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Dead Witch Walking (The Hollows #1)
by
Kim Harrison (Goodreads Author)
All the creatures of the night gather in "the Hollows" of Cincinnati, to hide, to prowl, to party...and to feed.
Vampires rule the darkness in a predator-eat-predator world rife with dangers beyond imagining - and it's Rachel Morgan's job to keep that world civilized.
A bounty hunter and witch with serious sex appeal and an attitude, she'll bring 'em back alive, dead...or un...more
Vampires rule the darkness in a predator-eat-predator world rife with dangers beyond imagining - and it's Rachel Morgan's job to keep that world civilized.
A bounty hunter and witch with serious sex appeal and an attitude, she'll bring 'em back alive, dead...or un...more
Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition, 416 pages
Published
July 1st 2004
by HarperTorch
(first published April 27th 2004)
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Jan 10, 2011
Kat Kennedy
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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What can I say that hasn't been said?
The action was good, not great, but good. At the end it got way better, but still not as good as some books I gave 4 stars in UF. Some parts were really slow, specially at the beginning. And the fact that it has no romance at all was something that bothered me. It's not only that it has no romance, she doesn't even get interested in someone.
I was expecting much more form this book as everybody was talking about this series, I mean it was a good read, and read...more
The action was good, not great, but good. At the end it got way better, but still not as good as some books I gave 4 stars in UF. Some parts were really slow, specially at the beginning. And the fact that it has no romance at all was something that bothered me. It's not only that it has no romance, she doesn't even get interested in someone.
I was expecting much more form this book as everybody was talking about this series, I mean it was a good read, and read...more
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4.5/5 stars. *singing* Attttaccccccckkkk of the killer tomatoes! How can I resist starting this review without that lovely song? I can’t say I’ve ever read a book with so much tomato-hate. Genetically mutated tomatoes have caused much havoc to the human world in the Rachel Morgan universe, and that sets up an interesting world where humans live with pixies, witches, vampires, and other creatures of the night.
After I finished the book, I read a lot of reviews on amazon where people strongly disl...more
After I finished the book, I read a lot of reviews on amazon where people strongly disl...more
Er...ok. So this is not going to be a complimentary review, as you've probably already guessed by the rating.
I am a character-driven reader. I don't necessarily have to love a character to bits, but if I can get behind him/her, then I will come along for the ride, and be willing to overlook a lot of things, like faulty plotting. If I don't like the character, well, then I enjoy the book less, and become somewhat cranky. I notice choppy plotting/not-very-good writing.
I am not a plot-driven rea...more
I am a character-driven reader. I don't necessarily have to love a character to bits, but if I can get behind him/her, then I will come along for the ride, and be willing to overlook a lot of things, like faulty plotting. If I don't like the character, well, then I enjoy the book less, and become somewhat cranky. I notice choppy plotting/not-very-good writing.
I am not a plot-driven rea...more
First to you who like this, I'm sorry. We can't all like the same books.
I picked this up because it was recommended on the "What to read while you're waiting for the next Dresden book" thread. So:
First I'm not a romance fan to begin with and I can pretty much say that I dislike every PNR (paranormal romance) I've ever "accidentally" picked up. Now, I can hear some of you saying, but this isn't PNR. At least the recommendation I went with said it wasn't. But if it's not, it's close enough for me....more
I picked this up because it was recommended on the "What to read while you're waiting for the next Dresden book" thread. So:
First I'm not a romance fan to begin with and I can pretty much say that I dislike every PNR (paranormal romance) I've ever "accidentally" picked up. Now, I can hear some of you saying, but this isn't PNR. At least the recommendation I went with said it wasn't. But if it's not, it's close enough for me....more
Sep 10, 2010
Tatiana
rated it
1 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
some UF fans
Shelves:
urban-fantasy,
series-dropped-lost-steam
In spite of the moderately engaging beginning, Dead Witch Walking finally lost me by about page 100. Unfortunately, no more Rachel Morgan for me.
