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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
dark
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
10/10 disturbing and just as fascinating. anne rice really learned about stem cells and said lemme write the most intricate fucked up gothic fantasy thought experiment i can muster. all the poc are relegated to being background servants and slaves and yet their lives are infinitely better than the mayfairs. looking up the family “tree” is so very dead dove do not eat
Well shit... that was a hell of a ride. Long, slow, drawn out, then bang. Chaos.
This book has everything I want in a book. Witchcraft, mystery, history, ancestry/ancestors, mythology, old diaries, secrets to be discovered, paranormal stuff and things, romance... some creepy af sexual scenes... actually that part was borderline in the language used but it was still just part of the whole experience which was, on the whole, just a hell of a ride.
I’ve seen Interview and Queen of the Damned but I’ve never read Anne Rice, having had, when I was an apathetic but romantic gothic teenager (literally, black everything, docs, the works... now I’m kind of a retired goth, still black everything but a little more socially respectable) a boyfriend who was poetic, very into Lovecraft and music like Bauhaus and Burzum, and strongly anti-Anne Rice because she was, as he said “trite and cliche drivel.”
I have an obsession with witchcraft and vampires and the like and I can’t explain why except to say that I suppose because I have always longed to be something more than I am, more than human - a stupid, romantic, and naive wish, as it all comes from various depictions in literature and film (much of which is extremely cheesy) because really, what else is there, unless you’re Aaron Lightner and you know things...
...that was off topic. ANYWAY. What was the point?
YES.
10/10 would read again.
A+ highly recommend.
Etc etc etc.
I’m going to start the second book now.
This book has everything I want in a book. Witchcraft, mystery, history, ancestry/ancestors, mythology, old diaries, secrets to be discovered, paranormal stuff and things, romance... some creepy af sexual scenes... actually that part was borderline in the language used but it was still just part of the whole experience which was, on the whole, just a hell of a ride.
I’ve seen Interview and Queen of the Damned but I’ve never read Anne Rice, having had, when I was an apathetic but romantic gothic teenager (literally, black everything, docs, the works... now I’m kind of a retired goth, still black everything but a little more socially respectable) a boyfriend who was poetic, very into Lovecraft and music like Bauhaus and Burzum, and strongly anti-Anne Rice because she was, as he said “trite and cliche drivel.”
I have an obsession with witchcraft and vampires and the like and I can’t explain why except to say that I suppose because I have always longed to be something more than I am, more than human - a stupid, romantic, and naive wish, as it all comes from various depictions in literature and film (much of which is extremely cheesy) because really, what else is there, unless you’re Aaron Lightner and you know things...
...that was off topic. ANYWAY. What was the point?
YES.
10/10 would read again.
A+ highly recommend.
Etc etc etc.
I’m going to start the second book now.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
That non-ending was incredibly frustrating. I stuck around for 50h of this story, and you're not even going to bother to tie up any of the loose ends...?!
*sigh*
It was a fun book, though. I was reluctant to read it, since the whole concept of "witches" doesn't appeal to me at all, but...Kate Reading is my favourite narrator, so I had to listen to it. Lukily, for a book about witches, there is very little magic involved...no wands or spells or lame things like that. And even though more than half of the book was essentially the history of a fictional family, it somehow wasn't boring.
Anyway. Obviously I'm going to read the sequel, because I've already sunk so many hours into this story... I have to know how it ends. Also because the sequel is called "Lasher" and I really want to see his POV because...I have no idea if he's evil or awesome or both.
*sigh*
It was a fun book, though. I was reluctant to read it, since the whole concept of "witches" doesn't appeal to me at all, but...Kate Reading is my favourite narrator, so I had to listen to it. Lukily, for a book about witches, there is very little magic involved...no wands or spells or lame things like that. And even though more than half of the book was essentially the history of a fictional family, it somehow wasn't boring.
Anyway. Obviously I'm going to read the sequel, because I've already sunk so many hours into this story... I have to know how it ends. Also because the sequel is called "Lasher" and I really want to see his POV because...I have no idea if he's evil or awesome or both.
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A gothic masterpiece. Deliciously creepy. Anne Rice is simply an incredible storyteller. I am a little mad about the ending, but now I must read the sequel, and even after over 1000 pages I am still dying for more.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes