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The Laughing Corpse: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel by Laurell K. Hamilton
4 reviews
kerttuli's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Body horror, Ableism, Gore, Death, Blood, Murder, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Racism, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Cursing, Animal death, Kidnapping, and Rape
lcronin0815's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
A reread of a favorite series. Be warned that there is definitely slut shaming within the language of the book and some extremely dated language around physical disabilities.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Gore
Moderate: Ableism, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault
noellelovesbooks's review
3.0
Content Warnings: Violence, blood/gore, body horror, gun violence, animal death, sexual harassment, sexism, sexual assault, ableism, xenophobia, racism, insensitivity towards mental health, and stigmatization of sex work.
Mention of domestic abuse, toxic relationship, torture, and rape.
It’s been interesting re-reading this series, that I originally read as a teen, roughly 20 years later. When I first read the series I accidentally picked up Narcissus in Chains [which is book 10] not realizing it was part of a series and then upon finishing I started requesting the earlier books from the library to binge through and catch up.
When I first read through this series, beginning around the age of 14, I loved Anita and thought she was such a badass and a model of how to be cool. As an adult, I find Anita somewhat annoying, feels like she’s trying too hard to pull the whole “not like other girls.” Maybe it’s just me but it really feels like she’s in competition with everyone she meets like she always needs to be better [mentally, physically, and even morally] than everyone else…which gives me the ick.
The crime scenes and police work, aside from all the “one of the boys” or “let me show I’m better than this guy” stuff, are deeply fascinating and I imagine that LKH put in a lot of time researching and talking with different types of law enforcement to get these scenes to feel so incredibly real.
I’m going to keep reading through all the books to see the evolution of Anita as she starts realizing she’s being too judgy and needs to be more open-minded about the world she’s so deeply involved in. It has been interesting seeing all the characters she meets early in the series that I know still play a role throughout the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Violence, Animal death, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Torture
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal death, and Xenophobia
ireadinbed's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
reflective
tense
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
5.0
*reread oct 2022*
This book has always been one of my favorite in this series. I point to it as one of the scariest and most interesting plot wise.
This reread was more mixed for me (i sense a theme lol) i noticed more stereotypes and poor fictionalizations of real faiths. More casual misogyny and abelism.
But also it is still very frightening. The way the monsters are used and the villains really hits hard to a lot of fears i have. Scary things looming while you sleep. Familiar fears suddenly twisting and becoming much worse. That people are even worse than they seem.
But also, so many bad things happened because Anita did not smart things. I really hope she starts to be more wary of her own locked door. She could have used Edward or someone else to watch out while she slept.
A++ Jean Claude moments.
This book has always been one of my favorite in this series. I point to it as one of the scariest and most interesting plot wise.
This reread was more mixed for me (i sense a theme lol) i noticed more stereotypes and poor fictionalizations of real faiths. More casual misogyny and abelism.
But also it is still very frightening. The way the monsters are used and the villains really hits hard to a lot of fears i have. Scary things looming while you sleep. Familiar fears suddenly twisting and becoming much worse. That people are even worse than they seem.
But also, so many bad things happened because Anita did not smart things. I really hope she starts to be more wary of her own locked door. She could have used Edward or someone else to watch out while she slept.
A++ Jean Claude moments.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Gore, and Child death
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