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Summary: Not even strong enough to be considered one of the lot
Review: Unfortunately this book is racist, classist and displays religious bigotry. The villain is a "voodoo queen" who raises zombies and Anita's personal religious bent casts Dominga Salvador and her African originated religious beliefs as immediately suspect and evil. It was irresponsible to write this without a display of the good side of Santeria, Candomble, Macumba, worship of Ocha or the Orisha or the Saints. The plot was stronger than other books in series because it wsn't laden with as many characters as the rest of teh books became so that focus stayed on the crime plot. Which was good, remarkable even for a Hamilton book in many ways. Anita never so much of solves a crime as she just shoots the right folks at the right time. This book actually has a thread of strength to it but the racism and one-sided views of God through Catholicism weakens it. I'm reading it thinking to myself Anita raise steh dead, sleeps with a werewolf and a vampire and is JUDGING someone. Laughable. If this books were a little stronger, it could attain the level of dreck.
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Summary: Anita the 2nd time around
Review: If you've read one, you've got to read them all... that's what I'm working on right now!
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Summary: Not the Best, but....
Review: Though some say that Laurell K. Hamilton has mediocre writing skills and such, I don't believe that's necessarily true. Hamilton's writing is witty, and full of small idiosyncrasies that relate to the writing style and the character build of all Anita Blake and Co.
The Laughing Corpse was good, though I haven't read Guilty Pleasures, The Lunatic Cafe, The Killing Dance, Obsidian Butterfly or Narcissus in Chains, my favorites are Burnt Offerings and Blue Moon. Hamilton mixes character, emotion, and realism in all of her books, definetly worth reading.
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Summary: "I don't need no stinking White Goat!"
Review: This was a great book in many ways. The best though is the fact that Anita comes into her own. She is thrown into horrible situations and always found herself on top without feeling like she rules the world. She really begins to understand just what exactly she is and that scares her. Jean-Claude puts a name to her madness, necromancer. Other than that great revelation, she is in the process of figuring out what exactly is out there eating people and why. She tries to get a powerful voodoo priestess, Dominga Salvador, to help her but instead Anita is asked to help with something that goes against every moral fiber in her body. When she refuses to help Dominga that throws her onto yet another "hate list". Oh..and of course Jean-Claude is STILL trying to get into her pants and mind. You have got to admire her determination will keeping the sexy vamp at arms length!
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Summary: The Laughing Corpse
Review: Second in the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series. Laurell K. Hamilton does it again. This book is a great journey into the goings on of Zombie activity. We see just how powerful Anita is although she is short and petite (ma petite), she is full of fire and ready to fire one of the many guns she carries. This is a real page turner. I read it in a week.
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Summary: okay, but...
Review: This series rocks. It really does. Anita Blake is like Buffy the Vampire Slayer all grown up and living in the modern age (as in, using guns instead of crossbows). In this book, we see a glimpse of just how powerful Anita can be when she puts her mind to it. And I love the originality of this series, despite appearances of certain stereotypical, French, devastatingly handsome vampires who wear clothes that belong in the 1800's or in the 1980's and who try very very hard to seduce the main character. Don't get me wrong, I like Jean-Claude, but he seems to be very run-of-the-mill...except for the part when he went in Anita's house. I loved that part! I also like Richard, who is not in this book but shows up later in the series. Anyway, my main problem with this book is extremely nitpicky. It's about Anita and her so-called martial arts. She is constantly saying that she is small and slight, and so, even though she trains in something (judo, I think), she is completely defenseless without her gun. Please. One of the purposes of martial arts is to teach small and weak people such as Anita how to defend themselves against larger people. I know a woman who is about the size that Anita would be, and she trains in aikido (that's learning how to throw people and learning how to fall). This woman can seriously kick the but of any three-hundred pound man who tries to try anything on her. Another purpose of martial arts is to teach the student how to disarm an armed opponant. In fact, that's one of the first things you learn, to ensure that no one gets hurt. Logically, Anita should be able to do this, if she takes judo. And if Anita had really been training as hard as she claimed to be, the judo or whatever would have become instinct. I trained in karate for a few years, and it was approximately four years ago. Though I've forgotten all but the most basic moves, my arm still comes up to block instinctively when someone tries to hit my face. A martial art is not just something that you learn, it's something you do. It's more than just a mode of fighting. I think that next time, Ms. Hamilton should do a little research before just throwing something into her story. This book was cool (not my favorite; the best in my opinion so far is Circus of the Damned), and the plot was good, but I got so sick of hearing Anita talk about how helpless she was without her gun. Were it not for that, I would have given this book four stars.