On the bright side, there is a potential in this series. I recently abandoned a couple of UF series because of the barenness of their worlds. In this book the mythology behind the story is rich. You never feel like the characters walk and interact in vacuum (that's how I felt reading Some Girls Bite and Halfway to the Grave). Whatever is written about t...more
On the bright side, there is a potential in this series. I recently abandoned a couple of UF series because of the barenness of their worlds. In this book the mythology behind the story is rich. You never feel like the characters walk and interact in vacuum (that's how I felt reading Some Girls Bite and Halfway to the Grave). Whatever is written about t...more
Thank goodness I started reading Kim Harrison's 'The Hollows' series at book #3 because I wouldn't have continued.
In #3, I couldn't put it down so I ordered all the rest.
Not to impressed with #1, but since I know they get soooo good, I kept reading. The first 50 pages are very slow, the story line didn't grab me at all and I struggled to get through to the end.
My advise is to STICK WITH IT. The other books in this series will blow your mind. Move to book #2, that's where the fun starts. This...more
In #3, I couldn't put it down so I ordered all the rest.
Not to impressed with #1, but since I know they get soooo good, I kept reading. The first 50 pages are very slow, the story line didn't grab me at all and I struggled to get through to the end.
My advise is to STICK WITH IT. The other books in this series will blow your mind. Move to book #2, that's where the fun starts. This...more
3 1/2 stars.
3 1/2 stars.
OK, so it wasn't blow your mind good, but it was good enough that I will be continuing on with the series. I liked the characters, the story was decent if not a bit predictable, and it's an interesting world that I'd like to read more about. I've heard from many that it gets much much better as the books go along, and I can see that. I find that's it's fairly rare to find a 1st book that blows your mind, so I've learned not to discount from the get go.
Rachel Morgan, fail...more
3 1/2 stars.
OK, so it wasn't blow your mind good, but it was good enough that I will be continuing on with the series. I liked the characters, the story was decent if not a bit predictable, and it's an interesting world that I'd like to read more about. I've heard from many that it gets much much better as the books go along, and I can see that. I find that's it's fairly rare to find a 1st book that blows your mind, so I've learned not to discount from the get go.
Rachel Morgan, fail...more
May 29, 2011
Wicked ♥ (Wickedly Bookish Reviews) aka Bat-Jess
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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I actually liked this a lot more than I was expecting.
Dead Witch Walking starts out slow, and I mean very slow. It takes about the first 100 pages for the plot to begin in earnest and another 50 for the action to start. Once the action gains some momentum, it doesn't stop until the end of the book.
There are many negative reviews for this book here on Goodreads, and I have to agree with most of them that it suffers from the "first...more
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I actually liked this a lot more than I was expecting.
Dead Witch Walking starts out slow, and I mean very slow. It takes about the first 100 pages for the plot to begin in earnest and another 50 for the action to start. Once the action gains some momentum, it doesn't stop until the end of the book.
There are many negative reviews for this book here on Goodreads, and I have to agree with most of them that it suffers from the "first...more
Rachel Morgan é uma bruxa, que trabalha para a SI, uma organização que tem o intuito de controlar todos os seres sobrenaturais, denominados de Inderlanders, existentes em Hollows. Ao considerar que merece receber melhores missões, do que aquelas que lhe têm sido atribuídas nos últimos tempos, decide demitir-se, o que lhe provoca inúmeras amarguras e tentativas de assassinato.
Com várias criaturas sobrenaturais no seu encalce, irá viver numa igreja, com uma vampira como colega de casa e um pixy a...more
Com várias criaturas sobrenaturais no seu encalce, irá viver numa igreja, com uma vampira como colega de casa e um pixy a...more
I was given this book as a gift.
The Hollows book #1
First, the back blurb:
“All the creatures of the night gather in 'the Hollows' of Cincinnati, to hide, to prowl, to party...and to feed.
