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Burnt Offerings by Laurell K. Hamilton

9 reviews

socialpsysteph's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Flying through this series because I just can't stop now. I am loving Anita's character progression and how she is developing. The basement scene was terrifying and I could picture the whole thing while reading. I don't want to say too much and spoil things. It's wonderful, loving it!

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kloughlin's review against another edition

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challenging emotional 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

5.0

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kerttuli's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-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

4.25

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stillmuseum's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

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bana28's review against another edition

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dark lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

I think I found this the best one so far. I love the Richard/Jean Claude/Anita relationship and I adore the idea of Anita being more one of the monsters each book, as opposed to the beginning where she sort of indiscriminatedly hatem them all.

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unwise_samwise's review against another edition

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Too rape-y

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thoughtsontomes's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

On re-read, this installment had a lot more visceral on page rape than I ever remember being in the series. Urban fantasy in general has that as a theme but this was a lot. There's a bunch of meta things going on in this installment and we have a definite shift to focusing more on that than the monster of the week stuff, and a lot of important future players get introduced in this one. But ultimately it was so fast paced and things moved so quickly while not that much in the overall scheme of things happened, so I didn't enjoy it quite as much as previous installments.

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noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

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3.5

Content Warnings: Blood/gore, body horror, rape, torture, death, gun violence, homophobia, fire injury, murder, sexual assault, sexism, and sexual situations.

When I originally read this I was more interested in all the police work than the interpersonal info/dramas but this read I'm more invested in all the interpersonal stuff lol

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ireadinbed's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

*Reread oct 2022*

I enjoyed this reread far more than every other time ive read it! I decided not to change any ratings on this reread but i think i didnt give this book nearly enough credit before. It actually deserves the 4 and the 5s. . .most of them would be 3.5-3.75 for me so far.

I loved the philosophical discussions and the basement scene was goddamn terrifying. 2 of my fave characters are introduced. Its just good

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