The Witching Hour

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Summary: A good way to kill time
Review: Anne rice tells a good story. It takes about 300+ pages of family history to get to it but once you get past the constant repeating of the families incentious familly tree it is basiclly a story of good and evil. You really become attach to the main characters, Rowan Mayfair and Michael Curry the ending is preety much a cliff hanger to get youto read the next book Lasher which is not recomened

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Summary: I loved it!
Review: I thought this was a great book that you can easily get lost in. I hope that Anne Rice would make a movie out of it cause that would be really cool.

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Summary: History, suspense and a wonderful plot all rolled into one!
Review: This was an amazing book that was a combination of everything a good story needs. The entire plot seemed to flow effortlessly throughout the entire story. The enigma that is Lasher kept me turning pages simply to find out what he was and what would happen with him. The history of the family gave a rich description of New Orleans that seemed to dance in front of you as you read the words. The entire story was perfectly fascinating and worth every moment I spent reading it.

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Summary: For those who do not have anything else better to do
Review: This is probably one of the longest boring book I have ever read. Anne Rice seemed to keep her readers reading the same historical fact about this witch family over and over again, until the reader just feels as if it will never end. At first I read the brief summary of the history of the family, and then we go on and on and on about the same thing except in boring detail, and then the end was just as bad. It left me wondering if there was anything else. I was left with nothing but some historical detail, and an ending without substance. If this is to make me want to buy the sequel, I will say, "no, thanks." That will be the last one for me.

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Summary: overindulgent mishmash
Review: I feel compeled to say that this book is truly awful in every sense of the word

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Summary: Scared the hell out of me!!!!!!!
Review: An erotic, mouth watering tale. One needs to put it down occasionally and take a deep breath! This book stays with you for a long time after you read it. If you read it, you will understand why it is hard to escape. Truly a masterpiece. Thank you, Ms. Rice. You are one hell of an author.

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Summary: Marvelous !
Review: THE WITCHING HOUR is absolutely stunning, no other book I've read in recent years can touch it except perhaps for THE TRIUMPH AND THE GLORY, or Stephen King's towering horror novels. A superbly crafted look at a family of witches and their journey through the centuries, THE WITCHING HOUR is fascinating!

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Summary: The Best Book I ever read!!
Review: The Witching Hour is the first book that I read from Anne Rice. When I first started, I just could but the book down! It only took me two weeks to finish the book. Anyone who is a fan of Anne Rice should LOVE this!

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Summary: Way too long
Review: The Witching Hour is a book that is 300 pages too long. Two people before me attempted to read it, and they bowed out. I guess they were swamped with the completely unnecessarily long-winded descriptions which made the "good parts" extremely tedious to read. Towards the end I found myself skipping pages until I saw Rowan or Lasher somewhere. Finally, at the end of the book I wish I hadn't even wasted the energy turning the pages. Completely dissapointing.

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Summary: A disappointment
Review: I have read a number of Rice's other works...I admire her grand and effortless mastery of the English language and her ability to conceive twisting, intriguing plots involving unique characters from both the past and present. I like most of her other novels that I've read, and I wanted to like this book...but I couldn't. The Witching Hour is massive and bloated. Overly long, it became a genuine effort to finish. I nearly put it down permanently until I realized I could flip through about 10 consecutive pages each time I encountered an extended description of New Orleans and not miss anything of the plot. Only for those with a great deal of patience...