Lasher

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Summary: Hated it. Thousands of pages wasted on those Mayfair witches
Review: I couldn't believe how quickly the storyline crashed after the first book of this trilogy, The Witching Hour . The prose got so purple and convoluted, I wanted to scream. I was thrilled when the author decided to abandon these dopey incestuous witches and got back to the vampires.

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Summary: Trumped up atmosphere
Review: I wanted to read a book with New Orleans atmosphere. Instead I got a book with kiddie porn in it. Sorry--I do not find the sexual escapades of 13 year old girls with their older uncles and uncles-in-law especially erotic. The ending was laughable. I enjoyed INTERVIEW but the rest of this stuff is just Bodice rippers with horror thrown in. If I want New Orleans I'll stick with James Sallis and Rebecca West.

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Summary: not as good as the first book,but still amazing to read
Review: i loved the witching hour,and i jsut finished reading lasher.lasher was not as good as the first book,but it was still an amazing story that makes you feel like you are there and know these charactors.i like the profecy poem alot,in fact i memorized it.there are some parts that tend to drag on such as the part with lasher telling his story.but i liked juliens story and i thought it gave me more of an insight as to what lasher was like to his witches.id recomend the book but not as much as i owuld the witching hour.

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Summary: Lasher was as enthralling as the Witching Hour.
Review: I read The Witching Hour and was completely unable to put it down and when I went out and bought the sequel, Lasher, it was just as enthralling. This book is the best Anne Rice novel I have yet to read. It pulled me in and I am still wanting more even though I have finished the book. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a little of the unusual and erotic.

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Summary: Come to me, my sweet Lasher!
Review: Well, I just finished Lasher, and I have to say that I loved it, as I love all Anne Rice novels. The woman is truly a genius. I admit, sometimes I loved the character "Lasher" and sometimes I hated him. My loyalties were divided between Lasher, Micheal, and Rowan until the last 100 pages of the book or so. When Lasher tells his story, I totally sympathized with him. As he said, he hadn't asked to be a Taltos, that was just how it was. And who could blame him for "using" the Mayfair women? He didn't so much use them as he gave them what they wanted, wealth, glamour, power, etc. And in return, they gave him a sense of purpose to his lonely existence. When Lasher tells of how he was forced to make other Taltos, all so they could be sacrificed by the Puritans, he won me over. That's why I was a little upset when Micheal clawed him to death with that hammer! Who knew gentle, sweet, Dickens-reading Micheal could be such a brutal killer? He went a little balistic killing those Talamasca guys as well. Moral of the story: Don't mess with his woman! I guess he was the only one who could do it, but why couldn't he then kill Emaleth when Rowan asked him to? I give this book a 5 anyway, and I hope some of these questions will be anwered in Taltos. For all of you Mayfair fans, I hear that there may be another sequel to this legacy. Its supposed to be about Mona and Morrigan ( the Taltos she and Micheal created) . Tenative title "Morrigan" Keep your fingers crossed everyone!

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Summary: EXTREMELY HYPNOTIC!****
Review: I LOVED THIS BOOK. IT EXPLAINED A LOT OF LASHER'S PROBLEMS AND WHY HE TREATED ROWAN THE WAY HE DID. IT WAS WONDERFULLY WRITTEN * I ACTUALLY FELT THIS PAIN THAT HE EXHIBITED THROUGHT OUT THE BOOK IN THE WITCHING HOUR AND TALTOS

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Summary: Slow to start but all Anne Rice
Review: I became involved with Anne Rice in the Vampire Chronicles and have not read another author since. I had gotten away from reading books for a few years after starting Lasher. I have begun again and picked up Lasher from where I left off and have not missed a beat. It is as intriguing as the vampires were and I am looking forward to reading Taltos. She has made a firm believer out of me. >>>>Thanks Anne<<<<<<

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Summary: WOW
Review: THIS IS THE FIRST ANNE RICE BOOK I HAVE EVER READ AND IT CERTAINLY WILL NOT BE THE LAST. I FOUND IT SO HARD TO PUT DOWN. THE STORY SUCKS YOU IN AND TAKES YOU THROUGH A BRILLIANTLY SPUN WEB OF MYSTERY AND INTRIGUE. THE CHARACTERS WILL ENCHANT, OR AT LEAST SHOCK YOU. THIS IS A GOOD BUY.

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Summary: Good but it could be better
Review: OK, the book itself could be better, but I must admit I enjoyed it like all the other books of Anne Rice. Her books have the magic to bring you to another time and place. I love them because of it.

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Summary: Didn't want the book to end!
Review: As I was reading Lasher, I was wishing the book were at least as long as its predecessor, The Witching Hour (which easily became my all-time favorite Anne Rice novel). And I loved the introduction of the strong-willed and vibrant Mona as one of the vast number of the Mayfair clan! As for Rowan in this second book in the Lives of the Mayfair Witches saga, she became the 20th century female version of Dr. Frankenstein, in a way, consumed by her scientific curiosity and lulled into falsely thinking that she could control this creature to which she had given birth and study it when in reality Rowan was herself at the mercy of Lasher. When I reached the end of the novel, I drew out finishing the book, as I both did and did not want it to end. However, I give this novel a rating of 9 rather than 10 because in places Lasher bogs down a bit.