mkean's review against another edition
2.0
This could easily have been THREE separate books.
The book could have been much more interesting if it had been written differently.
I was finally settling in and liking it up to the last part. What the actual hell is that ending. Things couldn't have gone more nuts than that. Wow.
(I got a hint of the ending, told myself "no fucking way," but yeah. Yeah, it happened. so, I stopped with 75 pages to go. This is not an uplifting book.)
(Should have just decided to leave this as one book instead of making this crazy move and leaving an end to pick up from I AM SO UPSET FOR SPENDING SO MUCH TIME ON THIS BOOK)
The book could have been much more interesting if it had been written differently.
I was finally settling in and liking it up to the last part. What the actual hell is that ending. Things couldn't have gone more nuts than that. Wow.
(I got a hint of the ending, told myself "no fucking way," but yeah. Yeah, it happened. so, I stopped with 75 pages to go. This is not an uplifting book.)
(Should have just decided to leave this as one book instead of making this crazy move and leaving an end to pick up from I AM SO UPSET FOR SPENDING SO MUCH TIME ON THIS BOOK)
novelesque_life's review against another edition
1.0
1 STARS
"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." (From Amazon)
Too incestuous (and therefore confusing to keep track of family tree) for me to read after awhile. I don't even what to describe it...lol.
"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." (From Amazon)
Too incestuous (and therefore confusing to keep track of family tree) for me to read after awhile. I don't even what to describe it...lol.
hadtoread's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
alysha1221's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
jfrostking's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
zzkat's review against another edition
3.0
So. Much. Incest.
The lush descriptions of New Orleans were really excellent. But all in all, this book felt like someone took a long-winded work of historical fiction and spliced it together with a few frantic pages of incest and rape fantasy writing. Capped off with an unsatisfying ending.
The lush descriptions of New Orleans were really excellent. But all in all, this book felt like someone took a long-winded work of historical fiction and spliced it together with a few frantic pages of incest and rape fantasy writing. Capped off with an unsatisfying ending.
katestar_p's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Racism, and Alcohol
ozziemarie's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 maybe? Ghost rape? Incest? The mc just completely changing into an entirely different person at the end? I just - this was 50 hours of my life that I will never get back
sophiemlpink's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75