are no examples I can think of in this book, (I’m halfway through my second reading), aside from the Kym incident, where he was a jackass to Sookie.
I’d have to agree to disagree about his demanding she use the CD makes him a jerk. That really read like lashing out from being hurt to me.
Sookie even finds out that he pays the guard at his house to keep his mouth shut so she wouldn’t catch grief from reporters etc. for staying over at his place. She has no idea what he’s been doing to try to protect her or to rectify both the Victor and Freyda situations.
All I was trying to say is it’s not just Eric and some people are putting all the blame on him.
Oh I wasn’t disagreeing with you Kathy. I totes agree. This is not all Eric’s fault nor is it Sookie’s. They both have contributed to the communication misfires along the way.
And I certainly don’t hold it against Eric that he hinted (not demanded, mind you) for Sookie to use the CD to stop the marriage to Freyda. Because he’s not just lookiing to get himself out of a sticky situation that is fraught with vampire politics and the very often dangerous ramifications of messing with said politics. No, this is about getting them BOTH out this mess with as little bloodhshed as possible. There will be consequences for Sookie too if Eric is forced to go to Oklahoma with Freyda because her one, main source of protection – Eric – will be gone. So this wasn’t Eric being entirely selfish. This is about the both of them and Eric was hinting about the CD on behalf of saving them BOTH. So I wholeheartedly agree with you that Eric doesn’t deserve blame on that front.
SookieFan – can you please read the site rules regarding posting under multiple usernames. Please choose one and stick with it so other posters know who they are talking to.
Thanks.
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Downloaded the podcast for my commute this morning, great way to start the day! Really enjoyed the thoughtful and informed discussion.
Btw, a couple of things that struck me while listening this morning -
I’m not sure if Sookie was happier (?? I’ll have to re-read) when Jannalynn was killed v. when Victor was killed. But if so, IMO it’s not an Eric v. Sam feelings thing. Victor was nasty, evil and everyone new it. Jannalynn was a plotting pain in the ass that Sookie put up with for Sam. Then Jannalynn turned traitor, set out to permanently hook Sam, ruin/kill Alcide, and she wanted to get to Sookie by using/hurting Eric … the final straw! All of this even before Jannalyn killed Sam. So, yeah – good riddance to both but Jannalynn gets a parting gift.
ITA that Sookie would have used the CD on quite a list of people that she loves. But in this case she used it on Sam, great choice and good for him – that’s it. The end of the book for me has Sookie preoccupied and thinking about her next talk with Eric (so long over due in this book – OMG!), and definitely not looking forward to a talk with Sam. Sookie has trusted Eric throughout 12 books (when even he thought it was crazy) and I think she still does … he’ll call, show up when it counts and have at least one plan. Sookie helped motivate Eric in DR when the Alexi plot hit the fan, and she has certainly motivated Eric now!
I think the other point worth mentioning in relation to the Victor v Jannalynn situation is that Sookie was actively involved in Victor’s murder. She came up with the plan, and the act was premeditated with her *direct* involvement. The other issue was that it wasn’t only Victor who died that night…others were killed in the crossfire. Naturally her conscience is far more bothered by this than it was over Jannalynn – whose death she had no hand in. She even recognises this when she’s thinking about the young weres watching, and she thinks that they have to just get used to pack justice because this is how it is. She doesn’t blame herself for exposing Jannalynn’s involvement and bringing on the punishment – she blames Jannalynn for her own actions because she knew what the pack’s consequences would be.
Jannalynn was punished by the institutions of her society. Victor was murdered as a pre emptive strike, with her direct involvement. If Sookie feels differently about these two incidents, it’s because she should, not because of anything to with Sam v Eric, I don’t think.
I agree with you SVB. I just thought Sookie had a very different reaction to the violence itself this time, as opposed to how she seemed to feel about what had happened with Victor. Her roles in the two events are very different, but I did think it was noteworthy all the same that not only was she not bothered by the bloodshed in the taking of Jannalynn’s life, she thought she shouldn’t even be given the chance to fight back.
