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Summary: narcissus in chains
Review: laurell hamiltons best book yet. got it, loved it, read it all in one night. love, sex, violence, mystery, friendship...it has it all.
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Summary: What Happened?
Review: I have read all of the vampire series and loved each one. Ms. Hamilton snagged me with her quick spunk, style and fortitude of her writing. I cant say what my excitement level was at thought of reading her new book. Unfortunately I wish I hadnt. Normally you cant put them down, this one I could hardly pick up. I dont know what happened but the characters came up short, especially Anita Blake, she seemed to turn her into some sort of weak, scatterbrained,sex starved person. There was way to much sex so much so that it became boring. Most of the main characters were there, a couple of new ones. But the whole story line lacked a great deal, there was just alot missing that normally is there in
L. Hamilton's books. I can only hope her next one is better.
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Summary: Better and better, in fact Best!
Review: I have read all of Ms. Hamilton's books and I am extremely pleased with NiC. She gathered all the threads that have been ravelling over the course of this series and not only brought it to a great conclusion, she left herself ample room to continue with the new story arc. Many times over the last few books it seemed as though she was writing herself into a corner that she couldn't get out of, but she not only gave everyone a big surprise she made me like it. I felt that the resolution had an internal consistancy that will allow me to continue to expect great things of Anita without knowing what those things will be.
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Summary: different but in a good way
Review: I am a major fan of the Anita Blake series. I think LKH has let Anita grow in these books little by little. Anita is finally opening herself up for others to love and care for her instead of her taking care of everyone else. This is good and something that has been missing in her life, probably since she was a child.
I was happy that LKH resolve the Jean-Claude and Richard situation. I enjoyed learning a little more about Jean-Claude and Asher. She introduced some new characters and hinted that they have stories to tell, but left it to be told at a later date, much like she did with Edward. I have faith that she will get around to tell us and making them less "one-dimensional" like other viewers mentioned. Fleshing out these people was the main point of this book.
I can't wait for the next one. Thanks LKH for another page turner. It was well worth the wait.
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Summary: Narcissus in Chains
Review: Yeah! Richard is gone sort of. Couldn't of happened to a nicer guy. Not that I don't like him which I don't but what a whiner. I wish he would just get over him self. This book was good not just because Richard might be a little more out of the picture. I have to admit though half way through I put the book down in shock. Not that the others books haven't had there moments but wow!!! I almost wasn't going to read the rest of the book. I consider my self to be a hard core Anita fan and I almost wavered. Well of course a day hadn't gone by before I was chewing my nails and making up all sorts of awful endings for the book. I finished it and wow. I'm still an Anita fan.
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Summary: The best one of all!
Review: Anita Blake's ongoing saga gets better every time Ms Hamilton treats us to a new book in the series. I couldn't put this one down! I could only wish that we didn't have to wait so long between books. Guess I'll have to read the entire series all over again to keep me going! P.S. My daughter (22 yr) now wants to start reading the series because she sees how much I love the series!
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Summary: Eternal anticipation
Review: Mrs. Hamiltons done it again. I thoroughly enjoyed this new book-especially all the new characters. I was not dissappointed. The story had all the action, intrigue, suspense and eroticism one has come to find in the Anita Blake vampire series. Where I think perhaps the story wasn't as strong as previous books I still couldn't put it down till I'd read the whole thing. I can't wait to see what happens in the future between Anita and her new found alliances. Definitely a must read!
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Summary: Yeah Baby!
Review: Laurell, you have done it again. Anita is finally coming into her own magic and she is definitely a horse of a different color. I was enthralled. Can't wait for the next installment.
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Summary: A Great Escape
Review: I must say I was a little hesitant about purchasing this book after reading some of the bad reviews of NIC however temptation overcame when I was the bookstore and I bought it anyway! I am truly glad I did. For 6 hours, I was transported into Anita's world and it was a welcome respite from happenings going on to the world today. Many of the complaints that I read is that the book had too much sex, I thought thought the sex/sensual scenes showed the growing up of Anita Blake, she was coming to terms with who she was and not who she thought she should be. The character development was great especially for Jason and Nathaniel, who have been my favorite 2 secondary characters. To Ms. Hamilton - I greatly enjoyed reading this book; thank you for this truly pleasurable bit of escapism!
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Summary: A big let down
Review: After reading Obsidian Butterfly I was expecting Narcissus in Chains to be just as good. It was a big let down since so many of the original elements are gone. Important characters are left in the shadows, including Richard and Jean-Claude. A new man is brought into the mix and Anita accepts him way to easily. The plot is there, but so watered down by sex that it's hard to find.
The Anita everybody came to love is gone. The strong female character, one of the reasons I read the books, is gone. She's seems to have lost her edge. My recomendation, read the other books before. Killing Dance, Blue Moon, and Obsidian Butterfly are some of the best. Here's hoping that the next book is better and Micah is dropped completely.
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