{"id":7093,"date":"2010-06-21T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2010-06-21T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=7093"},"modified":"2010-06-07T08:09:29","modified_gmt":"2010-06-07T14:09:29","slug":"book-vs-dvd-sookie-stackhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/book-vs-dvd-sookie-stackhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Book vs. DVD: Sookie Stackhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Some of today’s most popular movies and television series started off as books.\u00a0 Dead Until Dark<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Charlaine Harris is a mystery starring Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic barmaid from Bon Temps, Louisiana.\u00a0 The story\u00a0takes place\u00a0after vampires have made their existence known to the world and are beginning to be accepted into mainstream society in America.\u00a0 One night at work, Sookie’s dream comes true and a vampire named Bill walks into the bar.\u00a0 After rescuing Bill from a couple attempting to drain his blood, Sookie and the vampire embark on a romance and Sookie learns that there are many more interesting creatures in this world than she ever knew of before.\u00a0 If you like vampire novels with a splash of romance and mystery, this book is for you.\u00a0 It’s an entertaining bit of light reading that will force you to leave the comfy confines of your home and race back to the library for the sequel.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a>\"\"<\/a>Following the success of this book and its sequels, HBO adapted it into a television series.\u00a0 Starring Anna Paquin as Sookie, True Blood: The Complete First Season<\/a><\/em><\/strong> follows the events of Dead Until Dark<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 The main storyline remains the same, with Sookie and the residents of Bon Temps trying to figure out who is murdering local women.\u00a0 Not everything is exactly the same as the book:\u00a0 characters who are minor in the novel are given\u00a0their own important\u00a0storylines (with Sookie’s brother Jason becoming addicted to vampire blood), and characters who don’t appear until later novels are transplanted into this first season and are given new personalities\u00a0(like Tara and her new “don’t take any you-know-what” attitude).<\/p>\n

Personally, I enjoyed the book much more than the TV series.\u00a0 While the HBO series was spot-on concerning the main events of the novel, the changes that were made from what was originally in the book didn’t seem fitting to me.\u00a0 However, the casting is excellent and most of the characters are exactly as I saw them in my head while reading the book.\u00a0 My only other complaint is that I am a bit squeamish, and due to the graphic nature of the show, some of the scenes were a little hard to watch.\u00a0 But overall, reading the bok and watching the show are both fun escapes from reality.<\/p>\n

But enough about what I think.\u00a0 Which did YOU enjoy more:\u00a0 the book, or the DVD?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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