I suppose I found it noteworthy mostly because there was a lot of reader reaction to how Sookie felt about Victor’s death at the end of DR and assumed it would mean she would reject the violence of the supernatural world going forward. That’s certainly not how it played out -at all – in Deadlocked.
I finally had time to listen to the broadcast. I was having a major fangirl moment with you and DeeDee on the same program! I hope you all do it again next year so you can collect on your bets. I swear I cannot understand how this book isn’t loved. I think the fae tie-up, if that’s all there is, was weak but even though we didn’t see Eric, I felt like he loomed large in the book.
If Sam is the end game, it shouldn’t take to long to write 13.
I’ll do it for her: “Eric left with Freyda and they lived Dead Ever After. With a full moon coming, Sookie made sure there was plenty of Alpo in the trailer. The end.”
I’m not seeing a Sam HEA. I’m seeing the perfect seque for the final book.
P.S. Tina, your accent is charming. I think we forget a little you are Aussie I reckon;)
I’m really shocked at the general reception to it as well. I mean, I knew there’d be people who were unhappy but have you checked out the Amazon reviews? Holy hell.
The posts on Goodreads are much of the same.
I think there’s a lot of Sookie fatigue out there. This series has not benefited from being extended from l0 to 13 books. It’s always better to leave folks wanting more.
I really enjoyed the podcast. I have been following both you and Dee Dee for at least 2 years so it was especially fun to actually hear your voices.
I have been in a relationship for over 16 years so from my perspective, I really related to a lot of the inner dialogue she conveyed throughout the story. I am happy to see she is growing. Eric called her on running away from Bill every time the going got rough- Club Dead- it is great to see her fighting her natural flight instincts to give her relationship the better part of her. She still has a ways to go but that is what happens when you love someone. The best relationships allow you to grow.
I also laughed when she stepped over the dead body in her kitchen. Her Essential Spark is really kicking in….to me that is the sign of someone who doesn’t see things the way she did only a book before. The change in her has been gradual but it was definitely punctuated in this scene. I think “Stepping over the Body ” was very symbolic. Almost like stepping over a broom when you get married. There were several scenes in the book that married Sookie to her Humanity. This wasn’t one of them. She starts it making Sweet Potatoes…symbolic of sacred family tradition. She throws out the boiling water…which was the first step… in favor of survival. It seems simple for her to face down a human and doesn’t seem challenged or very fearful. More annoyed. As the scene progresses and Mr. C. arrives, the body is stepped over and a new chapter in her life begins. We get to know more of Mr.C ‘s connections and hints are laid out for future reference.
As a reader of the Bible, I find Charlaine’s writing in this book to be a lot like the Book of Mark-Not content, but style of writing
). It at times seems like a very simple read but when you spend time talking about it and analyzing what is going on, there seems to be a lot more to it.
In the midst of listening now, and SVB, I didn’t know you were Australian, and its nice to be able to put a “voice” behind your posts.
Great job btw!!
Anyway, I had to stop for a moment when you were talking about Sookie’s reactions, and how sometimes they can be a bit frustrating. Also, how much she has grown, but still has moments when she can be a bit childish in her behaviors/reactions.
Sookie is 28, correct? (around there) So she is a year older than me. To me, I find her reactions to Eric’s behavior in this book as understandable, so instead of getting frustrated with her, I usually can relate. (well, minus the fact that my boyfriend is a vampire, of course
)
I just feel its important to remember how old she is. Even though her experiences throughout the series have been extraordinary, she is still a young woman.
I’m glad to see her grow and become less naive. She’s on the right path to becoming a woman who knows what she wants.
I’m going to reply only because I’ve finished the entire podcast… and omfg… great conversation… I now have something else to listen to…. And SVB I hope you do this again.
That’s all.
This is why I keep coming back to this website. I can’t believe I missed so much since last time!