Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton

24 reviews

lakea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

lottiesmomma's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mutantfoodie's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Overall, this was an enjoyable book. Great mystery. Interesting characters. Everything wrapped up nicely by the end. What I didn't like might be a sign of when it was written. There is some homophobia and a lot of fat phobia. Describing anyone's thighs as "two white whales" is unacceptable. Part of me wanted to rate the book lower just for those types of comments. I'm not sure if I will continue the series. If I do, I hope the writer grows as a person and doesn't feel the need to write such awful things.

SPOILERS AHEAD AND SYNOPSIS
Anita is an animator and works for Bert. Her friend, Catherine, is having a bachelorette party put on by her friend, Monica. Monica takes them to the vampire strip club, Guilty Pleasures. There we meet Jean Claude, 3rd most powerful vampire, Phillip, a human stripper addicted to vampires but trying to quit, and Robert, a bouncer that is supposed to protect everyone. 
Anita gets told by the Master of the City, Nikolaos, that she must find who is murdering vampires. It's Nikolaos own animator, Zachary. He has been killed and is using vampire blood to animate himself. In the end Anita, with the help of bounty hunter Edward, kills Nikolaos, Theresa, Zachary, Valentine (who fought Anita before and almost killed her), Aubrey (who killed Phillip), and Winter. She made sure Phillip was laid to rest. She now has two marks from Jean Claude and he can visit her dreams. He is now the master of the city.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Fatphobia

Minor: Homophobia

passionatereader78's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Blood

ked90's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Sexual violence

hellxriver's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

leviathanknight's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Torture, and Stalking

jess_thefacts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

 The series begins with Anita Blake, a tough animator and vampire executioner. "Guilty Pleasures" introduces readers to a gritty urban fantasy world filled with vampires, shapeshifters, and the supernatural. The narrative expertly blends mystery, horror, and elements of the supernatural. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

caitythekitten's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

starry2013's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, and Violence