Grave Sight (Harper Connelly Series #1)

I took a chance....well worth it!

I didnt think i could really get into a non-vampire series. i have read alot of books, and all being vampire related in a way. but i just missed the way mrs. Harris writes. so i purchased this book thinking i would be taking a chance. well i instantly got into it. i really enjoyed reading it. not only because its a Harris book, but because its NOT vamp related. so if your a fan of Sookie Stackhouse, then Harper is another gal that would keep you interested in her journey....its a great read, cant wait to get the next books.
Also im going to purchase her other series.....once im done with these. She (Charlaine Harris) is the best writer out there. plain and simple. so i want to read everything she has wrote. she gives her readers such a plot to get into, while the characters become your friends, and enemy's. I hope this review is encourging enough to pick the book up and enjoy Harris' Escapism.....

16 out of 16 people found this review helpful.

Love this series

This book was a wonderful surprise. I really like the Sookie Stackhouse series so I figured I would read some of C. Harris' other books. This book was really good. It got my attention and never let go. It's pretty fast paced and like her other books, the characters seem real and are very likable. I have to say, the second book is better than the first, and the third is better than the second. This so far is a great series. It has the right amount of action, drama, suspense, mystery, and romance. I can't wait for the fourth book to come out.(I think in Nov.)

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

just push through it

Okay, I borrowed these four books from a friend and since I'm on bed rest - I've got to read a ton of books to keep sane! So... I read this first one and thought - meh. It's predictable, redundant, and a bit annoying. But hey, what else was I going to do? The second one got on my nerves - i figured it out very quickly - but I endured and towards the end it got interesting. The 3rd and 4th of the series are very good and worth reading the first two to get to them. So, those of you that put this down, give them another shot.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

utterly fantastic

After being struck by lightening, Harper Connelly can locate dead people and know if they died of natural causes, committed suicide, or were murdered. Relatives of missing people hire Harper to find their missing loved ones. Harper knows how they died because she senses the last minutes of the individual¿s life. Right now she and her step-brother Tolliver are in the Ozark town of Sarne, hired to find Teenie, a missing teenage girl. --- Harper finds the burial place and knows that the girl was murdered. She also discovers that Teenie¿s boyfriend didn¿t kill her and in remorse committed suicide but was murdered as well. Hollis, one of the police officers working the homicides, is interested in Harper who tells him that his wife Sally, the sister of Teenie was murdered and not an accident victim. Someone wants Harper and Tollivar gone and that person will not hesitate to use violence if it results in getting rid of them permanently. --- Considering that the heroine can find a dead body and learn how they died, she is amazingly normal and treats her skill like any of her other five senses. She even make a living out of it, not to exploit people but to give closure and sometimes even helping her client figure out who killed them if it was a homicide. Fast pacing, excellent character development and a strong storyline make GRAVE SIGHT an excellent reading experience. This fabulous opening gambit affirms that every series Charlaine Harris creates is utterly fantastic. --- Harriet Klausner

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Not worth the cost

I loved the Sookie Stackhouse series but Grave Site is a poor imitation of those books. The plot moved very slowly. None of the characters are particularly interesting or compelling. The resolution of the "mystery" was obvious from a third of the way through the book. All in all, I had to force myself to read to the end. Won't be buying anymore Harper Connelly stories.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Different and Fun

It's an offbeat plotline. Girl survives lightning strike and gains talent for communicating with the dead.
She and her step-brother have survived an incredibly dysfunctional upbringing. They make their living traveling around, using her "gift" to solve mysteries for those willing and able to pay her fees. It's an interesting premise.
I found the characters likeable. One reviewer described their sibling relationship/attraction as "creepy" and it certainly would be except for the fact that they are not related by blood.
I enjoyed this fun read. You might too.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Predictable

Well, this is the one and only book of this series I plan to read. Love the Sookie books but this was way too predictable and I found all the characters boring. To add insult to injury when I got to the last page on my nook the very last sentence was not there. At least the book did download totally on my Mac so I could say I finished the book.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Grave Sight Review

This summer I read a book called Grave Sight by
Charlene Harris. It is about a lady named Harper and her stepbrother
Tolliver. They make money by using Harper's special talents that she received by getting struck by lightning. Harper is allowed to see how people died by touching them, or just being in their presence. Although she can see what killed them, she is not capable of seeing who killed them.

