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Blood Noir (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter)
by: Laurell K. Hamilton

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9781841496917
ISBN: 184149691X
Label: Orbit
Manufacturer: Orbit
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: June 05, 2008
Publisher: Orbit
Studio: Orbit
Sales Rank: 8542

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- sigh....
These books used to be fun, snappy, full of genuine character concerns for the lead, Anita, which did not boil down to simply, sex. They used to have actual plot. God knows I've kept trying, but this could be the one that means I just can't be bothered with Anita Blake anymore. Danse Marcabe was the worst of the recent bunch but this one is just plain dull. Anita used to have a job, there used to be the interest of a mystery to solve. Now it's just wheel on the next sexual partner and LKH simply arranges the rest of the story around it like so much limp set dressing. It saddens me to feel that these books are now just one big Mary-Sue exercise. Perhaps they always were, but at least we got some story for our pains. Blood Noir is just a low rent ... Read More:

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- Blood Noir
A huge fan of the 'Anita Blake' series,Hamilton did a fab job as usual.My only comment that keeps this from 5star rating was that Anita was not as gutsy,leaning toward timid for her.But I am sure she will be back with renewed oomph.Can't see why people who have a problem with sex scenes would read an Anita Blake book this far into the series,the ardeur aint going way.I love the sex scenes,have no issue if the author is acting out her fantasies-good for her.If you are uptight about sex in books don't read the later books,but I enjoy the way Hamilton writes about sex,no silly words(velvet sheath etc)like the romance novels,just good fantasy fun.I love the series and long may Anita carry on!Keep them coming Laurell!

Rating:

- Better than recent offerings but still...
I very nearly didn't read this book. Although the last offering was a slight improvement to recent books, it was still awful compared to the first nine books. So I got it out from my local library and I'm glad I read it. It's the best one she's written since Obsidian Butterfly, for starters it had a recognisable plot. But it's still no where near as good as Laurell K hamilton used to be.

It feels as though you're reading a draft of the book a lot of the time. I kept having the urge to write 'this paragraph needs more detail', or 'feels unfinished'. It was a welcome change from recent works where she went into unnecessary detail about every little thing you didn't care about. Though there is still odd moments like that, as usual it's ... Read More:

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- LKH back to form if not top yet!
Having read the entire series, I will admit that some (namely last 3) have been full of sex and more sex, with not much plot line
However when I saw this one I picked it up eagerly, and read it in one sitting.
LKH is back to much better form with this one. The plot moves on with Marmee Noir, and we see insights into Anita's and other's characters. It is good to see Anita continuing to grow up as the series progresses, and whilst somethings are explained, new twists continue to appear.
If you have lost heart over the last couple of books, regain much of it with this one.

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- Lost the plot?
Oh, Laurell. I enjoyed your earlier books so much, but whatever happened to the storylines? The charismatic characters? No murders to solve? No searching among the dead for truths? This great series has just morphed into a catalogue of Anita's sexual romps with the different characters in the name of assuaging the ardeur, and this latest - I hesitate to call it a story - is almost an insult to us regular fans and a bitter disappointment. The problem with Jason's look-alike cousin is not even resolved, in fact we never get to confront him, so he remains a kind of mythical character from Jason's past. LKH may be a money-spinner for the publishing house, but for her sake and that of her readers, they really ought to exercise more editorial control and ... Read More:

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