Reviews

Nodo di sangue by Laurell K. Hamilton, Alessandro Zabini

sarcastic_cat's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

beachybookstack's review against another edition

3.0

After half-reading this a couple years back, I picked it up again to give it another whirl per my friend's recommendation for fluff. Everyone needs a good trash read once in awhile. Yet, somehow this was not quite what I thought it was. It was mostly descriptions of open shirted guys and Phillip being insecure when Anita isn't into his flirtations. No real tension etc. Just Anita calling bullshit and loving penguins. Reminds me a bit of Charley Davidson but not as sassy and addicted to coffee. Charley is my favorite though soooooo.

Some action, lots of blood by the end. It is book 1 of a series so it'd probably be worth my time to continue for 2 or 3. Just off that you practically get the romantic interest introduced then removed for 80% of the story. That's not what I signed up form.

Sidenote, beepers and pay phones? What year is it? Had a laugh at that bit.

sigmagal's review against another edition

5.0

Anita Blake is an Animator (Zombie Raiser?Voodoo) and Vampire Slayer. She is a tough woman that practices violence and uses all her senses to handle the monsters that live around her. If you love Vampire stories or just tough women that can fight and handle their business then this is a must have.

kalix_glaeser's review against another edition

Not into the audiobook. Will try the hardcopy. 

veraann's review against another edition

4.0

Though many reviews I have seen for this are not very favorable they have been more about the entire series and later on than this book itself. I have heard some good things about this author so decided to listen to the audiobook. The narrator is kind of bland but the content of the book is what kept me listening and then deciding to finish by reading the rest of the book because I could not take the narrator any longer.
The fact that I kept listening for more than half the book and wanted to finish reading is saying I like this. The world in the book is kind of interesting. It is another one of the UF/PNR genre that I can't quite get into the characters but enjoy the content of the book. It was a fast paced, fun read for me.

seyda_neen's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

hirvimaki's review against another edition

1.0

10 chapters in. I'm embarrassed I made it that far. But I was hoping, hoping that it would just get past the whole under-the-gorgeous-vampire's-spell crap. This is not urban fantasy. This is not mystery. This is not suspense. This is women going googoo over sparkly vampires. And it is poorly written. Hard pass for me.

nightwillowfox's review against another edition

3.0

It is a more 3.5 for me , this is also my 2nd time reading the book. I just found that the build up to the ending was rushed and it fell short.

mstapel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

celrobin's review against another edition

Sexist, out of date, not appealing.