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Summary: Great fun, but I wish they'd revise
Review: The Anita Blake series is truly addictive (it even managed to snare a friend who pooh-poohed the rest of us for years). Circus of the Damned has a lot of great action and introduces some new characters and plot elements, but it has one very annoying timing flaw I wish they'd correct. At one point Anita's car is wrecked, totalled. She then drives out to a meeting (and makes a special point of it, since she is characteristically--and rightfully--paranoid about riding with someone else) then back to the office to talk with her boss. It's only later that night (and several chapters further) that she explains that there'd been no time to rent a car and that they'd had to use Larry's to make her work appointments-- leaving us with the question, what on earth was she driving all that day? This should never had made it past the editor. It would be fairly easy to correct, and I'd hoped they would do so before reissuing it in paperback and book club editions, but no such luck. In a series with relatively few and minor inconsistencies, some of which can be forgiven as the characters and plot matures, this one annoys me every time I read it. Otherwise, it's a great read, good bad guys, good action, etc. It's not my favourite in the series, but it has some of the best pageantry and sets up the rest of the storyline. Besides, how can you go wrong with giant and/or seductive snakes?
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Summary: First book I read and deffinatly not the last
Review: Alright, I'm sure you all don't want to hear another 50 page long plot story, or another review that repeats Iloved this book! about 80 times. But I just have to say, this was the first Laurell K. Hamilton/anita blake book I read, and it got me hooked. I loved the humor, and just the writers style in general. This book is in my top 3, I'm not sure if its 1, 2 or 3 though. It introduces Richard (deff. +) and the sex stuff is down a few notches which is good. But she's gotta be a good writer, no questions asked. I told my friend, she told her friends, and now half our class is reading it!
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Summary: Great book !!
Review: So far I have read three of the nine Anita Blake books and I have not been diappointed so far. This third novel is exciting to the core. Even though you sense that Jean Claude will not be killed in this novel you still find your-self wondering how Anita will get herself out of this particular jam. The author keeps adding interesting characters. Richard and his story line seem promissing. Edward adds a dangerous touch. I must admit to being a Jean Claud fan.I read books 1 to 3 extreemly fast. I was just too excited about what would happen next. I am now waiting for books 4 to 9 to be deliered to my door. Let's hope the rest of the series is half as interesting as the first three.
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Summary: An awesome book
Review: _Circus of the Damned_ is the third Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter book. Anita Blake is an animator who makes a living raising the dead. In this book, Anita is drawn into the vampire politics of St. Louis when new vampires come to town and want her for a human servant. Anita is a clever, humorous, tough heroine, and I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: I am totally addicted
Review: This is the third novel in a wonderfully fresh take on a somewhat tired genre. Imagine a petite female Spencer (cf. Robert Parker) turned loose in a world in which vampires, zombies, were-creatures, and ghouls really exist. Hamilton's originality and creativity even prompted her to have the Supreme Court recognize the constitutional rights of vampires, so that staking them is a crime. As with the first two novels, Circus of the Damned was one of those few books to which that the old cliche about "not being able to put it down" really applies. I stayed up until 1 AM the first night and then woke at 7 am to finish it. A fun combination of the vampire and female PI genres that really works. Although the violence is a little over the top, it is still highly recommended.
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Summary: Circus of The Damned
Review: Circus of The Damned, a book by Laurell K. Hamilton, and it rocks. This book is book #3 of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series, telling the story about Ms. Blake, a legal Vampire Executioner, called by the Vampires: the Executioner. She is dancing with death, in between a Vampire War, due to her being the prenatural expert for the police. On one side of this war for St. Louis, is Jean Claude, the Master of the City, with a real bad thing for Anita. On the other is Alejandro, a Vampire from the Aztec era. Somewhere in between is Mr. Oliver, the Oldest living Vampire in the World, who looks and acts human, but is actually so old as to be from the Stone Age. Then enter Edward, aka Death, looking for the Master of the City. Edward is an assassin, who kills the 'monsters'. Anita is the only person that Edward knows, who knows who the Master of the City is, and Edward will do anything to get the information. The four meet on Halloween night, in the Circus of the Damned, to fight for the fate of St. Louis. Throw in a Lamia, a creature long since believed extinct, an animalistic Vampire, that feels no pain, crosses can't stop, and is going on a killing spree, a rogue group of Humans, trying to kill all, and any Vampires. We shouldn't forget to mention the rogue group of Vampires, who are going on a killing spree, and Richard, a mild mannered teacher, with some very strange friends. And you get a prelude to the disasterous meeting that is going to happen Halloween night. This book is a must read, for anyone who wants too know anything about Vampires. You don't need to read any of the others, but I strongly urge you too anyway. The Series is one of the Best in the Business, and this one is the best of the them all. I wouldn't suggest reading it, unless you have a couple of Hours to spare, because I couldn't put the book down.
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Summary: Back to Jean Claude
Review: Anita goes back to her love-hate relationship with Jean Claude in this third installment. Again, Hamilton uses the same, tired phrases. Flaws aside, I still give her 4 stars for the entertainment value. I must admit, I even stayed up late one night to finish it and begin the next book. I felt obsessed. The characters are simply to hard to give up.
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Summary: These are getting addictive
Review: I am religiously reading these in order, and each one is progressively harder to put down. Obviously one has to suspend a lot of disbelief - Anita beats a lot of baddies who are bigger than her - but Ms Hamilton writes will enough to persuade you to do this. These are great stories of the supernatural and magic, which move at a fast pace - none of your languid Anne Rice-style eroticism here. But then, this is what makes them entertaining. The other thing that lifts this series above the ordinary is the characters, which are well-drawn, and appealing. It's nice to read stories populated by people with feelings. I am looking forward to seeing how Anita's new relationship is handled.
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Summary: Anita...
Review: Have you read Mercedes Lackey's Diana Tregarde novels and wished there were more out there like them? This is where you need to be looking. Anita is certainly her own character and she has an attitude I love. The characters in these novels are gripping and seem realistic, for a bunch of supernatural creatures that is. The relationships and characters all feel like real people. I have read them all and it only gets better.
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Summary: These books are strangely addicting
Review: I had heard of the Anita Blake books, but never thought that I would read them. I like books about the supernatural, but I was going to be stubborn and stick to those that I had already read. But then my friend suggested them to me. Finally, I decided to buy the first one (Guilty Pleasures). I read it, liked it enough to buy the second book (the Laughing Corpse), but stopped halfway through it. Finally, a few days ago, I decided to finish it... and I cannot understand why I didn't finish it when I first started it. I was instantly caught in the story, and finished it instantly, and began with this one: Circus of the Damned. There is something strange about Laurell K. Hamilton that lures me to her. Anita Blake is not the flawless Buffy, and the books are not your standard vampire novel. They take place in the future-ish, where vampirism is legal. Anita is a short, sarcastic woman who fights vampires and raises zombies and sleeps with stuffed penguins. The way Laurell K. Hamilton writes is addicting, and hilarious. I find myself laughing at some parts. So try it. :)
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