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Type: fiction

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Status: disliked

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Author: Simon R. Green

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Tags: semi-horror not-very-good

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Description: I've got mixed feelings about this one. It's kind of a supernatural-in-the-modern-worldI've got mixed feelings about this one. It's kind of a supernatural-in-the-modern-world book, except that they leave the modern world to go to the "Nightside". A spooky place that's a wrong turn off the real world. The main character has a gift (read, magic power) allowing him to find things in the Nightside. He also comes with a lot of mysterious background centered around his mom who was apparently a demon or something.

The book is fast-paced and well written enough to keep me reading. But the plot seems to be full of wholes. There's the super-scary Nightside which also happens to be home to a really cool 60's cafe where "you'll be safe here". I thought it was super-scaryville where you'd never be safe? The author needs to pick one. Is it just weird or is it super dangerous? There's also this cold rich bitch who, mid-story, turns out to just be "successful business woman" and then becomes a therapist for the main character. Characters are allowed to be multi-dimensional but there should be some sort of transition and the characters here seem to just change masks as needed.

It just feels like there are a lot of odd direction changes in the book. Changes that could have been smoothed out with a few more pages in between. Much like this review could be improved if I spent more time on it, the book could have used more time too. Or maybe the editor was a little over zealous. I kept reading so it can't have been all bad....

2006-10-29

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Laurell K. Hamilton

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Tags: action sex supernatural vampire anita_blake

2006-08-25

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Laurell K. Hamilton

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Tags: action sex supernatural vampire anita_blake

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Description: Anita Blake, vampire hunter, is now herself a hunted woman. Who put the $500,000 priceAnita Blake, vampire hunter, is now herself a hunted woman. Who put the $500,000 price on her head--a man or a monster? It's not just her own skin she needs to save; the rivalry between her werewolf boyfriend, Richard, and Marcus, the other alpha werewolf in his pack, has come to full boil. And there's always Jean-Claude, the vampire who's been waiting for just the right moment to slip inside Anita's head and heart. Don't assume anything, though--Hamilton's probably got a few more surprises in store....

2006-08-25

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Laurell K. Hamilton

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Tags: magic sex supernatural vampire anita_blake modern_fantasy

2006-08-25

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Laurell K. Hamilton

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Tags: magic sex vampire werewolf anita_blake modern_fantasy

2006-08-25

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Laurell K. Hamilton

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Tags: magic sex vampire werewolf anita_blake modern_fantasy

2006-08-25

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Type: fiction

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Status: favorite

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Authors: Robert A. Heinlein Heinlein Robert A.

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Tags: scifi classic

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Description: Great book.

2006-05-17

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Stephen King

2006-05-17

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Arthur C. Clarke

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Tags: scifi classic

2006-05-17

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Authors: Larry Bossidy Ram Charan David Allen

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Tags: organization

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Description: Good read, now if I could get my sh*t together and do it.

2006-05-17