Finally, a way to get more True Blood action during the off season! I was expecting the graphic novels to be as painful to read as the original novels, but the first volume was surprisingly enjoyable! This way we get the visuals (Eric = yum), but we leave out the annoying southern accents. ( )

Eh, kinda flavorless. But inoffensive enough if you are a fan of true blood, I guess. It felt like, well... the real stories are on the TV show so... let's not put anything too game changing in the comic? Which is boring. I was kinda hoping for some stuff from the books, but it doesn't have any of that at all. Which is fair, but I thought a comic book would be a great way to bridge some of the differences/gaps/blah blah blah between the show and the books... oh well. ( )

After watching the entire series and reading the books, i was intrigued by this. Eh, I was not impressed. First of all a tentacled monster holds everyone hostage at Merlotte's? Wtf? The drawings were not spectacular and the storyline was borderline boring.

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Being a True Blood show and Sookie Stackhouse book fan, of course I jumped at the chance to borrow this from my pal. The artwork is colorful, rich, but some images were a little too vague in the face, especially for the background cast, while other profiles were dead-on.

Big thumbs up for the realistic tone and dialogue of the characters.

As for the plot, it's slightly silly but it fits a volume one for True Blood fans and accomplishes what it sets out to do -- gives fanboys and fangirls everywhere a chance to learn a deep dark secret about their favorite cast members. The secret has nothing to do with revealing characters for the book, but it does dig deeper into the televised show as a separate entity.


It feels different from the TV show, disconnected somehow, so that it doesn't further it much for fans for the storyline. All of them are in at Sam's bar one night when a mysterious creature walks in, where they must reveal an intimate secret they never told anyone about to satisfy their debt with it. Their is no major, central plot to the book, more of a character revealing and deeper inspection of those people have fallen in love with from the show.

Honestly most of the stories weren't terribly exciting. Almost all were from childhood moments, and each ended with a therapeutic gathering of the group reassuring the person it wasn't really their fault. If you're a big fan you'll want this one for completionist sake. If you're a casual viewer or only read the books, this colorful graphic novel will do little to rouse your interest. ( )

Wonderful art work and I love Sookie's world ( )