While working on a case with her brother, Harper finds out how two teenage children, Dell and Teenie die. Everyone is accusing Dell of killing Teenie, and then killing himself, but only Harper knows what really happened. Harper knows that they both got murdered, but she doesn't know who did the crime. As she and her stepbrother investigate another murder happens and Harper thinks that all the murders are linked together.

Towards the end of the book, Harper's powers get stronger. She can see parts of the body but not the face of the murderers.

For a reader that likes scary stories and mysteries I would recommend this book. Grave Sight has surprising twists, and a lot of suspence.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Horrible

Horrible

1 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

Interesting

It was an interesting twist of Paranormal! Love the ending! Check it out!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Not Bad... But Not Great Either...

Harper Connelly can sense the dead. Since being struck by lightning as a child she has been able to sense the presence of death. Now, as an adult, she is using her gift to its best advantage. She has turned it into a career. Not the career she would have chosen for herself, especially since their death scenes play out in her mind once she makes a connection to the spirit.
But when she goes to a small Ozark town to investigate the deaths of two teens she finds herself on the wrong side of the law. After finding the body of the second missing teen she is invited to her mothers home to talk about what she saw and the orgins of her gift, but shortly after they leave the mother ends up dead. Her head being beaten in with a candlestick. Forced to stick around in the backwards town of Sarne Harper decideds to do a little investigating. This only leads to more confusion and makes the townspeople even angrier that some strange outsiders have come poking around their "quaint" little town. So much so that they arrest her brother on bogus charges just to get under her skin.
With a new discovery in every chapter this book does keep you guessing.

I enjoyed this book but it won't be making it's way into my top ten anytime soon. This series is not nearly as good as her Shakespeare series or her Sookie Stackhouse series. I would give it a 3 out of 5 stars. But I do believe I will pick up the second book just to see where it goes.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

not what I thought it would be

I loved her other books found these hard to read, had to force myself to read them.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Predictable

Horrifyingly bad.

The suspect was so painfully obvious, I guessed it the page he/she was introduced...I kept reading hoping I was wrong, hoping there would be some sort of plot twist...there wasn't. If you're a fan of the Sookie series and want to branch out, you will be severely disappointed with the lack of character development (and lack of any sort of redeeming quality in a character)...I'd say a big old PASS on this series.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

If you love Harris's Stackhouse series you'll love these too!

After reading all the Sookie Stackhouse novels I thought I would give this series a try and they truly did not disappoint! They are fun, entertaining and thrilling. I can't wait until the 4th in the series comes out in October 2009. Try them, they really are enjoyable.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

What a Waste of a Gift Card!

A really good concept for a new series that may be successful in someone elses hands! After browsing the first few pages, I was certain Ms. Harris was going to provide an exciting, first-rate page turner to curl up with. Imagine my disappointment when Grave Sight turned out to be a dreadful, weak storyline with flat, one dimensional, unlikable characters. The next time I find myself perusing the bookshelves at Barnes & Noble, I will definitely skip past Harris, Charlaine. To think I wasted a $25 gift card - I guess hindsight is definitely better then Grave Sight!!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Loved it!!

Charlaine harris writes a good mystery!

Kate

Kk...my nook is having issues.

Neat concept, great twisted little mysteries. Its fun seeing the

Neat concept, great twisted little mysteries. Its fun seeing the story unravel especially near the end when everything finally comes to a head. Its kind of disappointing that there is no true happy ending, just more of a sense of keeping the status quo and on to the next one. All in all it was a good little time killer. Also, I love the double meaning in the title :)

Fangrtom

Never mind snappa can pist in ur old room now then time for the meeting

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Highly Recommended - You must check it out!

Enjoyed this storyline. Great read.