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What are readers saying about The Laughing Corpse (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 2)?
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-01-15 08:04:44.
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Really good..It took me a minute to get into it. It started off kind of slow,but BOY did it pick up. It was actually scary (and pretty gross) But Anita Blake is one bad ass chick and I can't wait for her to get it on with Jean Claude. I'm pretty sure Laurell's building up to it. Dominga Salvador was terrifying. But just when you think Anita's gonna bite it, she proves why she's the poo...
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-03-12 02:21:52.
(Language: English)
i own and have read just bout everything she had out....please keep them comming
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-03-03 07:40:11.
(Language: English)
this is better than the first one and kept me excited to start the 3rd
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Eny posted a review at 2010-03-01 11:35:25.
(Language: English)
I love this series, I just want to keep reading. Ready for the next book.
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Sarah posted a review at 2009-04-17 12:01:19.
(Language: English)
Hamilton's second addition to the Anita Blake series it just as good as the first. Hamilton is really good at giving you confusing information which comes into light later down the storyline. Anita, like always, spends the book fighting evil and kicking ass. This book has a little more of my favorite vampire, Jean Claude. I like how Anita is progressing in her powers as the books go on, giving her something new to control and accept. I really like the writing style but I do find it a bit over descriptive.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-02-07 03:46:33.
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scary...pretty good.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-06-27 12:08:26.
(Language: English)
great book...now reading # 3 ...fully enjoying the series.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-03-05 08:59:57.
(Language: English)
Not my favorite of the Anita Blake series, but important none the less.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-02-24 11:18:47.
(Language: English)
i like it so far!
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Tammy posted a review at 2010-08-15 09:26:06.
(Language: English)
It was ok,not as good as the sookie books.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-04-11 02:12:25.
(Language: English)
Well in my opinion this second installment in the Anita Blake series was much better than the first. I feel like I understand Anita better now. This novel focuses more on her job as an Animator than as her role as a vampire executioner. In the beginning she turns down an animation job (payment: a cool million) because the job involves sacrificing a human's life, something she is not willing to do. (Yeah she has morals and cannot be bought!) She is also helping the police department's Spook Squad to figure out who or what is responsible for the gruesome deaths of innocent families. She confronts a powerful voodoo priestess in hopes that she can shed some light on these murders, but ends up making a new very dangerous enemy. And with all this she is still struggling with her complicated relationship with the vampire Jean Claude. (I do like that he is sort of her sidekick in this one). Very creepy and suspenseful....I love that I am reading this around the time of Halloween. Perfectly spooky! :)
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-04-05 10:59:18.
(Language: English)
I was honestly expecting a lot more. The title - in and of itself, as a name - is probably my favorite in the entire series, and yet the book really fell short of what I'd hoped for. It was a fitting title, I suppose, since the story primarily deals with zombies, as opposed to the vampires or weres or ghouls. But I had hoped for more emphasis on the comedy club itself and for it to be more impressive, rather than just sort of odd. Still, an enjoyable book, no doubt. Just not quite up on the same par as "Guilty Pleasures" or "Circus of the Damned."
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-10-20 11:41:24.
(Language: English)
Seriously, this should have been a popcorn series I devoured. It's got all the elements: Supernatural critters, bad early 90s fashion, a weirdly-chosen milieu (St. Louis? Rilly?), but I could not bring myself to enjoy anything about this series. Reasons: The bad fashion is SO bad, even for the time. The voice is practically indistinguishable from that of Janet Evanovich (Stephanie Plum series) and the Sue Grafton Alphabet series (Kinsey Millhone), both of which are kind of wearing. But I think the worst thing about a series that is basically about good and evil and the gray spots in between is that there isn't really a sense of good or evil or gray. There's just a kind of set of rules and situations where supernatural rules are broken you're supposed to inject your own suppositions on. This is to say, there is a depth problem. This should be chick lit with a twist that lifts it above its genre, but instead, it's just chick lit with supernatural tones.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-12-31 12:26:24.
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AMAZING
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-01-12 10:31:13.
(Language: English)
good
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-05-08 11:05:14.
