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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
Synopsis snatched from Barnes & Noble:
"When Anita Blake meets with prospective client Tony Bennington, who is desperate to have her reanimate his recently deceased wife, she is full of sympathy for his loss. Anita knows something about love, and she knows everything there is to know about loss. But what she also knows, though Tony Bennington seems unwilling to be convinced, is that the thing she can do as a necromancer isn't the miracle he thinks he needs. The creature that Anita could coerce to step out of the late Mrs. Bennington's grave would not be the lovely Mrs. Bennington. Not really. And not for long."
An enjoyable snippet of Anita Blake. You can't really call it anything more at 156 pages! I felt vaguely insulted, when I opened the Amazon parcel and saw this joke of a book at almost 13 Euros. Seriously, much, much , much too expensive for a paperback of under 200 pages! I liked the book, but I was seriously pissed off about the price. Anyway, there is a 13-page afterword that I briefly skimmed and that basically boiled down to explaining that this book started life as a plot-bunny, while she was writing Divine Misdemeanors. Fair enough. It was just TOO EXPENSIVE for 156 pages!
"When Anita Blake meets with prospective client Tony Bennington, who is desperate to have her reanimate his recently deceased wife, she is full of sympathy for his loss. Anita knows something about love, and she knows everything there is to know about loss. But what she also knows, though Tony Bennington seems unwilling to be convinced, is that the thing she can do as a necromancer isn't the miracle he thinks he needs. The creature that Anita could coerce to step out of the late Mrs. Bennington's grave would not be the lovely Mrs. Bennington. Not really. And not for long."
An enjoyable snippet of Anita Blake. You can't really call it anything more at 156 pages! I felt vaguely insulted, when I opened the Amazon parcel and saw this joke of a book at almost 13 Euros. Seriously, much, much , much too expensive for a paperback of under 200 pages! I liked the book, but I was seriously pissed off about the price. Anyway, there is a 13-page afterword that I briefly skimmed and that basically boiled down to explaining that this book started life as a plot-bunny, while she was writing Divine Misdemeanors. Fair enough. It was just TOO EXPENSIVE for 156 pages!
I really loved Laurell K. Hamilton's early Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series books but I did feel like she lost the thread a bit in the middle of the series. I am glad to say that it seems like she is focusing more on the story line and less on the sex of late which makes the books better in my opinion. I think Anita is a great character and Laurell K. Hamilton can write a great plot but her overly complicated sex scenes can somewhat take away from the book.
Anita is just such.. a special snowflake. Oy. However, it was interesting enough that there was a few times I stayed in my car a couple moments more than I needed to so I could listen to more of the audiobook.
I will probably check out the next book.. at least as something to listen to in the car.
I will probably check out the next book.. at least as something to listen to in the car.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I liked my Anita B fixed! So glad to see her back to raising the dead and fighting. I hated how she acted so times (mostly at the last part) but that's part of the reason I like anita b series so much; I don't always like her and don't think I should.
dark
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Though it looked short, if the story was fleshed out anymore, it would have dragged, so it was short and sweet :)
Why did I do this to myself? Why return to Anita Blake, when all she does is annoy and frustrate me?
Because I am a fool.
But as foolish as I am, at least I didn't write a novel in which all the male characters tell Anita how hot and desirable and wonderful she is for an entire chapter. Is there a plot? Sure, but it's solved in about two minutes. Truthfully, there are so many problems with this story that it’s hard to know what to complain about most.
-The pages upon pages of descriptions of each man’s hair, eyes, muscles, and dreadful clothing choices?
-The chapter in which nothing happens except Anita and her waiter flirting with each other?
-The way the reader is repeatedly reminded that every single other female character is stupider, meaner, and less pretty than Anita?
-How every single time Anita does anything, all the male characters comment on how amazing and astounding it is?
-How Anita Blake uses magic to take away someone’s free will for the rest of his life? And then has sex with him? And then has a long discussion with her other boyfriends about whether she should “keep” him, while the poor dude listens and weeps? And then all her boyfriends comfort her about how hard it must have been on her?
-Or ooh, how ‘bout how we’re supposed to think Anita is oh-so-moral because she refuses to raise zombies that someone wants to have sex with, but then she raises zombies and forces them to kill and eat people? Including their own family members?
This series better end with someone chopping her head off, because at this point Anita Blake is actively evil.
Because I am a fool.
But as foolish as I am, at least I didn't write a novel in which all the male characters tell Anita how hot and desirable and wonderful she is for an entire chapter. Is there a plot? Sure, but it's solved in about two minutes. Truthfully, there are so many problems with this story that it’s hard to know what to complain about most.
-The pages upon pages of descriptions of each man’s hair, eyes, muscles, and dreadful clothing choices?
-The chapter in which nothing happens except Anita and her waiter flirting with each other?
-The way the reader is repeatedly reminded that every single other female character is stupider, meaner, and less pretty than Anita?
-How every single time Anita does anything, all the male characters comment on how amazing and astounding it is?
-How Anita Blake uses magic to take away someone’s free will for the rest of his life? And then has sex with him? And then has a long discussion with her other boyfriends about whether she should “keep” him, while the poor dude listens and weeps? And then all her boyfriends comfort her about how hard it must have been on her?
-Or ooh, how ‘bout how we’re supposed to think Anita is oh-so-moral because she refuses to raise zombies that someone wants to have sex with, but then she raises zombies and forces them to kill and eat people? Including their own family members?
This series better end with someone chopping her head off, because at this point Anita Blake is actively evil.
Really short read. Love that the storyline focused on Anita as an animator! I feel like a lot of the more recent books in this series have focused on other metaphysical traits she has acquired and it was nice to go back to the basics.