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Oct 1, 1990 · The Witching Hour. Anne Rice. 4.10. 118,199 ratings5,069 reviews. From the author of the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles comes a huge, hypnotic novel of witchcraft and the occult through four centuries.
Nov 14, 1990 · THE WITCHING HOUR. by Anne Rice ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 14, 1990. bookshelf. shop now. First behemoth installment (800+ pp.) in a new occult romance by Rice—now moving back into the bougainvillea and the New Orleans Garden District for her steamy new world of southern witchcraft.
- Kirkus Reviews
- A Rich Universe from Anne Rice’s Mind
- A Trigger Warning For Some Upsetting Content
- A Man Without A Purpose, A Woman Without A Past
- A Modern Witch from An Ancient Line
- A Mayfair Witches Family Reunion
- A Long Lineage and History of The Mayfair Witches
- The Witching Hour Provides A Great History
Don’t quote me on this, but Anne Ricemay have been the originator of the “universe” that every franchise seems to be striving for today. Her vampires, witches, wolves, mummies, and more, all live in the same world even if the stories only tangentially touch or are connected by small elements. It really is quite incredible what she built. And with t...
Before going any further I would like to issue a trigger warning for the book: Anyone who has had a traumatic birthing experience or lost a baby may want to skip the beginning of chapter fifty-one. At the very least, be prepared that the ending may be triggering. I’m not saying the book shouldn’t be read, just that those pages may be very difficult...
The Witching Hour starts off with a doctor guiltily relating a tale of a patient and a ghost in New Orleans that he can’t forget. After he pours his heart out to a kindly man in a hotel bar, the man assures him there was nothing he could do and to forget the whole thing. Then we shift focus to Michael Curry. Michael was clinically dead for who know...
Together, they decide that Michael should go to New Orleans but Rowan will stay in California, honoring her dead mother’s wishes. Micheal heads off and continues on the bender he’s been on since coming back to life. The result is him very drunk in New Orleans in front of a fancy house that he has loved since he was a little boy. A kind man helps hi...
Time doesn’t stand still while Michael learns all about Rowan’s family. Rowan learns that her birth mother has died and suddenly she can’t stay away from New Orleans. Rowan hurries to her mother’s funeral and meets all of her extended kin. It’s overwhelming, to say the least. The Mayfairs have worked hard at staying together as a family and are ver...
Rice’s tale is a very long book that shifts between modern times (for when the book was written, 1990) and the 300 years leading up to the current events. The switching time frames is an interesting way for Rice to get us invested in Rowan, the current Mayfair witch, while simultaneously giving us all the information we need to process what is happ...
Anne Rice’s history sections of The Witching Hourare undoubtedly the best parts. Unfortunately, I found the modern sections too drawn out and wordy, and her modern characters too unlikeable. But the generations that come before are very compelling. I think that easily, about half of the modern scenes or words could have been cut, and the book would...
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It’s without a doubt the best part of the book and a lot of fun to read. Overall, The Witching Hour is a fascinating, complex and intoxicating exploration into a family throughout history, countries and the generations. Rice’s attention to detail is meticulous (right down to the patterns on antique cutlery) and manages to balance her ...
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Mar 22, 1993 · Amazon.com Review. In this engrossing and hypnotic tale of witchcraft and the occult spanning four centuries, we meet a great dynasty of witches--a family given to poetry and incest, to murder and philosophy, a family that over the ages is haunted by a powerful, dangerous and seductive being.
