Jilly's Reviews > The Laughing Corpse

When I read the Kate Daniels series, I would see a lot of reviews that compared her to Anita Blake, and Kate would always come out on top. I could see some similarities, obviously, but I find Anita a little disappointing in how dumb she is. She really doesn't know how to shut the hell up so that someone would NOT want to kill her for a change.

"I'm going to kill you," he hissed.
"Take a number," I said.

She'll need to buy more number machines if she keeps up this pace of pissing people off...

I mean, seriously, this woman threatens and antagonizes everyone she meets. It just isn't smart. Can't she just simmer with rage and kill people in her head like the rest of us do?


now, that's a healthy attitude!

So, in this book, there are a boatload of people who want to kill Anita. She's trying to help the police with a murder investigation and her standard way of interviewing people goes along the lines of this:

Anita: "Did you kill people?"

Person: "no".

Anita: "Well, I think you are a terrible person and should die, so I will be killing you as soon as possible."

Person: "Not if I kill you first."

Anita:"Did I mention that you are ugly and that I had sex with your mother? Also, I'm going to kill you."

Person: "Alright this is getting personal, now I'm going to torture you and then kill you."

Anita: "I'd like to see you try, bitch!"

Person: "Lady, I'm just trying to take your order. Do you want fries with that or not?"

And, then she is shocked when people keep trying to kill her! In this book, an old Voodoo lady tells her straight out that she is going to send a zombie to Anita's house to attack her while she sleeps that night. That night, lo and behold, a zombie tries to kill her. Then, Anita acts all shocked about it. That seems a little dumb to me. I mean, the lady was pretty clear on the plan. It really shouldn't have been shocking at all. I think that Anita has so many people telling her they are going to kill her each day that she can't keep up with all of the threats. She needs one of those day-planners to keep track. That's what they had back in the 90's right? When people still had to use pen & paper for stuff. Fucking barbaric!

Anyway, I have to say, despite it all, I am still entertained. I'm going to go on to the next book to see how many people try to kill Anita in that one. Also, I'm intrigued by her fashion sense. Don't worry, I will be discussing that in greater detail in my next review. There has been mention of a fanny-pack. That is just too good to devote only a sentence or two on. It deserves the star treatment in my next review.