The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter)
by Laurell K. Hamilton
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Author: Laurell K. HamiltonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-02
ISBN: 0425221113
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Book Reviews of The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter)
Book Review: You cannot see me and i'm still shaking my head
Summary: 3 Stars
The books in the series remind me of cheap and cheesy detective/horror movies.
A "weak but oh so desirable" heroine with huge ego just plain surrounded with highly attractive males (thats where they all are!!!) with long-long-long manes of flowing/silky/curly hair and endurance that rival stallion's. and moon, sun and stars rotating around her. Tacky and unattractive to me cheap thrills derived from blood gushings and disgust from various descriptions of were-changings, disfigurements, spilled guts, etc.
Why am i reading then? Well, its easier to compare a good read to bad one, or, ever better, to a great one. Reading is always a great brain workout, and it also makes me think and research things. small thougts lake shouldn't dramatic "click" happen way way way before the scary monster gets close enough to hear it? lead to wiki's info that firing a hp browning, a single action pistol, does not allow rapid fire without cocking the hammer. As a matter of fact, professionals recommended "to carry it cocked and ready to fire but with the safety on" thus removing the dramatic reoccurring "click" that author is so very partial to from Anita'a books. Hmmm what do you think is better - no clicking or a good possibility of a monster eating you?
another thing common to Anta Books - helpless enemies. no guile or menace to them. Shows how much author does not want to think past a certain point- example of Anita's weakness - she keeps waiving her guns around. A civilian who just allows a gimps of a loaded weapon looses permission to carry after first incident is reported. Would I give an advantage like that for all to witness? Naaah
Summary of The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter)
First time in trade paperback: the fourth novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.
Vampire hunter and zombie animator Anita Blake is an expert at sniffing out the bad from the good. But in The Lunatic Cafe-now in trade paperback for the first time-she's about to learn that nothing is ever as it seems, especially in matters of the not-so-human heart.
Dating a werewolf with self-esteem issues is stressing Anita out. Especially when something-or someone-starts taking out the city's shapeshifters.
Vampire hunter and zombie animator Anita Blake is an expert at sniffing out the bad from the good. But in The Lunatic Cafe-now in trade paperback for the first time-she's about to learn that nothing is ever as it seems, especially in matters of the not-so-human heart.
Dating a werewolf with self-esteem issues is stressing Anita out. Especially when something-or someone-starts taking out the city's shapeshifters.
The zombie-raising business gets slow in December, so Anita Blake is starting to see some oddball cases. She's got a neatly typed list of eight missing lycanthropes given to her by Marcus, the leader of the local werewolf pack, who wants her to find them. The trouble is, Anita's occasionally furry boyfriend Richard is locked in a power struggle with Marcus. Jean-Claude, master vampire of the city and Anita's other love interest, is getting jealous as well. To top it off, Anita has to solve some horrific murders and keep her bounty-hunting friend Edward from killing Richard and Jean-Claude. Hamilton alternates between funny and fearsome in this larky series about a monster hunter with a few dark secrets.
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