Dead Until Dark

To be honestly, I do not like the book at all. I do not know why, it is just hard to read. When I read the book, I have difficulties to understand what is going on. For most of times, I need to go back, re-read the text and to think hard about it. I do not know why, I just do not understand it.

After I read the book, I feel that everything is messed up. I can not pick up their characteristics, and I can not get the details. Confusions is always there and it drives me a little mad. Then, I takes quite time to watch the show, True Blood. It helps me to get a better understanding on the story. I realize that it is a really good story and I like it.

Firstly, I like the characters. Each of them is well developed. For example, Sookie is a very interesting character who can read people's mind. For her, it is a problem which leads her to seek for someone she can not read. Unfortunately, the only one that she cannot read is a vampire. This setting is interesting because most of people want to know what others are thinking about. Even Sookie wants to know what Bill is thinking about sometimes. It is a conflict in Sookie's life. One hand, she wants to get quiet from Bill. On the other hand, she wants to know what Bill thinks. It is a symbolic scense of the real world. People always refuse to accept the negative parts of the reality but they desire to seek the truth.

Another interesting that I find is the character in the show, Tara. Tara is an Africa-American girl who is very sensitive about races. Sometimes, even though others do not mean to disrespect her, she always feel that she is disrespected. For me, I am not sensitive with race problem. It is probably because I have not been through these kind of things. However, I think Tara is the one with the race problem. Since she differ people by race, she assumes that words from people in other race are always have some negative meanings. It is all her problem. She cannot face the race problem right and she lives in the past rather than the future. For example, in the show, Tara is angry about Bill because his parents used to own slaves. It is a history that cannot be changed but Tara cannot take it properly. Therefore, sometimes, we need to find the problems in ourselves. Otherwise, the problems cannot be solved at all.

After all, I real like the story. It exposes too many aspects of the society. The plot surprises me a lot, especially the ending. The story teaches me that we cannot blame mistakes on others. Before we do that, we need to find the mistakes in ourselves. The society will not change to fit each individual so that we need to change to fit in the society.