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'Morbid delights, sexually charged passages and wicked, wild tragedy' - Publishers Weekly
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I loved the Vampires (at least up to Body Thief) and adored the Mummy, but I think Witching Hour is her best. The HUGE book is absolutely compelling from beginning to end. The Book moves from Modern day story of a young woman, the end product of centuries of witches that are under control of "the Man" called Lasher( because he could make the trees lash when he was angry) into the past of her ancestors. Each generation of the "Mayfair Witches" there was a chosen female that 'inherited' the man, and he brought power, he brought madness.
The book leisurely details the woman's modern day life, returning to New Orleans for the funeral of her mother, the base of the family of witches male and female, and comes to terms with her heritage, Lasher and a destiny plotted for her leading to a horrific coming: bring Lasher into this world. We see a lot of the tale through the eyes of the people around this family, as the agent for the Talamasca (seen in the Vampire Cycle), the watchers and recorders of witches and vampires, collect the tales on the family.
It is a leisurely paced book, that brings one into mind of New Orleans' slower pace, but it's spellbinding, haunting, deceptively mesmerising. When she moves the tale of the Mayfair witches into the past and traces each generation of witch from early Scotland on, she is breathtaking. Rice uses ancient Scots lore and gives it a new life in her evocative, provoking tale that will keep you hypnotised as few works do.
Don't think she was better before or since. It's simply a master piece. Followed up with Lasher, Taltos and Merrick.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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We watch and we are always here'' is the motto of the Talamasca, a saintly group with extrasensory powers which has for centuries chronicled the lives of the Mayfairs--a dynasty of witches that brought down a shower of flames in 17th-century Scotland, fled to the plantations of Haiti and on to the New World, where they settled in the haunted city of New Orleans. Rice ( The Queen of the Damned ) plumbs a rich vein of witchcraft lore, conjuring in her overheated, florid prose the decayed antebellum mansion where incest rules, dolls are made of human bone and hair, and violent storms sweep the skies each time a witch dies and the power passes on. Newly annointed is Rowan Mayfair, a brilliant California neurosurgeon kept in ignorance of her heritage by her adoptive parents. She returns to the fold after bringing back Michael Curry from the dead; he, too, has unwanted extrasensory gifts and, like Rowan and the 12 Mayfairs before her, has beheld Lasher: devil, seducer, spirit. Now Lasher wants to come through to this world forever and Rowan is the Mayfair who can open the door. This massive tome repeatedly slows, then speeds when Rice casts off the Talamasca's pretentious, scholarly tones and goes for the jugular with morbid delights, sexually charged passages and wicked, wild tragedy.
*****Rate this 5/5 and would score higher! I loved this book! Even though it was almost a thousand pages, it captures you at the first page and doesn't let go
*****Rate this 5/5 and would score higher! I loved this book! Even though it was almost a thousand pages, it captures you at the first page and doesn't let go
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When I began reading this book, I wasn't sure if I could finish it. As it is with many books this was a bit boring to begin with, and the sice of it (1207 pages) wasn't comforting.
But after a couple of chapters and an open mind I knew I could and would finish it, I had to know how it ended.
The carecters are well writen and the plot is fantastic.
In the middle of the book is the reason why this book only gets 3 stars. There is a very long passage that I think should have been shorter, some things could easily have been let out without ruining the book.
When/if you read it don't stop during these pages because the rest of the book is fantastic.
But after a couple of chapters and an open mind I knew I could and would finish it, I had to know how it ended.
The carecters are well writen and the plot is fantastic.
In the middle of the book is the reason why this book only gets 3 stars. There is a very long passage that I think should have been shorter, some things could easily have been let out without ruining the book.
When/if you read it don't stop during these pages because the rest of the book is fantastic.
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A Bewitching Epic
THE WITCHING HOUR is a long book. When you open it, you wonder how you will ever reach the end. However I would definitely not let a little thing like that put you off. Read more
Published 21 days ago by Eric Ian Steele
Rice leaves us spellbound
For those that have not read the trilogy of The Lives of the Mayfair Witches, should be warned that this review contains some spoilers! Read more
Published 2 months ago by Sean de Lyon
The Witching Hour
From the moment I purchased this book I just could not wait to sit down an read it. I found it extremely gripping. Read more
Published 3 months ago by midnightlady
Better than the Vampires
I have been a big fan of Anne Rice and The Vampire Chronicles for many year so thought i'd give this series of books a go
The series starts with The Witching Hour, is... Read more
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Published 6 months ago by jillywill
More Anne Rice brilliance
Great series and book, I read Taltos first so kinda ruined it for myself but all 1200 pages are worth it!
Published 9 months ago by Ms W
My favourite book EVER
This book is a must for anyone even slightly interested in the supernatural, or even just a lover of great literature. Read more
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Absolutely Amazing!
This is my all time favourite book. The first Anne Rice book I ever read and I could not put it down at all! Read more
Published 14 months ago by F. Pullen
All over the place
I quite enjoyed the modern day parts of the book, it was classic Anne Rice that kept you turning the page to find out what happens though oddly halfway in the lead character reads... Read more
Published on 29 April 2010 by N. Fisher
Amazing
If you`re into the paranormal, the gothic, Anne Rice is the author to read and The Mayfair Witches as a series is absolutely superb. Read more
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