Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: The Laughing Corpse

Kali: I like it so much that I got it for my mom, who liked it so much she put the next 3 on her wish list

United States on Aug 02, 2023

JWN: I enjoyed reading this book. Once again, this is a mystery and not a romance book but we do see more interactions between Anita and the master vampire, Jean Claude. I like how he flirts with her and is nice to her even though she’s stubborn and wouldn’t do what he wants.
The plot was interesting with a being out murdering families and Anita trying to find it and figure out who was controlling it. In the meantime, a multi-millionaire is forcing her to raise his over 100 yr old ancestor from the grave, which requires the death of a human sacrifice. Lots of action and a bit dark but not as much as the 1st book in this series. In this book, we learn a bit more about Anita’s magic and I’m very curious to see what more she can do in future books. Onward to the next one in the series.

United States on May 25, 2023

tracy: I am reading it at the moment and will be buying more. great book

Australia on Mar 12, 2023

Leonie Mulcahy: A great second book, showing more insight into Anita’s world without giving anything away. I love how the reader finds out information about her powers as she does, love it

Australia on Mar 08, 2023

BookishChick: I'm rereading the entire series. Because it's the kind where you can. After so many years of awaiting new books I had forgotten so much of the initial books. Still just as hood an entertaining as the first time I read it. Sigh

Australia on Oct 17, 2022

SL: “Stupidity isn’t punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop.” There’s no particular reason I chose this quote from the book to start out this review other than I thought it was funny. So sue me.

This book starts only a few weeks after the first book, Guilty Pleasures, ended.

Anita Blake begins by meeting a potential new client in need of her animator skills. Too bad this client is a murderous millionaire who doesn’t care who gets hurt, as long as his zombie is raised. As if that isn’t bad enough, she is also working a case with the local police, trying to figure out what type of creature is ripping apart families…literally. And one of her suspects? Just the most powerful voodoo priestess in all of North America, who just so happens to want Anita to join her in her…less than savory enterprises, and is willing to make her do so by any means necessary. And if that wasn’t enough problems, she also happens to be oh so close to being the new Master of the City’s human servant. Very much unwillingly.

Murder, mayhem, voodoo, and sexy vampires. What more could a girl ask for? Some peace and quiet, if you ask...

United States on Jun 07, 2016

Amazon Customer: My experience with this book was back and forth between completely entertained and completely board to death. The good parts were GREAT but the middle parts totally put me to sleep. I love the plot of this book and that fact that so many elements were involved in carrying it out. Although, much like the first book, there were a LOT of character's to keep track of. There was also one point at which the plot of the book shifted to "save the stuff penguins." To me there was just entirely too much emphasis put on her ridding her stuff animals from zombie goo than about the actual attack itself. There was also a lot of repetitiveness in Anita and Jean Claude's conversations in the beginning/middle of the book. They just seemed to be having the same conversation over and over and over again. With that said, I thought the ending was AMAZING!!!! The human sacrifice and Anita's raw, all-consuming power was brilliant. I also enjoyed the fact that Jean Claude witnessed the whole thing. I like that he got a chance to witness exactly what she is capable of....although it would have made a deeper impact on me if he were trying harder to control her and not making compromises with...

United States on Jan 10, 2012

Oliver Von Spreckelsen: Nach über einem halben Jahr bin ich endlich dazu gekommen, den zweiten Band um Anita Blake zu lesen.

Eine spannende Geschichte um einen mordenden Zombie, einen Millionär, der eine uralte Leiche wieder zum Leben erwecken will, und eine mächtige Voodoopriesterin, die für Anita auch eine Lehrmeisterin sein könnte oder auch das, was aus ihr werden könnte, wenn sie sich dem dunklen Pfad zuwendet.

Gerade diese Auseinandersetzung zwischen Anita Blake und der Voodoopriesterin machen den Reiz dieses Bandes aus.

Man erfährt wesentlich mehr über Anitas Kindheit und ihre Tante, und was Anita eigentlich ist: eine Nekromantin, keine Animateurin, die Leichen wiederbeleben kann, wie ursprünglich im ersten Band angedeutet.

Auch Jean-Claude hat wieder einen Auftritt (allerdings wirkt der etwas forciert), wo man die knisternde Spannung zwischen den beiden beinahe schmecken kann, aber auch nachvollziehen kann, warum Anita sich gegen so etwas mit Händen und Füßen sträubt.

Dieses Mal sind auch die Nebenpersonen besser dargestellt, die Spook Squad, der Reporter und auch Anitas Freundin haben in diesem Band wesetlich mehr Farbe als im ersten Band....

Germany on Jun 15, 2011

Sharon: I bought the abridged version by accident but I still was not disappointed, & did not feel I had missed too much before even though I have read the book a couple of times. It arrives in a cardboard box as pictured with one cardboard sleeve holding 5 discs & runs for approxiamately for six hours.The only negative I can say is that the box the discs come is not very strong & could be damaged easily if not handled with care on opening.

The Laughing Corpse is the second of a twenty book series at last count. Anita Blake is a hardboiled aninimator, which means she has the ability to raise the dead, her other talents include being a sanctioned vampire killer and working for the St Louis police force as a prenatural specialist on retainer basis.
She's sarcastic, loyal & protective of her friends she can also kick butt, protect herself & kill to survive ask questions later.

Anita visits a potential client to raise a corpse with her greedy boss Bert, a million dollars is on the table. It's to raise a 300 year corpse, that would take a human sacrifice & understandably Anita says no. She's also called to visit a murder scene & it looks like a...

United Kingdom on Oct 05, 2010