It was by complete accident I came across this in a closing down bookshop sale. It was the book which started my love affair with Poppy Z. Brite's writing.He has such a unique way with words and addresses some really out there issues in his writing. The books are always unique, macabre and beautiful...exactly what I like to read!I feel as though this book could have stood on its own, without the attachment to 'The Crow' franchise and context, and still come across as a really great read.

#16 A book with an animal in the titleGod, I forgot how much I love Billy's writing. Ugh, it's just so flowing and beautiful. Whole passages about severed limbs and vivisection read like poetry set to soothing classical music. If only we could find someone with an amazing voice to read all Poppy Z. Brite books, I would fall asleep every night listening to the sounds of Steve and Ghost driving in the dark, to Zillah and Nothing opening a vein to share a drink of fresh blood, to Zach and Trevor's

The copy that I have of this book, is a pre-owned used copy but it's in relatively good condition, since it was very cheap and I was lucky to find a copy of it. This book is inspired and loosely based on the graphic novel The Crow by James O'Barr.I haven't read any books by this author before but I was pleasantly surprised, I really like the way the book was written the characters and the plot of the book. I have never read a book about a character that was resurrected and reanimated after they

Pleh. This was NOT a great book. For obvious reasons, Poppy must have loved the whole Crow genre when she was writing her darker fiction. Unfortunately what came out of that was a lot of pretty imagery, and a story that went NOWHERE. Seriously, this had a deus ex machina wish-fulfillment ending that bugged the crap out of me. If you like blood and violence and angst-filled people wearing a lot of black, then you might like this. Nobody sets a stage better than Brite. But iff you like a little su...

This leather bound hard cover is limited to 1000 signed copies.The book is signed by:Poppy Z. Brite John Shirley

I knew there were The Crow novels out there and I do have one, in German translation, that I didn’t really like so much when I picked it up. What I didn’t know is that Poppy Brite wrote one of them! So given my love for her other novels, I just had to have that one. Lazarus Heart plays in good old New Orleans and a storm is coming, a hurricane, to be precise. The whole story starts from a crow’s point of view, which is quite strange but turns out to be a clever beginning. The crow witnesses Jare...

A PZB rendition of the original story. A great read and fascinating homorerotic legend.

This was fairly ridiculous and, by the author's admission, more commercially driven than it was a labor of love (nothing wrong with that--we all gotta eat). That said, PZB (now Billy Martin) is always entertaining and I have found the creative trajectory of this author/artist to be completely fascinating. This was one of the few of his previous efforts I'd yet to read, so I guess I can now cross it off the bucket list.

If Poppy Z. Brite and James O'Barr had a baby, that baby would be too good for you.

Actually really surprised by how much I loved this, both because I am generally wary of Crow spin-off media and also because I have kind of a love-hate relationship with Brite. Although I'm beginning to think that Lost Souls is actually his worst/most misogynistic book, but it's also the one everyone wants you to read because it's halfway to being Vampire Chronicles fanfiction. This one actually has *gasp* multiple queer female characters and (view spoiler)[one of them actually lives to the end,...

Don't let the campiness factor of the Crow series persuade you to skip this one. The element of camp, and the 90s love affair with all things Gothic in full effect, is done in a way that strikes of nostalgia more than derivation. Gender-bending, unusual relationships and avante garde art are all aspects of the story.All told, this tale features genuine creeping horror and an unique take on the crow legend.

A great but very different take on the story of the movie

I can't believe I haven't read this one long before now. Also, Poppy Z. Brite really had a thing about twins.Jared Poe rises from the dead inside his own mausoleum and embarks on a quest to exact vengeance against those who pinned the blame on him for his husband Benny's murder, sending him to prison where he ends up stabbed to death in the exercise yard. This isn't a cut-and-dried Crow story, and that's a good thing. Jared is warned by Benny's twin, a voodoo dabbling telepath called Lucrece, no...

Reread of an all time favorite? Yes please!

i went into this thinking i'd hate it, but i actually really enjoyed reading this one.

I probably would have really dug this when I was 18. Unfortunately, I read it at about twice that age. What once would have seemed really goth and moving now comes across as trying too hard. Kudos for sympathetic portrayals of alternate sexuality, although one expects nothing less from Ms. Brite.

Wow just wow! Amazing novel! Poppy Z Brite never fails to amaze me. This is a wonderful addition to the crow series and I highly recommend it. With elements from exquisite corpse mixed in with the passionate story of the crow, this one is a definite recommendation! Might even make you shed a tear or two!

Very well written and I couldn't put it down! Written with a lot of knowledge behind it which makes sense when you read up on the author. Switched gears halfway through and does jump a little - a bit like a part two/sometime later. I would recommend reading it but be warned there is a lot of gore

I was a goth kid once. I lost count of how many times I watched The Crow (film) when I was younger. So when I found this book at the Schuamburg library in my early 20's I knew I had to read it. This is Brite's adaptation of the Crow. An S&M photographer needs to prove his innocence in a crime he did not commit. Like much of Brite's writing Lazarus Heart is full of homosexuality and beautiful descriptive horror. I would also recommend to read this if one is new to Brite's writing. It gives the re...