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Summary: ,,,deleted my original review
Review: A disappointing mess of an entry in a series that absorbed and amazed me for many books.I'll leave it at that, since so many one star reviews of this book are vanishing.
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Summary: Anita's Self Discovery
Review: For those who like heavy plot and are looking for a great mystery, this book may not be for you. But to those Anita fans who have been waiting for her to accept her role as "one of the monsters," this is exactly what you've been waiting for. Read and enjoy. I know that I did.
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Summary: Narcissus in Chains a hard read.
Review: I was dreading reading the latest installment of the Anita Blake series. I had begun to dislike the direction that the heroine was taking. But I read it anyway, and it has left a sour taste in my mouth. Anita Blake has become unrecognizable from the women I first read about in Guilty Pleasures. I Know about character evolvement, but this is unbelievable. Anita Blake former animator and vampire executioner, has become Anita Blake human servant, lupa, bolverk, Nimir Ra, Necromancer, and the savior of all Lycanthrope and Vampire kind. No wonder Richard no longer wanted her. She has become more of a monster than anyone else in the series. And the ardeur has turned a former celibate woman into a complete Whore. After a few chapters I literally had to force my self to continue reading, the main mystery storyline was good it was all the extra things that I couldn't stand. For example *Know it all Anita, Micah, ardeur, Pomme de Sang*. I will never waste another... dollar on another LKH book.
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Summary: This book is worth many reads...
Review: I have read all the books in the series and watched Anita grow from a charcter that wanted to kill vampires and raise the dead to one not just raising the dead, but becoming part of them, hince the relationship with the vampire. It would be hard for me to choose between two well written characters like Richard and Jean Claude. I know what she is going through. Anita went away in book #9 (Obsedian Butterfly) to find herself. I think she is a smart character and will decide in the end who she wants or what she wants. I personally want to see her with Nathaniel. Give the book a chance. Read the others then read this one. You will see how Anita has grown and that she needs to grow. Who wants to raise the dead all the time anyway...that is just boring!!!
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Summary: Character Building . . . ?
Review: In what universe? The characters, even Anita, were flat and barely recognizable. The first few chapters of the book were great, until Anita woke up in bed with a couple of strange wereleopards. After that, I had to force myself to finish the book. I've read the other books, especially Burnt Offerings and Blue Moon, to pieces. Yet this one sits on my shelf, collecting dust. What happened to the humor? The mystery? The action? If I wanted sex, I would have bought erotica. Don't waste your money.
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Summary: only worthwhile for keeping up with the characters.
Review: This is the worst book in the series. I would like to see the tone get back more to the previous books. I would also like to see less sex and obsession with the size of the characters penis. The awesome power that Anita has now is another problem I liked it more when she was just a normal women who triumphed on the strength of her will and her intelligence. NIC seems to spend all its time on who Anita is going to bed with next and leaves very little left over for plot or storytelling, the main bad guy seems almost an afterthought thrown in with no real purpose . The only good thing about the whole book is that Anita may have finally gotten rid of Richard, I can't stand Richard .
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Summary: A good read - if you like soft porn!
Review: The Anita Blake series has always had a tendency to be more about the characters than the plots. This in itself has never been a bad thing as the characters are well-drawn and the triangle between Anita, Richard and Jean-Claude is a fasincating one. However, in previous books the plots have still been strong and present. Not so in Narcissus in Chains. This time the plot is extremely thin and becomes totally subservient to the lusts of the main character. The majority of the book is spent with Anita agonising about sex and what is happening to her, punctuated by "brief" sexual antics - which (noticeably) have become more detailed as the series has prgressed (Obsidian Butterfly being the notable and welcome example). Hamilton returns to the plot with 70 pages to go, and then rushes through it, removing what could have been some major scenes from the book and covering them instead as an aside in the Epilogue. Did I enjoy it? Yes. Is it her best book? Far from it. I hope that the next one reads more as a book, and less as a series of Hamiltons erotic fantasies.
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Summary: Best yet
Review: This one is the best of the series. The varied and sometimes muddled storylines all came together in this book. Plots that were confusing became clear. Richard was dealt with. Anita comes to term with what she is. Jean-Claude's character is developed in greater depth. Some of the other reviews mention the sex(a lot)but all the other books lead up to it. It's not easy to explain why I didn't find the sex objectionable, but it just went with the story and the characters. Also, I found the toned down blood, guts, gore, torture, mayhem and murder to be a nice change of pace.
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Summary: It's not as bad as you think
Review: This book has a more... shall we saw sensual tone then all the other books. You could obviously tell that it was headed in that direction. Having read A Kiss of shadows, her other series, there are obviously similarities, but I think that's just how the author writes. Strong womam who feel in control are her specialty. Other than the power thing, they aren't very similar at all. I recomend reading the first books in the series first, then you would probably understand why there's such a conflict with the sex issue. It's not the best book She's ever written, but it's not the worse.
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Summary: Surprisingly good
Review: From the vibes I've been getting about this book, you'd think it's some piece of junk. After finally reading, I'm pleased to say it matches well with Ms. Hamilton's excellent standars. This book, however, is different in flavor from most of the other Anita Blake novels. It is kind of written in the same flavor as A Kiss of Shadows. Lots of sex. Being a young American male, I had absolutely no problem with that. Anita remains more conservative than Merideth Gentry. There are a lot of very violent fight scenes as usual. Firearms are used more liberally. Curiously absent this time around are details of her job with Animators Inc. Her round the clock activities seem to indicate that she either doesn't work anymore or she's on extended vacation. Powerful new characters are also introduced. A major reevaluation of her relationship with Richard also occurs. Anita continues to gain new powers. In all, Ms. Hamilton's latest addition to the Anitaverse is an exciting look into the world of the undead and lycantrophes.
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