 | Blood Noir (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 16)
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 2008-11-12 - 1 Star is too good
I can't say it better than this:
If I wanted porn - I'd rather watch it then read it. I'd get more out of it.
I was so addicted to Anita Blake and the character. But the last few books have just been trash in my eyes. And no, I'm not a prude. FAR FAR FAR from it.
This book has the least substance of them all for me. It's a waste of paper it was printed on.
2008-11-05 - Hoping for better in the next one
I'm a huge fan of the series, but I've been disappointed in the last few books, and this one in particular. I agree with at least one other reviewer -- this should have been a novella, but instead it got stretched into a full book with the addition of a lot of sex. Or it should have been called "Jason" (akin to the "Micah" book), and had even more depth about Jason's history and character development.
I hope LKH can turn this trend around. Anyone can get fatigued (after 16 Anita books, who can blame her?), and I'm willing to wait a little longer for the next one in the series if it means a better book.
I love that LKH pushes sexual boundaries. But the last couple of books have seemed like nothing more than sex -- it has become both the primary problem Anita is dealing with, and the solution to everything, and the overall stories have suffered because of it. I miss the crime solving and paranormal mysteries that characterized the Anita books in the past.
I'll always give a new LKH Anita book a chance. But in the meantime I'll also be on the lookout for a new series to give my attention.
 2008-11-02 - love it
i like this book because i really love jasons charter and i wanted to learn more about him. but i do kind of get what the other people are saying about the series about the whole sex thing it getting a little boring but whatever i dont really care i still love these books and will continue to reado both of her series.
2008-10-30 - The stories have changed, but they're not bad!
Ok, so I've read EVERY single book that LKH has written. Yes, her stories have changed to become a lot more about sex (a little ironic especially for the Anita Blake series since Anita started off as Ms. Chastity Belt). Still, it doesn't make the stories bad. That being said, I like romance novels and also like the steamy sex scenes (gotta get my fix somewhere, right?). But for the male audience out there that reads these books, I suppose I can see why they would be so terribly upset by this. The series certainly started out much differently... so much more so that as we all know, Marvel Comics picked up the books as comics. These later books... probably from the 5th or 6th onward, aren't really appropriate for comic books at all. To remove the sexual charged scenes would leave not much left for the comics.
Anyway, I think all of you critics out there need to chill. These novels are NOT labeled as "action" or "adventure". Sure, they have some of that... but the reality is that they are and have always been classified as paranormal romance novels! Gee, why would a ROMANCE NOVEL have a lot of steamy sex scenes? Get over it and go buy a Stephen King novel if you don't want the hot and bothered variety. Duh.
LKH- keep up the good work! Your true fans still love ya! :-)
2008-10-21 - Shocking trash, a grotesque waste of time annd money
I have read some bad books in my time but this one takes the cake. I was shocked by the extend of just how bad it was. I mean truly impressive that such rubbish can be put into print. Makes me think even I could write a book, ha! I read her book Bloody Bones first and found it amusing. Boy what a difference between that and Blood Noir. I can honestly say that I have almost no clue what, if any storyline was being but forward in this 'novel'. Just an excuse to write about unchecked sex with as many people as humanly possible. This book belongs in soft porn not horror.
I won't soon make the mistake of buying another book by this author.
Kate
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