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Review title: Where's the plot? and the characters?
Product review: Having read all the Anita Blake stories up to Narcissus, where did the characters go? This kind of fiction should entertain, and at its best develop interesting characters that we want to follow from one novel to the next. Up to now, I thought Hamilton managed to be one of the better genre series writers at doing this and even though the characters live in a genre plot, Hamilton managed to make the mysteries interesting enough to keep reading. Narcissus has neither. Also, I don't usually have any problem with whatever sexual activities occur in books-- as long as the sex fits the characters and helps the plot along. This book seemed to forget to have a plot other than sado-masochistic sex and the characters all left their personalities behind in some other book. This piece of the series is better skipped- read one of the earlier books to get an idea of why the series might be popular.
