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Summary: a true erotic thriller with a twist of morals
Review: I read this book first before the rest of the series. this book made me want to read lkh entire series. the characters are very real and flawed something you normaly do not find in most characters in all diffrent kinds of books. i thought this was one of the best so far other then the killing dance as that is still my favorite. I feel that lkh is delving deeper into all the relationships that anita is having with all the people in her life, for a woman who did not want to develop any relationships she is now having friendships, love affairs and maternal instincts for her pard. i am on the edge of my seat waiting for the next book i love that lkh is now bringing in belle morte into the relationship with asher and jean claude. lkh has given anita the ability to have a heart and mind and to be as strong as all the men involved. i will say that i wish that richard would finaly grow up and realize that both jean claude and anita both need him and that he is a pivitol part of the trimvirate, yet i noticed how jason was able to come in and be used with that marks i would love to find out more about that. please keep more coming.
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Summary: Not enough Sex
Review: OMG. How long do I have to ride on Anita's selfish morals. hey, guess what, JC has the same problem too, can he feed is beast? I a fan of the Anne Rice chronicles. and I'm used to the writer giving her readers what they want. I don't mind dragging out a good relationship, but ruining potential erotic seens that I and i'm sure plenty other readers have been dying to see happen. You say too much sex, I say not enough. Ok, Anita's a Hero. A big mouth, and show stealer. now can someone else have the spotlight without Anita jumping in to ruin the party with her shyness of the flesh. Thank goodness she was exposed to Jc "problem" now, maybe, we will really have some Erotism" going on. not just holding hands, and shooting bullets.
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Summary: Disappointing after Obsidian Butterfly
Review: Obsidian Butterfly was without a doubt the best book in the Anita Blake series. Unfortunately, Narcissus in Chains made me not want to read any of the books anymore. I had no problem with the sex and S&M. I had a problem with the main character becoming something she originally despised. She always said she'd rather die than become anything less than human but she didn't. I loved this series until this book. After reading it, I didn't want to read another. Hamilton is a great writer but should have left Anita as she was.
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Summary: The weakest link.
Review: A huge step back for Laurell K. Hamilton, the newest Anita Blake novel seems to lack a lot of things. The character development we've all learned to love disappears into thin air when contradictions galore appear with old characters and new characters just seem to pop out with no back story. While it's fine and dandy to have Anita take a 90 degree turn in her personality, we as the readers want to see the turmoil happening. You don't just jump from point A to D without explaining B and C or putting some depth into the story. It ruins the moral climactic moments readers love. Bad guys are thrown into the mix sloppily so it seems like they were just attached onto the story for no good reasons. The plot is secondary to the all mighty sex, so we're left with a soft porn feeling. Most of the sex scenes sounded like they were recycled from the old books anyway. Sorry, if I wanted to read half a book full of sex scenes, I would have bought an erotica.
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Summary: Man, that book is 2raw
Review: I love the book Narcissus in Chains. I believe it's a very good book. I love that fact that there are so many plots. When one thing happens, another problem comes right along. I like the fact that Anita's trap between two men. She doesn't really knows who she really loves. Her other problems is protecting her wereleopards and wolfs. Most of you, think her book has to much sex and doesn't follow the series. I mean just, because she's really deep, and get into her words, don't mean it stupid. I admired the way how Ms. Hamilton, expressed her words so strong and powerful, that it's make yoou feel like your in Anita's place. I like the fact, that monsters are walking legally in the streets. Even though, this is like the 4th book I read in her series (I don't follow the natural pattern)I love it. Lauren K. Hamilton has became one of my fav authors besides J.K. Rowling. If anyone was buying this book or wanting to buy it, I would suggest that you should (be over 14), because it's give you an idea of how a young womans life is never normal. She falls in love with a vampire and werewolf and becomes leader of wereleopards. It's a very very good book and I rate it with 5 stars or more if I could. I would like many other people to read this book, but don't do it as a class activity.
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Summary: Too Much Sex, Not Enough Story
Review: I used to love the Anita Blake series. I liked the love triangle between her, Jean-Claude and Richard. I liked the tongue/fang-in-cheek humor. I liked the were-folk societies and their politics. Now it's all sex and no story. Anita's new succubus side is stupid. It's very disappointing. I hope the next one will be better.
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Summary: Not her best, but still good
Review: After reading the first 9 books of the Anita Blake series, I was eagerly anticipating this book. When finished, I had mixed feelings about the book. The story didn't seem to fit with the rest of the series. I had loved Obsidian Butterly (which I also heard had many mixed reviews) even with the lack of romance. This book, I thought at first, was going to have more in the continuation of Anita's relationships with the men in her life. Narcissus did live up in that aspect, but I don't believe that it lived up in the way that I wanted it to (but then, I like the whole "happily ever after" schpeel...I think it can still happen for Anita).
While I don't consider the scene in the shower as rape, it didn't make me like it any better. From what I understand, in the paperback version of Narcissus that's due this fall, Ms. Hamilton is going to include an extra paragraph clarifying the influence of the Adeur and how it affected Anita's actions.
