Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris
Bon Temps, Louisiana
The First Of Many Differences
Book- Says that Sookie is excited to meet a vampire, and that she had waited for a vampire of her own. Says that bill had a glow to him when she first looked upon him.
Show- Sookie only took notice of Bill because he was the only mind she couldn't hear. Bill was pale and didn't have a glow to him.
First Encounter
Sam's Reaction
Book- Says Sam gave Sookie a little smile before she went to ask Bill what he wanted to order.
Show- Sam was not smiling when Sookie went to take Bill's order. He was mad because Sookie was excited to meet him and seemed more relaxed with Bill then with him.
How To Make A Vampire
Book- Says that a virus creates a vampire.
Show- You had to turn someone to make them into a vampire.
Differences Between Vampire Making
Sam Merlotte
Denise and Mack Ratray
Book- Says the Ratrays died at the bar after they attacked Sookie after Sookie stopped them from draining Bill.
Show- Bill made it look like a tornado had hit their trailer after he had killed them for what they did to Sookie.
When Bill Was Turned
Book- It says that Bill was turned in 1870.
Show- It says that bill was turned in 1865.
Arlene and Rene
Married or Not???
Book- Says that Arlene and Rene had been married previously and that they divorced but then got back together.
Show- They had never been married on the show and had only recently started dating.
Bill's Human Family
The Differences
Book- Says that Bill and his wife have five children and that he was a farmer.
Show- Says that Bill and his wife only had three children and that he was a soldier.
Sam and Sookie
An Innocent Life
Tina The Cat
First Time
Book- Says that Bill and Sookie made love for the first time in her grandmothers old room after Sookie switched rooms after her grandmothers passing.
Show- Bill and Sookie made love for the first time in Bill's parlor in front of the fireplace for their first time.
To Hide The Marks
Book- Sookie wore a higher shirt in order to hide the bite marks while she was at work.
Show- Sookie wore a red scarf to work in order to hide the bite marks from Bill.
Sex Tape Leads To Murder
Book- Says Jason made sex tapes with all the women that he slept with.
Show- Maudette had made a tape of the two of them unbeknownst to Jason, which was later found after her death.
Choice Of Drink
Book- Says that Bill fed off other humans aside from Sookie.
Show- If Bill wasn't feeding off Sookie, then he was drinking the synthetic blood.
True Blood
Meeting Eric Again
Book- Claims Bill persuaded Sookie to drink from him on the pretense of meeting Eric again.
Show- Sookie never drank from Bill before meeting Eric for the second time. Plus Bill could hardly ever persuade Sookie to do much of anything.
Reading Their Minds
Book- Says Sookie could read Eric's mind, but not Bill's.
Show- She couldn't read any of the vampires minds, even when she tried to.
Tina
Tina's Untimely Demise
Book- Says someone flung Sookie's cat at the front door and that the cat was strangled to death.
Show- The cat was hanging from the ceiling fan, her blood sprayed on the walls.
Elvis Presley
Newest Vampire
Book- Describes a vampire named Bubba who Bill left with Sookie in order to protect her while he was away. Bubba was Elvis Presley before he was turned while on his last breath on the morgue table.
Show- Bubba never watched over Sookie. Bill never left anyone to watch over her while he was gone.
Rene Was The Season One Killer
The Truth Is Out
Book- Says that Rene attacked Sookie at night and that he attacked her first at her grandmothers house before she fled to the cemetary. It says that even though Sookie stabbed him with his own knife that he had survived, and that he was telling all of his sins to the police.
Show- When Sookie's car wouldn't start, Rene offered to give her a ride home. When Sookie realizes that Rene is the killer she tries to shoot him only to realize that he had emptied the gun of bullets. Rene follows Sookie into the graveyard where he attempts to kill her. Bill tries to save her, but is almost killed by the sun. Sam attacks Rene long enough for Sookie to grab a shovel which leads to Rene's decapitation. Rene attacked Sookie during the day.
What's Missing?
Everything That Wasn't Mentioned
- Bill was 173 years old
- Tara Thorton was Sookie's best friend
- Jason was immediately arrested for Maudette's murder
- Tara had the hots for Jason
- Fellowship of the church= Anti-Vampire church
- Jerry had Hepatitis D
- Jason gets addicted to vampire blood
- Eric is a thousand year old viking vampire
- Lorena is Bill's sire
- Jason invited their uncle Bartlett to their Grams funeral
- Jason and Amy Burly were a couple, he helped her get a job at Merlotte's
- Rene proposed to Arlene
- Bill staked Long-shadow when he went to kill Sookie
- Jason and Amy kidnapped Lafayette's vampire Eddie in order to get high on his blood
- Bill had to go before the vampire tribunal for killing Long-shadow
- Bill had to turn Jessica into a vampire as punishment for killing Long-shadow
- Rene's real name was Drew Marshall
- Rene killed Amy in Jason's bedroom after they got high on V for the last time leaving Jason to believe that he killed her
- Maryann Forrester
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