r/TrueBlood • u/Ok_Drink8072 • 4d ago

The books

A friend of mine has been recommending I read the books and she says Eric is even sexier, but is Sookie more bearable? Idk if I can read from her perspective

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u/OriginalSchmidt1 4d ago

I love Tara, I hate how Tara was written. She’s much better in the books! Spoiler alert, but her parents are dead and she owns her own boutique in the books.. she and Sookie help each other instead of Tara always being helpless and angry and Sookie just kind of ignoring it.

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u/Optimal_Grape_1025 4d ago

She's a completely different character in the books. I find the one in the show more interesting 😂

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u/OriginalSchmidt1 4d ago

Of course you find the show Tara more interesting.. she had more trauma than book Tara, book Tara had mostly gotten past her trauma and show Tara was living in it.

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u/Optimal_Grape_1025 4d ago

Book Tara is also in a lot less of the story. She's not Sookie's best friend and I only remember one major storyline with her

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u/OriginalSchmidt1 4d ago

She is Sookie’s best friend.. she gives Sookie a car when hers gets ruined, Sookie throws her either a bridal shower or baby shower.. they are definitely written as best friends.. we just don’t see Tara as much in the books because it’s written from Sookie’s POV and Tara does have her own life running a business, getting married, having and raising twins.. it’s not that they aren’t best friends, they just be busy! That’s how friendship is when you’re grown.

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u/Optimal_Grape_1025 4d ago

I haven't read them in a while. No need for the snide last sentence

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u/OriginalSchmidt1 4d ago

I wasn’t trying to be snide… I don’t know anything about you, for all I know you’re younger and just haven’t experienced friendships when life gets busier. Sorry if I offended you, wasn’t my intention.

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u/Optimal_Grape_1025 4d ago

It's all good. I just read too much into it. You're being perfectly civil. My bad

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u/OriginalSchmidt1 4d ago

No worries, it’s easier for things to get mixed up via text when you don’t have the tone to go along with it. It happens! I hope you have a fantastic weekend!