Lover of Snark

[mulder200.livejournal.com]

Hello, new member here. I recently got myself roped into LKH by reading The Harlequin. I wrote a book review about on my own journal and needless to say was curious for more. That book was probably one of the most explicit mainstream porn books I have ever read. LOL! I mean I was just so fasicinated that she would spend so much time on sex.

So I started to read the books from the very beginning and I have to say that while Anita is one MAJOR bitch with mental problems and issues, the books were still good to read.

So anyway, I have to ask you follower snarkers: When was the moment the series Jumping The Shark?

BTW, was I the only one who kinda got the feeling that the author was trying to set the scene for Anita sleeping with Edward's adopted son?

Comments

[ctrl-issue.livejournal.com]

A lot of people here say that OB was the last good book for them. For me? OB sucked worse than a cheap whore with a mouth full of novacain. Before that, it was okay but it was in that book that we got the first Pod-ward who showed up in the last book in full form. *shakes head* Next thing you know, there's going to be a threesome with him, her, and his step-son.

So. Very. Sad.

[easol.livejournal.com]

Sadly, that seems creepily likely. I can imagine LKH thinking, "Peter and Edward aren't really related, so it's not creepy!"

[ctrl-issue.livejournal.com]

Exactly. And when that happens, her fans will rejoice. Because 'finally the UST between Anita and Edward has finally been taken care of!' Now, I'm one of those that thought that her and Edward should have hooked up WAY BACK, but now? Good gods, she'd give him who knows how many STDs! She may be immune, but that doesn't mean she's not a carrier!

[ex-naomi-ja.livejournal.com]

I'm with you there. I really did not enjoy OB at all. I mean, my interest had started to wane with Blue Moon, but OB just ... bothered me. I read it twice and still didn't understand it, lol.

[ctrl-issue.livejournal.com]

I was going WTF in Burnt Offerings, actually. Just little things that didn't make a whole lot of sense. And I was really unimpressed with the Council. They seemed so... sloppy and stupid and worthless. I mean, how many different ways can a creature kill you or f*ck you until it gets bored? Something tells me it would take me less than a hundred years to get bored with the whole murder and death scene, especially if it's just wasting a perfectly good meal. ...Would that make me a bad vampire?

[ex-naomi-ja.livejournal.com]

The Council make me laugh. I love that none of the oldest, scariest, most powerful and ruthless vampires can find it in their hearts to kill Anita, no matter how many reasons she gives them to do so. Worst Evil Organisation Ever.

And no, it would make you a practical vampire. And a far better vampire than LKH would write.

[ladymuttly1.livejournal.com]

I love the fact that none of them even consider using a gun to take her out. I'm rereading Jim Butcher and I loved the scene where Harry threatens his death curse and

SPOILER

Kincade shrugged and said he could take Harry out with a gun from a thousand paces before Harry knew what hit him. I was like-YES that's how you take out a cheap whore from St. Louis.

[easol.livejournal.com]

Maybe we could all club together, pool our monies and hire Kincaid the Badass Half-Demon Merc to shoot Whorenita in the head before she could magically avoid it with sexx0rs.

Oh wait, neither of them are real. DAMN.

[ladymuttly1.livejournal.com]

I know it's unlikely, but we could find Robert Heinlein and get a ride in the space/time machine he developed. Then we could find Kincaid, transport him to AB St. Louis and blow her up.

Erm-I'm cross genreing. I think I need meds.

[easol.livejournal.com]

I find it ridiculous that all these uberpowerful vampires don't dare to come in and rip Anita to shreds because if they do, it would be violating vampire etiquette and might lead to somebody getting hurt!

Ye gods! What do these vampires DO all night? Do they just sit on their butts and bicker a lot, then check on Marmee Noir, then play cards with those little chocolate coins? You'd think even one of them would have a Cool Supernatural Power that they could use against Whorenita.

[roguetailkinker.livejournal.com]

Actually, that's one of the few remaining things in the books that does make sense to me. I mean, think about it- the vampires are all magically powerful, the Council members ridiculously so. So what do they do, spend eternity hunting each other? Have vampire 'society' be nothing more than a constant free-for-all? That's a pretty lousy way to spend eternity.

Hence, rules. They can fight, and do, but they have to abide by the boundries of polite combat. It keeps them able to be around each other without the whole thing turning into one big mess.

Maybe it's my anthropology geek coming out, but American society is one of the few that doesn't put much stock in ritual. However, there are benefits to ritual, including creating structure and order where there might otherwise be none. It can also be a way of bonding people together, which is helpful when you have to work together to survive. (And vampires as a whole were hunted by humans for centuries. Kind of hard to deal with that threat if the vamps are too busy at each others' throats all the time.)

[naeko.livejournal.com]

I agree. OB pissed me off, mainly for the complete character shredding of Edward. Plus the end, with the vampire who was a god, but not really but maybe he was a god, but omg he wasn't! WHAT?!

And as to the OP's question, I think Blue Moon was when it started going downhill. The whole Freja rape scene, and Anita healing... I think it was Nathanial with Raina's sex-fu really annoyed me.

[ctrl-issue.livejournal.com]

OB pissed me off, mainly for the complete character shredding of Edward. Plus the end, with the vampire who was a god, but not really but maybe he was a god, but omg he wasn't! WHAT?!

OMG, so true! When did Edward decide that it would be a 'good idea' to hook up with someone with kids, when he told her long, long ago that 'normal lives' aren't for them?! Guh! And not only was HE a 'god' but so was Obsidian. So, obviously, New Mexico breeds the crazy.

And yeah, Blue Moon was cracked, as was Burnt Offerings. I mean, she 'tamed' Asher by being willing to have sex with him. And her and Richard beat the Beast Master by touch and sex. *shakes head* If all governments were as pansy as that one is...