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A review by teaandtales1
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
dark
emotional
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book was excellent, but it stressed me out, ya'll.
𝐏𝐥𝐨𝐭: A group of housewives have a true-crime/mystery book club in their affluent and very Southern-traditional neighborhood. One of the ladies begins to think that their new neighbor is hurting children, and might actually be a vampire.
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Grady Hendrix
𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬: 410
𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝: Hell yea!
𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭: Passes easily
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝: 1990s
𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰: I absolutely loved this book. Hendrix creates two different horrors in this story - the vampire, of course, but also the rampant sexism and racism of this time and place (some areas we've made more progress in society than others 🙄). The husbands in this story are awful, but that's sort of the point. There's no badass "final girl" in this story, just women supporting women under extreme circumstances.
This is one of my favorite horror stories of the last few years, and make no mistake it IS a horror novel. While it's not a slasher, that are some definite moments of terror and a bit of gore, but it would also be a great entry point for someone getting into the genre.
𝐏𝐥𝐨𝐭: A group of housewives have a true-crime/mystery book club in their affluent and very Southern-traditional neighborhood. One of the ladies begins to think that their new neighbor is hurting children, and might actually be a vampire.
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Grady Hendrix
𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬: 410
𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝: Hell yea!
𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭: Passes easily
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝: 1990s
𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰: I absolutely loved this book. Hendrix creates two different horrors in this story - the vampire, of course, but also the rampant sexism and racism of this time and place (some areas we've made more progress in society than others 🙄). The husbands in this story are awful, but that's sort of the point. There's no badass "final girl" in this story, just women supporting women under extreme circumstances.
This is one of my favorite horror stories of the last few years, and make no mistake it IS a horror novel. While it's not a slasher, that are some definite moments of terror and a bit of gore, but it would also be a great entry point for someone getting into the genre.