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| Title | : | Blood Noir (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #16) |
| Author | : | Laurell K. Hamilton |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 340 pages |
| Published | : | June 1st 2008 by Berkley Books (first published May 27th 2007) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Paranormal. Vampires. Romance |
Laurell K. Hamilton
Hardcover | Pages: 340 pages Rating: 3.86 | 37099 Users | 1061 Reviews
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Welcome to the Death of a SeriesOnce upon a time there was a girl. She liked to read. A lot. She especially liked to read about books with paranormal alternate realities in them because the real world had lost its magic to things like “Reality” TV, male-dominated debates about women’s reproductive rights and vacuous celebrity worship.
One day she stumbled upon a book titled Guilty Pleasures and though both the title and the cover seemed rather cheesy she figured she’d give it a try.
Enter one imperfect, stubborn, narrow-minded but somehow highly lovable main character named Anita Blake.
The girl had never met such a bad ass chick. Anita didn’t take shit from anyone, never compromised her beliefs because of the opinions of others and never looked to anyone else to get herself out of an impossible situation. The girl was intrigued. Did she like this wise-cracking hard ass? Or was her personality too strong and grating at times?
With the arrival of one Jean Claude, master vampire and sex-on-legs love interest, the girl knew that she’d stick around to see where the series went. Who could resist such chemistry? Who could resist such an original and detailed paranormal world?
Then came book two, The Laughing Corpse, and with it the progression of Anita as a character. The girl watched this stubborn MC learn from her mistakes, adjust her behavior and her mindset as she gained more and more knowledge of the preternatural crowd into which she had been drawn. The necromancer's mind began to open, just a little, but it was enough that the girl could see the character growth and could tell that there was more to this MC than the tough outer layer she’d been shown.
Following this was Circus of the Damned and the girl was treated to more undead “Ma Petite” filled angst, an intriguing mystery and…the introduction of a love triangle.
In The Lunatic Café the girl realized that though she abhorred most love triangles this one was executed in such a way that she could actually tolerate it. Not only that, but she could see no clear “winner”. Neither of the men seemed the obvious choice for the heroine, in fact, the girl herself couldn’t even make up her mind!
She was also shown the detailed inner workings of a werewolf pack and though she would have preferred another murder-mystery she somehow didn’t mind that this book focused more on monster politics.
Three books later the love triangle ended in such a way that the girl began to get nervous. Choosing a man because you fear him less than the other? Because he seems the more human of the two??? Should she stop? Could she go on?
Yes. To both.
By book ten the girl noticed that sex was beginning to become more prevalent than plotline. She wondered why the MC couldn't make up her mind and how she was able to love so many men at once. Why was the character she once respected turning into a misogynistic bitch? And what was with her raging lady boner for double standards and hypocrisy???
By book 12 the girl...fuck it, we all know it's me. By book 12 I wondered what happened to that character progression I had so looked forward to. It seemed if anything, my beloved Anita was moving backwards in her beliefs and was becoming unable to own up to her actions, blaming them on things like The Ardeur and even other people. She became whiny and overly combative and…unlikeable. I was also incredibly disturbed that Anita’s va-jay-jay was beginning to resemble a preternatural black hole.
Why was one man not enough? Why were five not enough???
Oh and lets not forget the bestiality. *shudders*
By book fifteen I hated almost every character and began to question my sanity. I wondered if watching The Jersey Shore was a better use of my time.
After reading the synopsis for Blood Noir as well as a few of the reviews I decided to bag up all the previous books I owned in the series and donate them to my father's skeet shooting club in the hopes that they'd serve better for target practice than they did as "literature".
I then sought a hypnotist to erase the memory of this series from my mind. So far that hasn't panned out...
This review can also be found at The Alliterates.
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| Original Title: | Blood Noir (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #16) |
| ISBN: | 0425222195 (ISBN13: 9780425222195) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #16 |
| Characters: | Anita Blake, Jean-Claude (Anita Blake series), Richard Zeeman, Jason Schuyler, Nathaniel Graison, Marmee Noir, Irving Griswold, Jamil, Shang-Da, Crispin, Alex Pinn |
| Setting: | United States of America |
Rating Containing Books Blood Noir (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #16)
Ratings: 3.86 From 37099 Users | 1061 ReviewsWeigh Up Containing Books Blood Noir (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #16)
There is no question that the last few books in this series have lowered my expectations substantially. The last Anita book I really enjoyed was Obsidian Butterfly, partially because it featured my bestest best character Edward, and partially because it was all about the less erotic aspects of Anita's life--her preternatural hunting abilities and her necromancy.There is nothing wrong with steamy sex scenes in books, but the problem with Laurell K. Hamilton is that when she writes them, she getsJason Schuyler's dad is about ready to die, and Jason needs to bring back a girlfriend so his dad can die knowing that Jason wasn't gay. Yes, this is a plotline too cheesy for the most sappy of Lifetime movies, but whatever. We need to know more about Jason now, so this is the plot we have to work with.So Jason takes Anita Blake back to his home to visit his family. Why not his girlfriend from the last few books, Perdita? Oh, she's a harpy that won't let Jason sleep around and wants monogamy.
Plot? Plot? Anyone? Someone? Please.... a plot?I've given up on Anita after almost every book since Narcissus and this is no exception. I'm not sure if this is the one that will truly keep me away -- it's better than some of the others, really -- but dear god, I'd kill for a flipping plot.Seriously -- this is the author who could make me stay up late needing to know what happened next. And in this slim little installment, we take a trip into sit-com land: she's got Anita impersonating Jason's
If you liked the first 5 books of the Anita Blake series, thought the next 5 were going downhill somewhat & thought the next 5 descended into romance & page counts, then you feel about the series as I do. If you thought the writing got poorer in the past few, we also agree. If you felt ripped off by "Micah", we still agree. In that case, don't bother to read this book. Seriously, keep the few good memories you have.I'm afraid that Hamilton has had it as a writer. This was the worst book
It's a truth acknowledged (over and over) that I should resist from writing reviews when I am listening to M.I.A( the gun round kind of eggs my badness on). [image error]Coffee does not really help either.[image error]
I can't believe that Jason was tortured! 😭😭😭And Anita was basically raped. 😡😡😡I really don't like Marmee Noir. Richard now has the ardeur and almost raped Anita with it! O.oJason is now her wolf to call!Poor Crispin got rolled. :(The bodyguard was in on it?
I've read every Anita Blake book but have never purchased one. This wasn't an exception. I've honestly been getting a little tired of the porn aspect of this series, and while Blood Noir is steeped in sex, I enjoyed this book better than most.Blood Noir essentially centers around Anita and Jason, the werewolf. Jason's estranged dad is dying of cancer and he wants to return home before he passes on. Apparently, Jason's dad thinks Jason is gay and Anita comes along to prove otherwise.Chaos ensues
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