Vampires rule the darkness in a predator-eat-predator world rife with dangers beyond imagining—and it's Rachel Morgan's job to keep that world civilized.
A bounty hunter and witch with serious sex appeal and an attitude, she'll bring 'em back alive, dead...or undead.”
It's been a while since I've read a back...more
The Hollows book #1
First, the back blurb:
“All the creatures of the night gather in 'the Hollows' of Cincinnati, to hide, to prowl, to party...and to feed.
Vampires rule the darkness in a predator-eat-predator world rife with dangers beyond imagining—and it's Rachel Morgan's job to keep that world civilized.
A bounty hunter and witch with serious sex appeal and an attitude, she'll bring 'em back alive, dead...or undead.”
It's been a while since I've read a back...more
Cool world the author created- altho it ending up being too out there for my tastes. A little bit sci fi fatalistic future, a little bit vampish, and a little bit "Charmed"- only darker.
Rachel Morgan is a witch and quasi FBI agent for the paranormals who reign supreme in the future because a bio-engineered killer tomato, sometime in the past, killed off most of the "humans" (non-magicals like us).
Yeah, no kidding, killer tomatoes!
Rachel's job stinks, so she decides to leave and join up with a go...more
Rachel Morgan is a witch and quasi FBI agent for the paranormals who reign supreme in the future because a bio-engineered killer tomato, sometime in the past, killed off most of the "humans" (non-magicals like us).
Yeah, no kidding, killer tomatoes!
Rachel's job stinks, so she decides to leave and join up with a go...more
Don't let the cover, description, cover reviews, or hell, even the title throw you off on this one. It looks like a cheesy paperback. Possibly even a twisted romance novel, but beleve me it's not.
It takes place in a world where instead of going to the moon, money went into bioengineering. Of course something went wrong a virus got out, in tomatoes. Like a plauge it started wiping out humans, Inlanders however (people and beings with mystical abilites, witches, weres, pixies etc.) were immune. We...more
It takes place in a world where instead of going to the moon, money went into bioengineering. Of course something went wrong a virus got out, in tomatoes. Like a plauge it started wiping out humans, Inlanders however (people and beings with mystical abilites, witches, weres, pixies etc.) were immune. We...more
Well, 3.5 stars.
I expected/hoped to like this book more than I did. But it's worth reading if you're into the urban fantasy genre. It's action packed, almost to the point that I was like, "Enough! Take a breath and give me some character development!"
But it was full of action, and entertaining enough although it was a little predictable. The characters were likeable but underdeveloped, and the mythology was interesting. I'm hoping that we get more insight into these things as the series progres...more
I expected/hoped to like this book more than I did. But it's worth reading if you're into the urban fantasy genre. It's action packed, almost to the point that I was like, "Enough! Take a breath and give me some character development!"
But it was full of action, and entertaining enough although it was a little predictable. The characters were likeable but underdeveloped, and the mythology was interesting. I'm hoping that we get more insight into these things as the series progres...more
From a blog post I wrote in 2005:
I love stories about vampires and creatures of the night. Not necessarily the type that will keep me awake all night worrying about the sounds I hear outside my window but more of the clever, funny yet still scary stuff. If you've read Laurel Hamilton, then you know what I mean.
Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison fit the bill...somewhat. The main character is a bounty hunting witch. Vampires and Pixies and the like live openly among humans (though not comfortably)...more
I love stories about vampires and creatures of the night. Not necessarily the type that will keep me awake all night worrying about the sounds I hear outside my window but more of the clever, funny yet still scary stuff. If you've read Laurel Hamilton, then you know what I mean.
Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison fit the bill...somewhat. The main character is a bounty hunting witch. Vampires and Pixies and the like live openly among humans (though not comfortably)...more
Apr 03, 2008
Sean Harris
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people who like Laurell K Hamilton
I tried to like this book. Really. The problem was I liked the supporting characters more than the main character. She was just too ... inept. At everything. Otherwise, it was well-written and had a great backstory, but ...
