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macabrelibrarian 's review for:
The Witching Hour
by Anne Rice
I was completely absorbed in this book. I read it for six hours straight one day, and I haven't done this with a book since Deathly Hallows was released. It got a little weird for me at the end, though. I spent a while mulling over whether I should give it four stars or five, because x, y, & z, because I didn't agree with the way it ended (as I perceive right now, not having read its successors, Lasher and Taltos).
And then I realized I'd been considering multiple plot points for so long it had just become absurd. A book that makes you think like that, in my opinion, deserves a top rating. If you become so engrossed in even the minutae of a story that it wreaks havoc with your mind for days, the author has done her job.
Anne Rice impressed me with the sheer volume of this tale that spans 13 generations of witches and the spirit that destroys their lives. It's written in astounding detail accompanied by the sensuous prose that is Anne Rice's norm- and all 965 pages are worth your time. The fact that something as solid and in-depth as this could be born from anyone's imagination is cause for admiration.
And then I realized I'd been considering multiple plot points for so long it had just become absurd. A book that makes you think like that, in my opinion, deserves a top rating. If you become so engrossed in even the minutae of a story that it wreaks havoc with your mind for days, the author has done her job.
Anne Rice impressed me with the sheer volume of this tale that spans 13 generations of witches and the spirit that destroys their lives. It's written in astounding detail accompanied by the sensuous prose that is Anne Rice's norm- and all 965 pages are worth your time. The fact that something as solid and in-depth as this could be born from anyone's imagination is cause for admiration.