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Summary: ... and a half star for this one!
Review: well... don't get me wrong, this is a good book... but considering that i rated 'guilty pleasures' (gp) as a 4 star material, i have to give this a 3 and a half star. to me this book was kind of a let down after gp (that book is damned good!). as usual, trouble brewed in anitaland, and it is up to our animator to solve the problem... a few evil ppl here, a few sleepless nights there, add a couple of assasination attempts and we have the history of her life down to a pat. this time, the trouble came in the form of harold gaynor, a rich but shady sort of character who wanted anita to raise 300 yr old corpse... but when she refused,trouble came - BIG time. as usual, anita was her beautifully scathing self, and jean-claude is perfect as always - cool and unshakable as only he can be. my complain is that their caustic and hilarious repartees are too bloody limited.. damn, but i love their conversations! however, on the down side, the plot is quite thin... and to think that it started out real great. i can't really seem to figure out what is happening and it had an excellent potential... but it ends there - just a potential. as usual the ending was rushed and was quite lame indeed... it could have been soooo much better! and somehow the 'thing' that they were hunting... lkh could have given 'it' a more intriguing aspect (gosh, i hate it when i have to find words to explain what i mean without giving up the story line and spoilers!)... both dominga and gaynor was a bit 2 dimentional and cardboardy for me.. there's no spark and life in them. b.o.r.i.n.g! but the spook squad? man, they are the greatest! excellent, excellent ppl...amazing! but... although this book has a lot of flaws, don't give it a miss. it's still essential for those who are following the series, but for those who are just curious, don't buy it, but perhaps check it out first in a library or something. you could do much worse than reading this book... enjoy
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Summary: A Thrilling Read!
Review: "The Laughing Corpse" by Laurell K. Hamilton, the second novel in the addictive Anita Blake - Vampire Hunter series, is a fun-filled thrill ride that will have readers craving more. Even better than the first of the series, this book grabs the reader by the throat and doesn't let go. Full of page-turning suspense, this book is escapist reading at its very best!
When Anita Blake, tough-as-nails vampire executioner and necromancer, is offered a million dollars by Harold Gaynor to raise a 300-year-old zombie, she has no choice but to decline. A zombie that old can only be raised one way - with a human sacrifice. Mr. Gaynor is not at all pleased with her refusal, but Anita will not be bought or threatened.
Unfortunately, when incredibly violent and gruesome murders start occurring, apparently perpetrated by a flesh-eating zombie, Anita realizes that someone else has raised Gaynor's zombie.
Anita seeks the help of the country's most powerful voodoo priestess, Dominga Salvador, in hopes that she might know about the killer zombie. However, when Anita refuses an offer to work with Dominga, it puts her on the voodoo priestess' list of enemies.
Anita is left fighting off Gaynor's goons, a murderous zombie, and all the nasty preternatural monsters Dominga Salvador can send her way, which makes for some great reading!
On top of all her other troubles, Anita must deal with the advances of Jean-Claude, the new Master Vampire of the City. Although Jean-Claude is mind-numbingly sexy, Anita refuses to become involved with a vampire. But Jean-Claude doesn't give up that easy, and his witty and sometimes wicked exchanges with Anita are truly entertaining.
"The Laughing Corpse" is a suspenseful, non-stop action adventure set in Hamilton's weird and wild world of vampires, werewolves, and zombies. Readers will be absorbed into this wonderfully imaginative alternate reality and will enjoy every minute spent in the company of Anita and the gang. So pick this book up today, put the phone off the hook, and enjoy!
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Summary: 1st of the series I read
Review: After I read this book it was so great I had to get the rest of the series. I am now addicted to Anita and the rest of the gang. This series is a must read for anyone who loves fiction. It's action packed and keeps you glued to the pages through the whole thing. I read the first eight books in less than a month. I just couldn't put them down. The best books I've ever read.
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Summary: Great
Review: Brilliant! A most enjoyable story that keeps you turning page after page.
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