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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
I think this is my third time reading this book. Love it!
Anne Rice is the true authority on witches and vampires.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Always a favorite
This book has been read multiple times and will be read again. It's a favorite of both me and my husband.
This book has been read multiple times and will be read again. It's a favorite of both me and my husband.
dark
tense
slow-paced
October 29, 2020 – page 75 - 7.23% "I’m just confused about what this book is really about?"
November 11, 2020 – page 339 - 32.66% "This is going to take all year. But it’s soooo goood"
November 24, 2020 – page 630 - 60.69% "Chapter 23 done. that’s like at least 27 pages in each chapter, and each page has a margin of like 4 mm on each side, and the text is tiny. It’s exhausting!"
I just finished this brick of a book, and honestly I’m so disappointed. Rice sets up a realistic family, a backstory so detailed and well done, only to completely and utterly destroy it in the last 30 pages. It was so clear until the last 3-4 chapters that this was meant to be a standalone, and for some unexplained reason decided for it to be a trilogy, AFTER 1000 pages.
Okay, rant over. Anne Rice writes like she is right there in the book. The descriptions are rich and almost so real you could stretch out your hand to touch them. The characters are amazing, and she introduces so many people without losing us completely along the way. We get time with each of them, we understand them and we mourn them.
Our main characters are introduced slowly, and their faiths are slowly interwined until it all goes to hell in the end. Michael comes off as a kind, calm and resourceful man, traditional, but soft. While Rowan is ambitious, strong and free-spirited. Both have their demons, and their lives meet and collide.
Rice could easily have cut down 1/3 of the book without losing much of what happens. We get a lot of internal monologue and long paragraphs of thinking, but not nearly enough peaks. The big point of no return made absolutely no sense for our main characters, and it seriously annoys me.
This is definitely not a book for everyone, but all of this is my personal opinion and I see that a lot of people love this book deeply, but it lacked so much to me. Gosh, glad that’s overwith😅
November 11, 2020 – page 339 - 32.66% "This is going to take all year. But it’s soooo goood"
November 24, 2020 – page 630 - 60.69% "Chapter 23 done. that’s like at least 27 pages in each chapter, and each page has a margin of like 4 mm on each side, and the text is tiny. It’s exhausting!"
I just finished this brick of a book, and honestly I’m so disappointed. Rice sets up a realistic family, a backstory so detailed and well done, only to completely and utterly destroy it in the last 30 pages. It was so clear until the last 3-4 chapters that this was meant to be a standalone, and for some unexplained reason decided for it to be a trilogy, AFTER 1000 pages.
Okay, rant over. Anne Rice writes like she is right there in the book. The descriptions are rich and almost so real you could stretch out your hand to touch them. The characters are amazing, and she introduces so many people without losing us completely along the way. We get time with each of them, we understand them and we mourn them.
Our main characters are introduced slowly, and their faiths are slowly interwined until it all goes to hell in the end. Michael comes off as a kind, calm and resourceful man, traditional, but soft. While Rowan is ambitious, strong and free-spirited. Both have their demons, and their lives meet and collide.
Rice could easily have cut down 1/3 of the book without losing much of what happens. We get a lot of internal monologue and long paragraphs of thinking, but not nearly enough peaks. The big point of no return made absolutely no sense for our main characters, and it seriously annoys me.
This is definitely not a book for everyone, but all of this is my personal opinion and I see that a lot of people love this book deeply, but it lacked so much to me. Gosh, glad that’s overwith😅
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual content
This is the start of her witch series. It is a good read, but not as good as her vampire series.
A ver, a mí no me ha gustado. Incluso me ha parecido regulero, malo. ¿Pero quién soy yo para decir esto? Sé que Anne Rice tiene un nombre... Se me ha hecho largo, aburrido, predecible casi siempre. Los protagonistas absolutamente perfectos, su relación precipitada e irreal, algunas escenas ridículas... Por si quedaba alguna duda, no tengo intención de acercarme a la segunda parte de ls trilogía. No sé ni cómo he conseguido terminar esta primera, y lo de animarme a leerla después de llevar casi diez años en mi estantería se debe a que salió elegida como lectura para Hijas de Mary Wollstonecraft.
Not particularly into incest between father and daughter. Gross.
2.75 stars
So this is one that did not live up to the memory. When I first read this book, it was many years ago before I had access to other so many options in fantasy or paranormal reads. I will always be grateful that this one opened doors for me, but I don't think I'll ever come back to read it again.
So this is one that did not live up to the memory. When I first read this book, it was many years ago before I had access to other so many options in fantasy or paranormal reads. I will always be grateful that this one opened doors for me, but I don't think I'll ever come back to read it again.