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Dead Witch Walking (The Hollows, #1)

Kim Harrison

Start date: January 1, 2015

Finish date: January 31, 2015

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Challenges: What's the Rush

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Aug 03, 2009 FlibBityFLooB rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2010, witty-i-am-not, loved-the-audiobook-narration, urban-fantasy-or-paranormal, fae-or-elves, husband-enjoyed-book, shifters, vampires, magic, angels-or-demons

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 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 disliked the book. I, happily, am not going to be one of those people. I believe that I am going to grow to really enjoy this series. It features some of my favorite urban fantasy elements – strong female, snarky humor, characters that are enigmas where you can’t tell if they’re really good or bad, and good sexual tension. I also felt like it was an original storyline with the various things that happened to Rachel throughout the story. I certainly couldn’t have seen the mink/rat scenes coming! There was a fair amount of world-building that took place in the novel, but I didn’t feel overly intimated with learning character names and places the way I feel in some series. I do admit, however, that I re-read the first couple chapters after making it about 40 pages into the book to reacquaint myself with everything that had happened.

I really enjoyed the relationship between Ivy and Rachel in the book. It was interesting to try to determine whether Ivy had ulterior motives for quitting her job and moving in with Rachel. I wonder if I will learn more about that as I read future books in the series. I also really enjoyed the character of Trent. He was intriguing because he was a bit of a puzzle and Rachel had a love/hate thing going on with him during the novel. I like complicated characters in my books.

I listened to parts of this book in audiobook form and read sections of it on my free kindle download as well. The narrator on the audiobook had some strange voices for some of the characters, but I grew to really like them after a while. As an example: Jenks, the pixie, sounds a bit like a stereotypical 1920s gangster with a pixie edge. A little weird, but fun to listen to :) Ivy, Rachel’s vampire seducing roommate, had a very breathy/husky voice in the audiobook. At first I was a bit annoyed by that, but I grew to think that the voice fit her character’s personality fairly well.

So, you may wonder why I’m giving this book 4.5 stars instead of an outright 5? The answer for me lies in the action and sexual tension. I felt there could have been more of both in the story, but I definitely see hints of good action and sexual tension to come in the series. So, I am excited about that.
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Feb 16, 2010 Kay rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy

Dead Witch Walking is ludicrously well written - excellent pace, characterization, universe building, etc. etc. Harrison is a gifted writer and created one hell of a character in Rachel Morgan. She had plot twist after plot twist - constantly revealing something new and exciting about this amazing universe.

So why haven't I given this book a five star rating? Well, mostly because it took me so damn long to finish it. I honestly blame this book for my book blogging slump, as it took me almost 2 mo ...more

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Jan 18, 2010 Amber Hatfield rated it liked it · review of another edition

This book deserves 3.5 stars from me. I enjoyed it, the plot & characters were awesome. Some things grated on my nerves, which is why I couldn't give it a 4. I don't care for this sudden, small interest in Nick. That came out of left field, I was fully expecting Rachel & Ivy to hook up. That relationship is still mysterious. I will definitely be reading book #2 as I read in reviews that the books progressively become better... ...more

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Feb 28, 2010 Erica rated it liked it

This was almost a 4 star book. I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would.

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Jul 08, 2009 Stacey rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2019-read

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Shelves: owned-physical

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Jun 23, 2024 Heather Leonard rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorites, fiction, sci-fi-fantasy

Aug 25, 2009 Marisa rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: first-in-series, fantasy-urban, fantasy

Sep 01, 2009 booklovinrn rated it it was amazing

Shelves: paranormal, kim-harrison, urban-fantasy, vampires, witches, demons, audiobook, magic

Oct 18, 2009 Megan marked it as to-read

Oct 21, 2009 Pollyanna rated it really liked it

Shelves: supernatural

Nov 07, 2009 Sarah rated it it was amazing

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Shelves: could-not-finish-did-not-like

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Apr 24, 2010 Zainab marked it as to-read

Aug 23, 2010 Valerie ~ Val Hall ~ rated it really liked it

Shelves: witch

Sep 01, 2010 Maggie rated it really liked it

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Shelves: 2012-books, paranormal-fantasy, fav-series

Mar 24, 2011 Sandra marked it as owned-not-read-yet

Shelves: pnr-uf, own, witch-magic-fae, vampires, kim-harrison

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Sep 09, 2011 Karen K. Miller marked it as own-need-to-read

Shelves: author-harrison-k, series-the-hollows

Jan 16, 2012 angelmoon rated it it was amazing

Shelves: urban-fantasy

Mar 31, 2013 Ebonyx3 marked it as to-read

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Apr 22, 2014 Elizabeth rated it it was amazing

Sep 05, 2014 namericanwordcat marked it as purchased-to-read

Shelves: freebie, redhead, witches, bounty-hunters, ohio

Dec 15, 2023 Crystal S rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, audiobook, demons, vampires, fairies-fae, 1st-in-series, usa-ohio, witches-and-wizards, security-or-pi-hero-or-heroine, first-person

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