Blue Moon (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #8) in Pick-a-Shelf

Jul 10, 2008 Misty rated it liked it

Shelves: supernatural-paranormal, read-in-2009, sci_fi-fantasy, series

If you want to read a synopsis, there are plenty of places for you to do that elsewhere. This is what I thought of the book:
Though I did end up liking this in the end, for about the first 1/2 of the book, all of the things I don't like about Hamilton's style were out in full force. She has a tendency toward cliches, ridiculous repetitiveness (Note to Laurell K. Hmailton: ok, its the 8th book in the effing series - if we don't know certain things, we should start from the beginning, but you sure If you want to read a synopsis, there are plenty of places for you to do that elsewhere. This is what I thought of the book:
Though I did end up liking this in the end, for about the first 1/2 of the book, all of the things I don't like about Hamilton's style were out in full force. She has a tendency toward cliches, ridiculous repetitiveness (Note to Laurell K. Hmailton: ok, its the 8th book in the effing series - if we don't know certain things, we should start from the beginning, but you sure as hell shouldn't tell us those same certain things in each book like its new info, and you REALLY shouldn't just copy and paste - we may not recognize it the first time or two it is repeated word for word, but the 6th or 7th? Give your readers a little credit. Those who pick up a book mid-series deserve to be a little confused. You just have to trust that your writing alone will make it clear, not your endless reiterations. And for god's sake, don't stop in the middle of action and ruin the tension with your little tangents.) She also needs to pay a little more attention to detail, or keep some post-it notes, or something, because she contradicts herself on occasion, or bobbles back and forth (ie the main character is 25, and she says on a few occasions that Jean-Claude is nearly 300 years older than her, putting him somewhere between 300-324; she also frequently states that Jean-Claude is over 400 years old. Maybe Anita, the narrator, has had a few too many concussions, cause something just aint right...). There are always so many plot lines going, I think maybe Hamilton just splits her focus too much and gets lost. Which unfortunately means her endings can be abrupt and read like an epilogue/after-thought.
But she did get the book on track, and I did end up liking it (and even though there were parts that irritated me -- especially my inner-editor -- I was never NOT engaged), and though I am sure these bad habits will continue through the rest of the ridiculously long series, I will read it, fixing the defects in my mind as I go.
Side note; for those of you who read the series and like your Anita lustful, this one certainly does not disappoint. ;) ...more

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Jun 14, 2023 Catsalive rated it liked it

Shelves: 2006

I've got to admit, like a lot of the characters in the book, that I'm sick to death of Anita's prudery and somewhat hypocritical moralising. Hamilton must prefer sexual innuendo to actual sex because, as noted by Funky, we're back to celibacy and thinking about sex all the bloody time. I'm also sick of the "Christian" overtones. It's a book about magic, vampires, were-animals, and all sorts of other beasties & ghoulies, leave the "God" shit out. I don't see why a god would create all these being ...more

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Jun 08, 2008 Slayermel rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 20th-century, fiction, mystery, paranormal, series, vampires, favorites, horror, fantasy, werewolf

I was so happy to be reading about Richard again, not that I don't like Jean-Claude, but Richard and his pack always bring something new to the story.

Richard has been in Tennessee studying Trolls when he is arrested and accused of Raping a local women. Really Richard rape anyone, have you met this boy scout?
Anita, much to Jean-Claud's displeasure rushes out to Tennessee to help Richard and find out what's going on there.
Jean-Claude makes her take an escort party as the local master does not wan ...more

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