A personal opinion of mine: I don't like Micah!
I am saddened by the fact that Richard seems to be weakening, but hopefully he will realize that his life does not depend on how his relationship with Anita is going, but realize that he has incredible potential in himself to do what he needs to do. He spends so much time mooning over Anita, that he's allowing the rest of his life to to pot. Jean-Claude is still ever the master of his domain, and that comforts me that he hasn't changed all that much. So many others are evolving and changing (even Jason and Nathaniel) that it's a bit disconcerting, but I have to admit, does keep the reader involved to see where the characters are heading.
I agree with others as how this book doesn't seem to fit in with the rest of the series, but I view this book as a "bend in the road" for Anita and that her life is, once again, going somewhere that no one expected. Some has decided that they are going to give up on Ms. Hamilton's books altogether, but I feel that they need to give the next book another chance. I have heard that it will have a mystery and Anita will be back at work (since I think she's taken about 6 months off!). All in all, I think that while this book doesn't compare to some of the earlier novels in the series, it's still a good one, but I wouldn't recommend it at all for younger readers. Keep up the good work Ms. Hamilton, I appreciate your originality and the fact that you write because you love to, and not because you want to please everyone that happens to read your books.
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Summary: Because I can't give it 4.5 stars
Review: I liked this book with the one major exception of the introduction of a new romantic lead that is one of the worst uses of CPD-- Although, I don't like this new character and hope that he will eventually be written out of the series. I still liked the book. There was some obvious editing problems with this book and there were other issues, but it still was an entertaining read. I would not start with this book first.
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Summary: Anita Blake rebuttal
Review: Okay -- I do not do reviews, but I read these reviews and they were so negative in general that I felt I had to. One reader complained that LKH "has taken a wrong turn with Richard's character." Well, Richard is LKH's creation so she can change him anyway she wants. And actually Richard has been like this from day one -- it's just coming our more. Someone else called Richard whiney(sp?). Richard wants to be a normal person and not a werewolf. He also (mentally) lives in a world where people are honorable and do the right thing -- boyscout syndrome. But real life is not like this and it causes him a great deal of conflict. This really adds to the story. Someone else wrote that Anita's new boyfriend being small enough to wear the same clothes she wears "was just too disturbing." Why? Anita is about 5'5" and so is her new boyfriend. It disturbs you to read about short people? Your'e a biggot! And for those of you who haven't been exposed to this series, Anita usually wears shirts and jeans and tennis shoes so her boyfriend is not going in drag! Someone else complained about the kinky sex. Huh? Re-read this book. Are you referring to kinky sex as sex with more than one sex partner at a time? That's pretty tame by today's standards! Someone else complained about Anita losing control of her life. Anita dealing with the "ardeur" which takes away her self-control, of which she is extremely proud, this just helps develop the character even more. She is becoming more and more a "maternal but strong heroine" which adds more depth to her character. Someone else complained that "the carnage is so over the top" they lost interest. You need a heavy dose of reality. Read some true crime stories or something -- people are this violent on a daily basis -- women slaughtering their children, husbands murdering or torturing their wives. No, this just adds to the realism, besides which it helps set the feel for the story -- about how horrible the violence is. Another reviewr complained about Anita saving Gregory, then Damian, then Michah, etc. Guess what -- she is a strong character and saves people in every book. That's the whole point -- she saves people. Someone said that original the "plot stormed along" in earlier books. Well if you want action read a western, or an action/adveture book, not a vampire story! SOmeone had a problem with Anita becoming something she originally despised -- a monster, but if you notice she never becomes a monster, the real question she is really asking is -- who are the monsters? The monsters or the people? One of the werewolves points out that more monsters are killed by people than people are killed by monsters. Remember Adolph Hitler? A perfect example of what she's talking about! SOmeone else complained about Anita giving in to "mystical wanton lusts" -- like you're a 50-year old virgin? Come on, get real. And one final note -- if you don't like the way a writer tells a story, just remember it's her story and not yours. Go write your own -- but you can't can you?
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Summary: Fun but crazy and different
Review: If there is anything I have learned from reading people's reviews, it's that there's no guarantee that I'll feel the same way as the next person. There have been books that I have greatly enjoyed, such as this one, that others really dislike. That said, I enjoy books that bring large casts together and then crazy things start happening. There's a lot of change in this book, though if you read Obsidian Butterfly you might have expected it. If you like to stick with one or two characters faithfully and while the action changes, the characters remain the same, you might not like this book. I think I look at this series a little differently than most fans in that I read the series backwards, starting with Obsidian Butterfly. Because of that, I could really see the way Hamilton's writing and her characters changed. Though I don't agree with all of her choices, it's not my book, and I'm not at all surprised with Richard's development. Besides, happiness does not make exciting fiction. To me, this is a transition book. However, it's also one of my favorites. Cerulean Sins seems to confirm that this was the start of something a little different (maybe a new phase of Anita's life). Anita and her life are changing and the series is reflecting that. If you're thinking about quitting after this book, that's up to you. But don't decide not to read it simply because of someone's opinion.
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