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Love it...book 2 of Anita Blake...a creature from beyond the grave is murdering people through St. Louis...Anita has to find out who raised it and put it back into its grave...totally awesome!!!
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Dana posted a review at 2009-09-09 12:45:12.
(Language: English)
The 2nd book in the Anita Blake series sees Anita turning down an animation job that would be profitable, but would need a bigger sacrafice than she's willing make. She's also working with the police's Spook Squad to help determine who/what might be resposible for a grisly murder scene. She visits a powerful & dangerous vaundan priestess in hopes of getting help with the case as a missing child's life may be on the line. And, of course, she is dealing with Jean Claude and all that being marked by him entails. This installment is a bit better than the first or perhaps I'm just getting more interested in Anita and her adventures. Keep reading --- they keep getting better and better.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-04-20 07:46:05.
(Language: English)
All i can say is I LOVE Anita Blake series ALL OF THEM
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A Reader posted a review at 2007-11-08 03:11:42.
(Language: English)
The series starts to pick up a bit better after the good though heavily flawed Guilty Pleasures. Character development stats to take place, and the scope of the novel was overall wider. A few interesting side plots were created and left unresolved, helping create a good sense of series and desire to read the next. The ending, however, felt a bit rushed (though enjoyable) -- it could really have used another 50 pages or so to transition into the end. Overall much more solid than the first book of the series and has me interested to see how things will develop.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-06-29 04:58:42.
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Great second installment!
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-02-03 09:49:32.
(Language: English)
I'm not liking this series so far, I'm in the second book and it is just not keeping me interested :P
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-03-18 07:09:48.
(Language: English)
Wasn't too sure after the 1st book, but after the 2nd book im defenitely ready for more!
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-03-27 07:59:34.
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Just the beginning!
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A Reader posted a review at 2011-02-26 06:47:01.
(Language: English)
Love it. Much better than the first which I liked anyway. Story starts from the first page.
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A Reader posted a review at 2007-06-24 12:30:49.
(Language: English)
"The Laughing Corpse" is the second in the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton, although the focus is much more on her job as an Animator than as the person the vampires call The Executioner. Once again the title is taken the name of a St. Louis hangout for those who like to visit the dark side, in this case a comedy club (helpful hint: zombies do not like to be the butt of jokes). This time around Anita is in way over her head with a whole bunch of serious problems. A lord of the underworld wants to pay her big time bucks to raise someone who has been dead for a couple of hundred years and does not like it that Anita has refused because the only way to do so required a human sacrifice. Her friend Catharine is getting married and wants Anita to be a bridesmaid, which involves wearing a pink gown that has to be altered to cover all of her scars. The voodoo priestess for the entire Midwest has learned how to put a person's soul back in their dead body, which stops the zombies from decaying, and Anita refuses to help her raise more zombies for profit. Meanwhile, Jean-Claude, the Master Vampire of St. Louis who has already put two of his marks upon our heroine, demands Anita start acting like his human servant. But the case Anita is trying to focus regards a savage zombie that is going around murdering families in their home, making her problems with three powerful people who refuse to take "No" for an answer rather inconsequential. Like it says on the coffee mug her boss would not let her have at the office, "It's a dirty job and I get to do it." I was surprised to decide at the end of "The Laughing Corpse" that it was not only an improvement over the first book in the series, but one of the best horror stories I have ever read (and I read a lot of horror novels). There is a lot going on her, but Hamilton weaves the various cases, most of which would have sustained an entire novel, into a coherent narrative. I really was surprised when everything came together in the end. Hamilton has a much surer sense of her character this time around and I have every reason to believe that future novels in the series will be at least as good as this way. These books deserve their reputation and popularity if the rest are any where near as good as "The Laughing Corpse." Big Time Warning: this is a gruesome book. Younger readers of "The Laughing Corpse" are going to be upset by several of the scenes, especially when Anita investigates the bloody crime scenes and the climatic encounter. I read these sections in the light of day and they were still disturbing. Those who come to this series because of their love for Buffy the Vampire Slayer need to be told that this is a much darker world where the violence is brutally horrific and not beautifully choreographed. These books are much more intense. If they made this into a film it would give "The Exorcist" a run for its money. Remember, you were given fair warning.
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