Well, I'm reading this series coming off of the Anita Blake series. I loved that series in the beginning but it went on a wild goose chase of what it used to be towards the second half so I decided starting a new series would help my disappointment.
I enjoyed this book in context but the details are a little weak. I liked it but found myself skimming parts and bored in others. I was hoping that it was the exposition that made it boring so I'm trying book 2 to see if I like it more.
I'm not annoye...more
I enjoyed this book in context but the details are a little weak. I liked it but found myself skimming parts and bored in others. I was hoping that it was the exposition that made it boring so I'm trying book 2 to see if I like it more.
I'm not annoye...more
As one of the most popular urban fantasy titles out there, I was really excited to start The Hollows series. I have a thing about the supernatural, ever since I was young I've been intrigued with the world of witches, vampires, werewolves, and the like. The blurb to Dead Witch Walking sounded promising.
Once I got into Dead Witch Walking however, I found it difficult to get into. There's just something about the writing that is difficult to follow. Too many fragmented sentences, and there wasn't...more
Once I got into Dead Witch Walking however, I found it difficult to get into. There's just something about the writing that is difficult to follow. Too many fragmented sentences, and there wasn't...more
Sep 08, 2012
Annie the Destroyer *Leather Lust*
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
read-in-2012,
drinks-on-me,
ebooks,
mages-or-witches,
genre-urban-fantasy,
witches,
vampires
Posted on Under the Covers
It’s about freaking time I read this book! I’ve had this book on my TBR shelf for so long and upon starting this book, I realized that I made a huge mistake of waiting this long! Rachel Morgan is kickass, fun, feisty and a thrill to read!
Rachel is at a turning point in her life. She has made the major decision to leave her job with the IS, taking with her one of the best runners, a vampire named Ivy. Now, the IS doesn’t do well with people who decide to just get up and...more
It’s about freaking time I read this book! I’ve had this book on my TBR shelf for so long and upon starting this book, I realized that I made a huge mistake of waiting this long! Rachel Morgan is kickass, fun, feisty and a thrill to read!
Rachel is at a turning point in her life. She has made the major decision to leave her job with the IS, taking with her one of the best runners, a vampire named Ivy. Now, the IS doesn’t do well with people who decide to just get up and...more
Sep 05, 2010
Celine
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
urban-fantasy lovers
Shelves:
urban-fantasy
Reread this for a challenge. This is the book that got me into urban fantasy. Before that, I had only read epic fantasy, and I had no clue there were so much more kinds of fantasy there, just waiting for me to discover them.
Rachel is an IS (Inderland Security) runner, but lately things aren't really working out for her. She hasn't had a good run in weeks. So, at again a horrible tag she decides to quit. But she takes the best runner the IS has, Ivy Tamwood, a living vamp, with her. The IS, not s...more
Rachel is an IS (Inderland Security) runner, but lately things aren't really working out for her. She hasn't had a good run in weeks. So, at again a horrible tag she decides to quit. But she takes the best runner the IS has, Ivy Tamwood, a living vamp, with her. The IS, not s...more
What a fun adventure, with a few bumps along the way. Two years seems to have been the right amount of time before reading this again. I really didn't remember many of the details, and got to enjoy the ride all over again.
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When I asked on Google+ for recommendations for a new series to try, I was given this one. Partway through, I thought I remembered it, and when I checked on Goodreads I had read it before - and given it one star (with no review).
That was a while ago, and I've read a lot of worse books since, so I've upgraded it to a slightly reluctant three stars (the reasonably good, though far from conclusive, ending just barely tipped it over from two).
So what didn't I like? Firstly, there's a lot of infodum...more
That was a while ago, and I've read a lot of worse books since, so I've upgraded it to a slightly reluctant three stars (the reasonably good, though far from conclusive, ending just barely tipped it over from two).
