The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
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Narrated by:
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Bahni Turpin
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Written by:
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Grady Hendrix
About this listen
Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias meet Dracula in this Southern-flavored supernatural thriller set in the '90s about a women's book club that must protect its suburban community from a mysterious and handsome stranger who turns out to be a real monster.
Patricia Campbell's life has never felt smaller. Her ambitious husband is too busy to give her a goodbye kiss in the morning, her kids have their own lives, her senile mother-in-law needs constant care, and she's always a step behind on thank-you notes and her endless list of chores. The one thing she has to look forward to is her book club, a close-knit group of Charleston women united by their love of true crime and paperback fiction. At these meetings they're as likely to talk about the Manson family as they are marriage, motherhood, and neighborhood gossip.
This predictable pattern is upended when Patricia meets James Harris, a handsome stranger who moves into the neighborhood to take care of his elderly aunt and ends up joining the book club. James is sensitive and well-read, and he makes Patricia feel things she hasn't felt in 20 years. But there's something off about him. He doesn't have a bank account, he doesn't like going out during the day, and Patricia's mother-in-law insists that she knew him when she was a girl, an impossibility.
When local children go missing, Patricia and the book club members start to suspect James is more of a Bundy than a Beatnik, but no one outside of the book club believes them. Have they read too many true crime books, or have they invited a real monster into their homes?
©2020 Grady Hendrix (P)2020 Blackstone PublishingWhat listeners say about The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
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- Ell P
- 25-08-20
Best book of 2020
Book: The Southern Bookclub's guide to slaying vampires
Rating: 4.5/5
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This book is about five agreeable white women, their obtuse husbands, their familiar children, a no nonsense house keeper and a vampire. But most importantly this book is about what it takes to be a mother.
The 'Not quite bookclub' was formed', because five women refused to read books about poltics, social commentary and strife. Instead they devoured sleazy true crime novels like 'Helter Skelter', 'In cold blood' etc; and in the bargain learned how the mind of a serial killer works.
So, when a strange man whose eyes water with exposure to sunlight, whose words melt with sincerity and whose past is shady enough to block the burning sun at the old village, it is only natural that Patricia, a respectable member of the 'Not quite book club' would draw parallels between him and Ted Bundy.
What I loved most about this book was how close it comes to describing the complex nuances of being a woman, a mother and a housewife. It amazed me that a male author could do such a wonderful job of bringing out multiple layers of the women's personalities.
Even when they were scoffed at, made a mockery of, it was clear how obtuse the men in their life have been. How very sure of themselves, that anything beyond their own glory slinks away in the shadows. And the best part about the book, it doesn't end in redemption. Of course the bad guy is taken care of, but the true crime, the crime of undermining the women who have mothered their children, doesn't see justice. And isn't that what life is, we hope and pray that people will finally realise our value, finally see the light in our words, but that never happens. We just learn to move on, knowing that irrespective of what they think, we are worthy.
Brimming with dark humour, moments of fear so strong that you forget to breathe and gore described like the practical chopping of chicken for dinner; I loved the narration.
The only reason for a less than 5/5 rating, was that it was too long. The book stretched across 4-5 years and we are all so used to swift justice, that there were moments my patience stretched thin.
I strongly recommend this book, it's a poignant horror (oxymoron, i know).
PS: Since the Kindle version is ridiculously expensive, I listened to it on Audible. It was the best decision I made. Bahni Turpin, the narrator, is brilliant.
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- Deependra
- 26-10-22
Narration is what kept me going
The narrator of this book did a extremely great job in bringing the characters to life and kept me from stop listening or processing in this book, the way she acted for every character in every situation is mind blowing. That’s why I love Audible.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-11-23
loved it throught!!!
i loved the narration!!! The story was quite entertaining from the start. This is my second book by Grady hendrix and i am enjoying his writing a lot
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