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Summary: Don't bother
Review: I adore "The Witching Hour" and dashed out to buy "Lasher" at the earliest opportunity. I was horribly disappointed. But I thought well, maybe Ms Rice would redeem herself with this one, but alas no. To put it simply, don't bother. The first book is spectacular, the rest a spectacular let down.
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Summary: Blech! Not Even Tim Curry's Sexy Voice Can Redeem It!
Review: This story starts off great with a bizarre tall quasi-human (Taltos) character, who's a glamorous NY businessman, haunted by his idyllic homeland and destroyed past. Then, Rice goes on for hours about who knows what happened when like a court stenographer's printout, with nothing remotely interesting happening until the very end where they lope off into the sunset in a pure cheesy cowboy romance. Not too horrible for falling asleep to--I used these tapes to combat insomnia--but definitely poor.
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Summary: Awe inspiring
Review: I first read "Taltos" 2 years ago, and even though I haven't read it since then, the memory will haunt me forever. That is a delightfully enchanting novel. I could actually "feel" Ash's loneliness. It's a wonderful book, and I can't even begin to describe it. All I can say is that once you read it, you'll never think the same about your fellow humans.
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Summary: Are you SURE there's no such thing as a Taltos?
Review: This was the first Mayfair book I read (I actually read the three in reverse order) and this was the one that baited the hook. I had no idea what it was about, nor what to expect, having only previously read the Vampire Chronicles. There is something so mournfully sad weaving through this book like a strain of beautiful music that you don't forget. The writing is beautiful and at times shocking. I enjoyed the character of Ashlar and his struggles to overcome long-ago events. I also loved the theme of his aloneness in the world, although he is very obviously a potentially dangerous creature, as is Morrigan. The end gave me chills. It's very stark, resonant, and somehow disturbing. I loved it. Eventually I started looking in crowds for Taltos. Bring on the next one.
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Summary: not what I expected
Review: Is it me or does did the book seem to end on a very anti-climatic note? I've read Anne Rice's the witching hour, and Lasher. But when I finished reading Taltos I was disappointed in how the story ended and I was also disappointed with the three young female characters. There constant whining destroyed any hope for me to have any interest with them at all. I found myself skimming over their sections in the book to find out more about the history of the taltos and the trip that Rowan and Michael were taking in London. Over all the book turned out okay. But I wish the ending didn't seem to just flop out all of a sudden.
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Summary: Anne Rice has a Problem - She's too Wordy
Review: I really like Anne Rice, don't misunderstand me, but it's true... Anne Rice could go on for pages describing a color or a curtain... That part of it get's really boring!! However, after I read Taltos, I felt that is was a good final novel (it IS the final novel, right?) for the Mayfair series. The story was good, Ashlar was cool, Mona needed some spanking, Mary Jane has a good head on her shoulders, Michael is... Irish? (I think Mike is "weak" at heart, and as a man.) The book is worth buying, and worth reading. The Witching Hour was her best one, though. One last thing, Anne Rice needs to cut down on the descriptions! It's like, ("The circle was green, green with a tint of yellow, mixed with red, and the circle was as big as a lifesaver, the lines were...blah blah!!!") We get it, it's a green circle! But you know what I mean. Anyways, it's worth reading, if you can SCAN through her million page descriptions... makes it even better.
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Summary: beautiful!! I WANT ANOTHER ONE!!!
Review: i have read all three mayfair books, and i love all of them. TWH was my fave. but i never wanted any of them to end. I fell in love with Michael, my fave. character, and wished for a man as handsome and sensitive as him. Rowan i loved as well and maybe she'll be able to have kids because i don't want Mona to get the riches. I don't like her. she a snot and a little whore. at first i loved her independence, but in the end, i wanted someone to just slap her. i loved everything about these books, and i hope and pray that there are more about the mayfair witches. i fell in love with everyone!!!!
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Summary: I thoroughly enjoyed all of the Mayfair Witches books!
Review: It takes a great mind to dream all of this up. My only regret is that the story seems to have ended here. Take it further Ann. Create a family of Taltos again!
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Summary: Normally I love Anne Rice, but...
Review: Rice was definitely at her worst while writing this novel. I usually find her descriptions rich with her abundance of details, but here, I found it just plain boring, tedious and excrutiating to read. I felt as if she wrote this novel because she had to, not because she wanted to. Don't bother to read this book unless you like to be tortured.
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Summary: Hiroshima & Nagasaki? Nope, just Rice's final bomb.
Review: Putrid. Unfocused. Badly written. I could go on. In fact, I will. Mistake #1: Rice did not concentrate on the Mayfair family enough. Ashlar is uninteresting. He is a vampiric-type with Byronic problems stuck in a novel in which he is out of place. I think she wished she could be writing about vampires when she conceived of him. The plight of the Taltos was not worthy of my pity. Mistake #2: Severe brain fart here: King Arthur is supposedly a Taltos according to Rice because when his skeleton was recovered, it was found to be over 7 feet tall. But the reason why there are no physical records of Taltos is because their bodies disintegrate completely when they die. Does anyone else see the little problem with this? Mistake #3: Character assasination: Michael should not be lusting after Mary Jane. Nowhere in TWH or Lasher was Michael reputed to have a thing for young flesh. He dated mature women. And having him salivate all over Mary Jane in Rowan's presence is just plain digusting. Mistake #4: AND THIS IS A BIG ONE! If Little Chris, Rowan and Michael's child, had really been a Taltos like Rice said he was, he would have been ready to be born about three months after he'd been conceived. Morrigan, Mona's demonspawn, gestated so rapidly that she was trying to push her way out of Mona's body before she and Mary Jane had gotten out of New Orleans. But Little Chris, when ripped out of Rowan's womb in TWH, only had the body of a four-month old fetus. Since Rowan was aware of Little Chris' presence, Little Chris should have been growing like Morrigan. Explain that if you will, Anne! What I did like about the story: Mary Jane putting Mona the Immoral in her place. I liked Mary Jane simply because she had more of a sense of propriety than Mona, who is in need of a spanking. And the disposal of those members of the Talamasca who'd hurt Aaron Lightner made me give a big cheer. If only I could have suspended my disbelief enough to be engaged by this book. . . Ignore this book unless you're ready to throw away every detail you might remember from TWH.
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