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I am an avid Anne Rice reader. She is my favorite writer and I have been reading her books for many years. I think I will read just about anything she releases. When I started reading The Lives of The Mayfair Witches, I was automatically drawn into their world. I felt like I knew them all in some special way. I had grown to love them as much as Mrs. Rice has. I've come to know The Witching Hour and Lasher as a few of my favorite books, which also stands next to her Vampire Chronciles as some of her greatest pieces. When I reached the end of the Mayfair Witches books, with Taltos--I was somewhat lead down a winding, road of dreariness. Taltos had a great impact on me in the begining. It was very prolific and thought provoking. It was one of her most insightful books. She probed into a world that only Anne Rice could think up. Anne Rice weaved her own mythos into an already impressive, and pre-existing world history. However, her imgaination and great sense of detailed history could not save this book by the final pages. It started to lack in luster, spirit, and basically ran out of steam near the last chapters. I almost ran through the ending to see what happened. She tried to shock us in Taltos with more of her "Rice" surprises with the "recent additions to the family" and what has happened to them(I will not ruin this by telling who they are, but readers of the book already know). This book wasn't that much of a disappointment. Taltos was fun to read at times. "The Thelma and Louise" theme with Mary Jane and Mona was a welcome and Ashlar was another individual with great depth, as are all the others male characters Mrs. Rice creates. I recommend Taltos to anyone who is reading The Lives of The Mayfair Witches and who wants to finish the series. Although, as I ended it, my mind was left screaming as I finished reading the last page -- "This can't be the end?". More so, Taltos left a nasty taste in my mouth, which will not subside until Merrick, her new vampire novel comes out.
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I thought that Taltos was definitely one of the best books written by Rice. I have read the others in the series, but neither Lasher nor Witching hour were nothing great compared to Taltos, It never got boring and connected all three novels, It answered the questions you have been longing to know the answers to. It brought closure, and excitement, there is nothing left, which is great. A great, flowing, hard to put down, book, I would recommend this book to anyone, even if you don't read any of the others, This book can stand alone, I read it first out of the three, and it turned out best that way. Anyone should read this, whether a lover of Rice or not.
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Although very interesting as any of Anne Rice's books, I think Taltos ends the Mayfair saga without the glamour of the other two previous books, specially "The Witching Hour". I just didn't like the idea of turning a very interesting and mysterious character as Lasher into one of many of this strange race. An I also missed some "Mayfair History" along the way.
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I too love this series. Although this was not my favorite of the series I love and cherish all of them. I have read these books multiple times and will read them many more times. The complexity of Anne Rice's characters amazes me. I do wish she would write more on this family. I am fascinated by them.
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I don't know what all the fuss is about! I personally loved Ms. Rice's Witch Chronicles! I'm sad that they're done! And I fail to see why, if you didn't like this book why you'd even take the time to find this page and write a review. As I said, I loved these books (that's why I'm writing this, to defend them) In fact, Taltos was probably my favorite one. And I will be the first to admit that The Witching Hour starts off kind of slow, but without the disciplne to read the begining of the saga it is virtually impossible for one to fully understand the depth and beauty of these stories! And, although I doubt Ms. Rice ever reads these reviews, I would even go so far as to request a fourth book! Keep all of your amazing stories coming! All of my Love and Respect to you, Ms. Rice.
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