So what didn't I like? Firstly, there's a lot of infodum...more
Nov 15, 2007
Phyl
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Fans of light supernatural mystery fiction
Shelves:
have-read
This book wasn't deep and meaningful or the Great Canadian/American Novel, but it was a light, enjoyable read.
Start with a witch who leaves the equivalent of the faery world's FBI to go out on her own, in partnership with a vampire and a pixy. The FBI-equivalent puts a price on her head, so that pretty much everyone in the faery world (other witches, fairies, vampires, weres, a demon, you name it) are trying to kill her to collect the reward, while the rich criminal she's trying to catch wants t...more
Start with a witch who leaves the equivalent of the faery world's FBI to go out on her own, in partnership with a vampire and a pixy. The FBI-equivalent puts a price on her head, so that pretty much everyone in the faery world (other witches, fairies, vampires, weres, a demon, you name it) are trying to kill her to collect the reward, while the rich criminal she's trying to catch wants t...more
When I first started this book I was 100% convinced. I didn't particularly find Rachel engaging, however it seemed as though about a quarter of the way in Harrison found her stride. The characters Ivy, Jenks and Rachel were fleshed out, an uber-villain was introduced and I became fascinated in the machinations of the IS. I liked the fact that Ivy is trying to refrain from drinking blood, but it's not as easy as most stories make out. She struggles with it constantly, rather than occasionally lap...more
My very first thought as I started reading: Kim Harrison can write! And being so out of my usual genre made me appreciate more how she drew me into hers using all the tools I usually find a turn off. Only she did them right!
I don't know of any of my friends on this site who would want to read a book like this, but I read her first 3 books in 3 days, missing out on precious sleep and a good concert so I could finish and still get in my usual work hours. I'm forcing myself to take a break now beca...more
I don't know of any of my friends on this site who would want to read a book like this, but I read her first 3 books in 3 days, missing out on precious sleep and a good concert so I could finish and still get in my usual work hours. I'm forcing myself to take a break now beca...more
A fun paranormal mystery about Rachel Morgan, a witch bounty hunter on the run from the organization she originally worked for, and her partners Jenks (a sarcastic pixie) and Ivy (a vampire who may or may not be of the blood-drinking variety...)
In spite of the terrible cover illustration and misleading back blurb, this isn't vampire smut. Just a fun time with an interesting cast of characters.
In spite of the terrible cover illustration and misleading back blurb, this isn't vampire smut. Just a fun time with an interesting cast of characters.
Apr 27, 2010
Ana
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommended to Ana by:
Ana C. Silva
Pode ler a opinião completa AQUI.
This book did not surprise or live up to my expectations.
The excessive portrait of Rachel and Ivy's relationship (or wannabe relationship) did not help either, as in the end it resulted in nothing, not making the plot move forward in any way. What was the point of it all?
The characters were boring, the plot predictable and everything happened on luck alone and nothing made much sense.
A pity, but I won't be reading the remaining books.
This book did not surprise or live up to my expectations.
The excessive portrait of Rachel and Ivy's relationship (or wannabe relationship) did not help either, as in the end it resulted in nothing, not making the plot move forward in any way. What was the point of it all?
The characters were boring, the plot predictable and everything happened on luck alone and nothing made much sense.
A pity, but I won't be reading the remaining books.
Rachel Morgan works in law enforcement, she loves what she does but the job itself has lost its appeal. When she leaves a price is put on her head and Rachel must survive assassination attempts, manipulation by a city power, and her vampire room-mate. without wanting to give too much away this is the first in a series that has remained strong over its current total of nine books (at the time of writing)due mainly to the detailed characterisation, description and humor. Kim Harrison has created a...more
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Kim Harrison, dark urban fantasy author of the New York Times bestselling The Outlaw Demon Wails, was born and raised in the upper Midwest. After gaining her bachelors in the sciences, she moved to South Carolina, where she has remained since. She is currently developing a new young adult series between working on the Hollows books, and is a member of The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Ame...more
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