Taltos

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Summary: A prolific, but dreary ending to the Mayfair Witches
Review: I am an avid Anne Rice reader. She is my favorite writer and I have been reading her books for many years. I think I will read just about anything she releases. When I started reading The Lives of The Mayfair Witches, I was automatically drawn into their world. I felt like I knew them all in some special way. I had grown to love them as much as Mrs. Rice has. I've come to know The Witching Hour and Lasher as a few of my favorite books, which also stands next to her Vampire Chronciles as some of her greatest pieces. When I reached the end of the Mayfair Witches books, with Taltos--I was somewhat lead down a winding, road of dreariness. Taltos had a great impact on me in the begining. It was very prolific and thought provoking. It was one of her most insightful books. She probed into a world that only Anne Rice could think up. Anne Rice weaved her own mythos into an already impressive, and pre-existing world history. However, her imgaination and great sense of detailed history could not save this book by the final pages. It started to lack in luster, spirit, and basically ran out of steam near the last chapters. I almost ran through the ending to see what happened. She tried to shock us in Taltos with more of her "Rice" surprises with the "recent additions to the family" and what has happened to them(I will not ruin this by telling who they are, but readers of the book already know). This book wasn't that much of a disappointment. Taltos was fun to read at times. "The Thelma and Louise" theme with Mary Jane and Mona was a welcome and Ashlar was another individual with great depth, as are all the others male characters Mrs. Rice creates. I recommend Taltos to anyone who is reading The Lives of The Mayfair Witches and who wants to finish the series. Although, as I ended it, my mind was left screaming as I finished reading the last page -- "This can't be the end?". More so, Taltos left a nasty taste in my mouth, which will not subside until Merrick, her new vampire novel comes out.

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Summary: Excellent end to the series
Review: I thought that Taltos was definitely one of the best books written by Rice. I have read the others in the series, but neither Lasher nor Witching hour were nothing great compared to Taltos, It never got boring and connected all three novels, It answered the questions you have been longing to know the answers to. It brought closure, and excitement, there is nothing left, which is great. A great, flowing, hard to put down, book, I would recommend this book to anyone, even if you don't read any of the others, This book can stand alone, I read it first out of the three, and it turned out best that way. Anyone should read this, whether a lover of Rice or not.

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Summary: Poor end to the saga
Review: Although very interesting as any of Anne Rice's books, I think Taltos ends the Mayfair saga without the glamour of the other two previous books, specially "The Witching Hour". I just didn't like the idea of turning a very interesting and mysterious character as Lasher into one of many of this strange race. An I also missed some "Mayfair History" along the way.

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Summary: More Mayfair Family
Review: I too love this series. Although this was not my favorite of the series I love and cherish all of them. I have read these books multiple times and will read them many more times. The complexity of Anne Rice's characters amazes me. I do wish she would write more on this family. I am fascinated by them.

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Summary: This book should never have been written.
Review: Ms. Rice tantalized and mystified us with probably the best work since the first two "Vampire" books when she wrote "The Witching Hour". Following, "Lasher" could have, and should have, been the conclusion. Nothing more need be said about Rowan, Michael, and the Mayfair family. The climax had been reached and passed. We were entertained by horror and mystery well in keeping with Rice's best. But, for some reason, the author felt compelled to write an encore where none was needed. What was mystery turned to absurdity; what was enticing and teasing became tedious and dull. Ms. Rice needs to know when to leave well enough alone and move on

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Summary: Another great one from Anne Rice
Review: I've read several reviews of this book and finally I decided that someone had to come to Taltos's defense. I don't understand why everyone was so disappointed in this novel. I've read Lasher, and though I've attempted The Witching Hour, I found it too boring to finish. Lasher and Taltos are equally brilliant in my mind; maybe someday I'll get around to reading the first in the series, but I don't think it'll equal the greatness of the other two.

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Summary: If you must read this book, try the library! Save your $$$!
Review: I absolutely loved, loved, loved "The Witching Hour" and could not wait for more! Ha. Then I read "Lasher", and thought okay, every author has a bad novel now and then, so I was eager to see if "Taltos" would improve the series. NO, NO,NO. Just when you think things couldn't get worse... I dearly hope the next book finds that Ash and Morrigan rampantly have bred and overpopulated the earth. An interesting concept(family of gifted humans) turned ludicrous!!! I would prefer it if Anne would take the time to write a sequel to "The Mummy"-one of her best books ever!

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Summary: Light of Day
Review: Taltos is a more-than-decent conclusion to the Mayfair Witches cycle. After the dark, depressing Lasher, this novel lightens things up considerably, and provides a sunny sort of ending to the series. It is not her best work, but a more cohesive and interesting plot resides in Taltos than anything else Rice has done lately. In this novel she seems to reconcile a lot of the dark associations her writings has with femininity... she's gone from Rowan's murder of her own daughter in "Lasher" to Mona and her own daughter Morgan, in a loving, warm relationship, where the child does not die again. It's a wonderfully realized work of imagination and one of her best books.

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Summary: a little slow but excellent nevertheless
Review: I've read all three Mayfair books in a row and Taltos was my least favorite, though it was still a great book. The only problem was there was not as much Mayfair history as in the other ones, no Julien, no Stella, no Marybeth. I've come to fall in love with all of these characters. And like most of Anne Rice's books, the ending leaves you wanting for a sequel, but I believe the reader must decide for himself what happens here.

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Summary: A good end to the series
Review: I thought Taltos was a fitting end to the Mayfair chronicles... I felt it was an enjoyable read, though maybe a bit too slow. If you've already started the series, this one is worth your time.