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    <body><![CDATA[OK, those who know me have most likely heard me rail against the Anita Blake novels. This is because they're crap. However, I'm a big fan of comic books and a big fan of vampires so when I saw this sitting on the shelf at the library while I was looking for books by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Warren Ellis" title="Warren Ellis">Warren Ellis</a>, I thought what the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9682576">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was torn between giving this book three stars and four.  I really wanted to give it three and a half, but I settled on four.<br/><br/>The art is great, bold and vivid, although most of the art shows the human/vampire form and human/vampire faces.<br/><br/>Those wererats are scary! And that rat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31694193">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Overall,  I thought the story was good.  Anita's scared little girl routine did, however, get on my nerves. I understand showing a little bit of vulnerability but a constant inward babble about how scared she was and how strong the vampires were, was a bit annoying.  Other than that, the story was v...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5718041">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[These are not your grandpa’s comics. All in all, my first foray into the wild world of graphic novels wasn’t too bad—mainly because I was already familiar with the characters and the storyline. The figures are drawn in an extremely…um…sensual style; but I’m not familiar enough with graph...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55696790">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a fun read from a book that I would describe as a cross between Underworld and a Clive Cussler adventure. The lead character is a vampire hunter and an animator (a person who raises the dead.) Anita Blake spends her nights feuding with vampires and her days snuggled up to a stuffed penguin i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45062369">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[New York Times-Best Selling author Laurell K. Hamilton offers readers a brand new experience in the world of Anita Blake! Fusing mythology, werewolves and vampires with a story loaded with mystery, action and romance, the Anita Blake novels take place in a world where vampires, werewolves, and other creatures of nightmare have been declared legal citizens of the United States. Anita Blake is an &quot;animator&quot; - a profession that involves raising the dead for a living. Anita Blake is also known as a fearsome hunter of criminal vampires, and she moonlights by investigating cases that are far too much for &quot;conventional&quot; police. But as Anita gains the attention of the vampire masters in her hometown of St. Louis, she also risks revealing an intriguing secret about herself - the source of her unusual strength and power. As a special treat, Anita Blake fans will also discover an original side story featuring Anita and Dolph, written specially for the hardcover edition by Laurell K. Hamilton.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite books and Laurell K Hamilton at her best. I love anita blake before it turned to porn. This is a great classic detective novel with lots of turns and supernatural twists.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[picked this up as a bit of light reading. really good if you can't get enough of stuff like the dresden files. what made me most upset was the art work. don't get me wrong, it was really good. but i just read the gn of frankenstein: prodigal son, and it was the same. this artist can't even draw new ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67815512">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was interesting to read this in illustrated form. I liked having art to go with the words. The only thing I didn't like was the exaggerated way Anita was drawn, like she's a barbie doll or something. Plus, they drew her tall, but she constantly talks about how short and small she is. But I guess ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47632694">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Yeah, yeah, I read it.  Didn't get into it though.  The art felt kinda stiff and un-animated.  And so didn't match my mental picture of the characters.  The male characters all looked the same, clown-like.  The whole thing was a bit of a let down.  Much like her later work.  Meow, saucer of milk, ta...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40428684">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The author adapted her first novel to graphic novel form (kind of a theme these days: Odd Thomas, Harry Dresden, more I'm sure). I really enjoyed the first several Anita books, so it was a blast from the past. <br/><br/>The drawings are a bit much for me, but they fit the book. She frequently call...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54009328">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love the novel series, but the drawings in this comic were just too awful! Even as a dedicated fan I couldn't bring myself to buy more than a few issues, and the clunky adaptation to the comic medium (which I would have ignored otherwise) didn't help... Sorry!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[New York Times-Best Selling author Laurell K. Hamilton offers readers a brand new experience in the world of Anita Blake! Fusing mythology, werewolves and vampires with a story loaded with mystery, action and romance, the Anita Blake novels take place in a world where vampires, werewolves, and other creatures of nightmare have been declared legal citizens of the United States. Anita Blake is an &quot;animator&quot; - a profession that involves raising the dead for a living. Anita Blake is also known as a fearsome hunter of criminal vampires, and she moonlights by investigating cases that are far too much for &quot;conventional&quot; police. But as Anita gains the attention of the vampire masters in her hometown of St. Louis, she also risks revealing an intriguing secret about herself - the source of her unusual strength and power. As a special treat, Anita Blake fans will also discover an original side story featuring Anita and Dolph, written specially for the hardcover edition by Laurell K. Hamilton.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Despite not having read these books yet, (I keep meaning to but other books get in the way) I really enjoyed this!  It ended at a very sexy spot, making it impossible to wait to start reading Vol. 2.  Good thing I had checked both volumes out.   ]]></body>
    
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