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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 Series Once 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...
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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 |
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Ratings: 3.86 From 37099 Users | 1061 ReviewsWeigh Up Of Books Blood Noir (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #16)
Sixteenth in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter erotic urban fantasy series, Blood Noir takes place in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Asheville, North Carolina. The StoryJason's dad is dying from cancer and Jason is hoping for a Hallmark moment with his dad. Anita has come along on this trip to convince his dad that Jason is not gay and as moral support for Jason. Naturally, nothing can ever be easy and it turns out that Jason's cousins, the Summerlands, have gathered to celebrate Keith Summerland'sI think Laurell said it best on her MySpace when someone asked her what the book was about: "BLOOD NOIR is about friendship and love, and telling the difference even when the boundaries are pretty blurred by conventional standards...""BLOOD NOIR taught me, and Anita, that we didn't know all that much. That, though Jason seemed like an open book, in fact, he'd kept most of his past hidden, at least from Anita and me. Did Nathaniel know more? They are like best guy friends, so maybe Nathaniel knew
SUPERSLUT POWERS, ACTIVATE! Superslut Anita Blake is back! While the overall story was good, Hamilton's attempt at erotica, as usual, was lacking. When reading erotica, I expect, well, MORE. The erotic sections are bland and unimaginative. The horrible display of BDSM is appalling in that Hamilton has a main character in the series IGNORE the safe word. No matter how well the characters know each other, there is no justification for ignoring the safe word. If Hamilton wants to improve the erotic
I have decided to write off this series and not pick it up every again. Hamilton has no sense of timing or style any longer. She repeats phrases within paragraphs of each other. Her one liners don't hold the same endearing quality and charm they once used to. My fiance' skipped entire chapters of "sex scenes" to get to the story and had it read in a matter of hours.The message boards are alight today! Part of the problem might be her "die hard" fans that won't hear any bad critique, and keep
LKH has a talent for stretching out a single, seemingly pointless scene into chapters of painful-to-read dialogue between characters that does nothing to further the plot. In the course of the last 5 books, Anitas harem of men have become amaeteur therapists for Anita, making unbelievable and often ridiculous observations (re: her beauty, innocence, naivitee, selflessness, etc) that she herself (we are supposed to believe) has never considered. These eye-rolling therapy sessions provide
30% in and this is a horrible book. Anita is a self righteous obnoxious hypocrite. I dislike what LkH did to a character that had such promise. The last few books have been bad, so I'm not sure why this one is making me so annoyed but it is. It makes me glad I've never bought one of the author's books except secondhand.
Jasons dad is dying he has to go home to try and make amends. And make sure his dad knows how very straight he is.Unfortunately, a case of mistaken identity gets him and Anita drawn into far more drama than expected. And with the Mother of All Darkness popping up at random to play with Anita, some drama is always going to follow Anita around.Oh lordy, this ones a doosey, even by the standards set by this series. Cover me, Im going in.The book opens with a heavy wollop of ridiculousness. Jason
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