1.24k reviews for:

The Witching Hour

Anne Rice

3.8 AVERAGE

sgilly's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I watched the first season of the show and was so excited to read the books. Honestly the subject was good but it was difficult to get through this book. I'd often fall asleep, which is uncommon for me, and found 50 pages often took an hour. I'm not sure if it was the writing style or it was just dense. Overall, I started out so excited and now I have the 2nd and 3rd book but probably won't read them.
2 stars because I really wanted to like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence

hex_its_jaff's review against another edition

4.0

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One of the better Ann rice books. Must be before she fired her editor. Would probably make modern readers heads pop. Wild. Of a time. Gothic lady, problematic fave

nithuir's review against another edition

3.0

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The history gets a solid 4 stars. Present-day story gets 2.5 stars. Overall better than Interview.

boddhichita's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

mj2613's review against another edition

2.75

dark mysterious slow-paced

arl_lug's review against another edition

5.0

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one of my favorite Anne Rice books!!!

francesco_lanza's review against another edition

5.0

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This is Anne Rice's best novel. It's a masterpiece of modern-set Fantasy. I don't even really enjoy most of other Anne Rice books at all... But is I loved to distraction.

My only warning is that it's long winded, and not very action filled.

satanicstormberry's review against another edition

3.0

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What the actual fuck.

bolivianrash's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A lot of build up. Payoff is okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Abandonment, Colonisation

constant__reader's review against another edition

4.0

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What a wild ride of a book. I loved the history of the Mayfair family , I found that absolutely captivating and I wanted more!!! But I really didn’t like Rowan especially towards the end . And the ending with Rowan and lasher? WTF!!! A total rollercoaster of a book