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hman2420's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
amandamartinez's review against another edition
3.0
I've been reading this entire series for a while now, and am currently on book... 1,000.... or at least that's how it seems. At first I really liked the series - I was also a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel and this kind of ran along those same lines. Now, however, I've cooled off considerably on the series in direct proportion to it's heating up. I now refer to them as my "Vampire Smut" books and am actually embarassed to bring them to the check-out counter. I'm not really even sure why I'm still reading, except that I rarely pick up a book that I don't finish, so I guess it's the same for this series.
merholley's review against another edition
3.0
This was another . . . book. Things happened in it. And, as a rule, I am in favor of things happening in a book, especially when keeping in mind the alternative. This series seems like it is probably Sookie Stackhouse’s cool aunt, whom Sookie fiercely wishes she could be. Meaning, I like Sookie even less after reading this book. Not that I am in love with this book, but I didn’t hate it at all, and there were a lot of fun things about it. Anita’s hard-boiled-detective attitude was fun. It was nice that Kirsten Dunst showed up for some of it. I’m somewhat underwhelmed, but I didn’t dislike it.
Consistent with my general egocentrism, I think my favorite books and movies are those that make me think of things about my own life. This one didn’t make me think of anything. It wasn’t because it was so particularly unique that it didn’t make me think of things, because it mostly seemed like a mash-up of Interview With a Vampire, Alias, and Sookie, and I don’t care that maybe all of those came after Anita. She has to live with the fact that I saw them first. Anyway, it might have been because it was so structured that it didn’t make me think of things – maybe formulaic?
Whatever. This is one of those instances where I don’t feel like I have anything to explain about how I feel about it because I didn’t really feel anything. It was a book. It had vampires. Sometimes, they were sexysexy; other times, they were baaaad. It had murrrrderrr, but it basically reveals the murderer in the middle of the story. So, that happened.
Oh, one thing. It was interesting how this was pretty girl-power, except when there was an overweight girl, and then it got super catty. What was up with that? Not that I really care. If Laurel Hamilton (Lauren?) wants to be an idiot, who am I to stop her? Overall, this story was not terrible or fabulous. Blah.
This was a good audio. I really like the reader.
Also, approximately ten seconds after I started the second book, this one got one million times worse in retrospect.
Consistent with my general egocentrism, I think my favorite books and movies are those that make me think of things about my own life. This one didn’t make me think of anything. It wasn’t because it was so particularly unique that it didn’t make me think of things, because it mostly seemed like a mash-up of Interview With a Vampire, Alias, and Sookie, and I don’t care that maybe all of those came after Anita. She has to live with the fact that I saw them first. Anyway, it might have been because it was so structured that it didn’t make me think of things – maybe formulaic?
Whatever. This is one of those instances where I don’t feel like I have anything to explain about how I feel about it because I didn’t really feel anything. It was a book. It had vampires. Sometimes, they were sexysexy; other times, they were baaaad. It had murrrrderrr, but it basically reveals the murderer in the middle of the story. So, that happened.
Oh, one thing. It was interesting how this was pretty girl-power, except when there was an overweight girl, and then it got super catty. What was up with that? Not that I really care. If Laurel Hamilton (Lauren?) wants to be an idiot, who am I to stop her? Overall, this story was not terrible or fabulous. Blah.
This was a good audio. I really like the reader.
Also, approximately ten seconds after I started the second book, this one got one million times worse in retrospect.
cawier's review against another edition
3.0
The Anita Blake series started out pretty good: great premise; great characters; mediocre stories. Unfortunately, they've gone downhill considerably since Anita got the "ardeur." There's very little character development anymore, just lots and lots of sex. I'm not saying that I have anything against graphic sex scenes, I'm just saying that enough is enough, already.
cgralnik's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
skeep201's review against another edition
1.0
Ohmygosh. this book was TERRIBLE. I kept thinking I had skipped pages or dozed off mid-page...but no, it's just a horrible book with no sense of transitions, exposition, storytelling, or sentence structure.
Probably the worst book I've read in years.
Probably the worst book I've read in years.
egg0's review against another edition
1.0
DNF @27% I literally could t understand the book. The sentence structure was really confusing for me
joydarling's review against another edition
5.0
Well then, I had a day off and seemed to have been addicted to Guilty Pleasures. I couldn't put it down and finished this book in one day. Fantastic work ❤️
kurban's review against another edition
2.0
I only got about 20 or 30 pages into this novel before stopping it. I just wasn't feeling it.