Reviews tagging 'Incest'

The Witching Hour by Anne Rice

76 reviews

amberinpieces's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cursing, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Abortion, Colonisation, and Classism

honkinggoose's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Incest, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Body horror, Miscarriage, Violence, and Blood

bookpooh24's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

kriff08's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Rape

mcollier1's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I hated this book, but it was well written. I'm just not a gothic horror person, and this book was too disturbing for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Abortion

Moderate: Incest and Pedophilia

thereadingmuffin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

What a fantastic book! My goodness, I devoured it. The characters were brilliant, I loved the first section- how each chapter introduced a new character and then the culmination of them all.  The second section was so rich in storytelling and so wonderfully written. The following sections were great too. Though I must admit, the ebook i read had a lot of typos as I got near the end of the book. Sometimes one wrong word would completely change a sentence and I would have to reread the sentence to understand what was being said. 

The ending seemed a bit rushed, but knowing this is but book one of a trilogy makes up for it. The ending was surprising for sure, didn't expect that turn of events. Not sure how I feel about it tbh, didn't hate it, and I know all questions will be answered in the next two books. 

I planned to start a different book before I hit the sequel, but since the book ended on such a cliffhanger I feel like I have no choice but to read the next book! 

I fell in love with Anne Rice's writing from the very first page. What a fantastic author. Definitely close to a 5 star book, maybe I'll get a different version of the ebook so I don't have the typos in the last two sections.  

Edit:
I shouldn't have but I read up on the next two books and.....it's really put me off. Michael sounds incredibly ooc and I just kind of hate the direction the books go? I'm not sure I want to read the sequels now. It's really marred my view of the books and the world of the Mayfair witches. Man, I shouldn't have read the future plots! Still keeping the rating at 4.75 as I enjoyed this book immensely. I think I will hold off reading the sequels, just..hm. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Blood

withywoods's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

damiscous's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, and Murder

jabioks55's review against another edition

WOW that's a lot of incest - and frankly not all that much witchcraft 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Incest and Rape

beth6490's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault