Review:ok, so let me start by saying i LOVE the earlier novels. however, this one and some of the ones behind it are up to LKH normal standards. i probably would have given this 2 stars if it wasn't for how much i love the series and keep hoping that it will rebound.

what was wrong with the book? well the biggest thing is the indiscriminate sex... lots and lots of meaningless sex. the plot revolves around anita and her uncontrolable impulses. there is little to the mystery. that is my mai... Read more

Review:This installment of Anita Blake finds her focused on her primary job as an Animator. Anita is contracted for a raising of the dead to settle a property dispute in the Ozark mountains. While in the area, Anita is called in to advise on a preternatural killing. Unfortunately, the cop in charge is a woman with a chip on her shoulder the size of Alaska, and she does not want anyone interfering with her investigation.
To make matters worse, the age of the bodies is about another hundred years b... Read more

Review:There is a dose of politics in this one, both the human kind, and the vampire kind. The human issue is one of separatism, basically, as the Humans First organisation wants more information on and the ability to get rid of, the vampire power structures in the city.

This book again has Edward, which is always good.

Imagine if the Executioner or the Punisher got bored with hunting and killing crims and decided on something trickier, and you have a bit of an idea what Edward is about. ... Read more

Review:I bought this in the airport when my flight was delayed. I wish I hadn't. Aside from paying full price for a book that is double-spaced, large type, and has wide margins, the story wasn't there. Too much sex, not enough zombie. Anita is barely likeable anymore. The others have gone into the details very well so I won't bother.

I wish I could trade this book in as a coupon for a full-length, good quality Anita Blake story. Read more

Review:Narcissus in Chains was a book I eagerly anticipated. Like the rest of the Anita Blake series, I waited until I had a whole day fre to read it, knowing I would have a hard time putting it down. That much was true, but with the end of the book I felt something was missing. I'm not sure I can pinpoint exatly what it was, but the plot, while filled to bursting with new characters and old, just did not make it. I've been waiting for some sense of closure, insight, or sercure attachment on Anita's pa... Read more

Review:A very slow read with much repetition, but I suppose the story had to be told that way. How else can a novel convey the sensation of spending night-after-night, fully dressed, waiting for the ominous knock on the door? What to pack for being taken away to an endless interrogation? Likewise, Shostakovich is not depicted with much personality; a timid little man whose closest relationships are uxorious. Not a hero who beat the system, but a survivor.

Many of these stories about the life o... Read more

Review:An impressive novel, impressive because it is written in many different voices, but each is convincing and immediately accessible. In parts tender, amusing and horrific. The story unfolds through the different narrators, which might seem tricky reading, but in reality flows naturally. These are voices you hear around you every day. Captures the current feeling in Ireland so well, and puts it in a fictional setting, which is only a few shades from reality. Read more

Review:As a historical novel, "Arthur & George" does an excellent job of immersing the reader in turn-of-the-century Victorian England. The period details are convincing, and all the characters and the omniscient narrator exhibit Victorian worldviews that are free from the obvious contamination of distinctly 21st century values and concerns. This novel therefore does what the best critical historical fiction does: it critiques the prejudices and assumptions of a particular time period not through t... Read more

Review:I've loved Elizabeth Strout's books. And I know everyone is raving about this one. But first of all, it is NOT a novel. Not even a novel in stories. It is a collection of stuff about Cs she thought of while writing other books. Each one has some dark dreary unsolvable anguish to think about. I felt cheated. i wasn't touched or entertained or moved or intrigued. I was bored. Read more

Review:First of all I'd like to add to my review that I bought this because it was written by the creator of Scott Pilgrim and I'm a big fan of that story. Although comparing the 2 stories would be ridiculous and unfair one can't avoid the fact that if you read one comic and you LOVED it... well you definetely are going to expect the same for any other book of that author... unless that's what I believe.

Anyways I did enjoyed it and I would buy it again if I had the chance to. This book has mor... Read more