A review by evan_j_dove_007
Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice

3.0

I want to say I loved this book. Anne Rice writes addicting novels in a manner few can match(I read over 80% of this book in a single day, despite the 4 day read length shown on here). Her ability to draw you in and keep you entranced is matched only perhaps by her ability to make you feel a deep-set discomfort which in turn battles in your mind, arguing for you to put it down. Tonio was in a way easy to hate, and perhaps that is why I’ve given it 3 stars? I cannot pretend to comprehend what he felt and went through, but at times his willingness to be happy combined with his intractable desire to not be was maddening. Rice’s writing is also predictably fecund and florid, and as someone who’s own writing suffers from the same predilection I feel confident in making that assessment. It was sexual, depressed, vibrant, holy and full of shame, but for some reason I can only say that it was a good book, despite the hold it had on me. It was not great.