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The Witching Hour
by Anne Rice
Anne Rice's descriptive writing style is lush and seductive. The story engrossed my senses almost immediately.
The plot of "The Witching Hour" starts off very excitingly in the beginning with the main storyline, then wanes in to a richly-detailed historic narrative that quickly becomes daunting to read and arduous to follow. The history has a Biblical presence to it, describing in depth who is from where, who begot whom...I fell asleep many, many times while struggling through the historical subplot.
Once the history of the Mayfair Witches returns to central plot of the late twentieth century, the story picks back up. Understands the history make it quite easy for one to see where the plot will go. The ease with which I figured out the ending was a bit disappointing, but Rice really does an adequate job foreshadowing and presenting the history for one to piece the puzzle.
The rapturously vivid writing is what made this book a four-star book. One can feel the heat, the humidity, and all of the sensations and emotions the characters experience. Without this very precise and specific ambiance, this book would only be of three-star caliber.
The plot of "The Witching Hour" starts off very excitingly in the beginning with the main storyline, then wanes in to a richly-detailed historic narrative that quickly becomes daunting to read and arduous to follow. The history has a Biblical presence to it, describing in depth who is from where, who begot whom...I fell asleep many, many times while struggling through the historical subplot.
Once the history of the Mayfair Witches returns to central plot of the late twentieth century, the story picks back up. Understands the history make it quite easy for one to see where the plot will go. The ease with which I figured out the ending was a bit disappointing, but Rice really does an adequate job foreshadowing and presenting the history for one to piece the puzzle.
The rapturously vivid writing is what made this book a four-star book. One can feel the heat, the humidity, and all of the sensations and emotions the characters experience. Without this very precise and specific ambiance, this book would only be of three-star caliber.