this is my 9th Anne Rice, and I am usually not the kind of person who makes judgments or assumptions about other people's personal views or experiencethis is my 9th Anne Rice, and I am usually not the kind of person who makes judgments or assumptions about other people's personal views or experiences based on what they write/read/enjoy in the bedroom, AND YET. I've made a lot of cracks about how reading a new Anne Rice book is just playing non-consensual chicken with her weird kinks for 500 pages and trying to enjoy new characters as much as possible until you find out they're sexually weird about children, but I've soared past the point of levity and am now genuinely quite unsettled by the sheer amount of child sexual assault and rape depicted in these books. like. was she okay? did she get help? because damn....more
this felt like two different books glued together: the first half was beautiful, sensual historical fiction, and the second half was balls to the wallthis felt like two different books glued together: the first half was beautiful, sensual historical fiction, and the second half was balls to the wall bonkers insane. I loved both halves equally. I no longer believe I am capable of being objective and balanced about this series. I was so excited to be delivered a scene with Armand, Louis, Marius, Gabrielle, and Lestat (unconscious) all in a room together that I almost started crying. the next book could be about [spins wheel] Daniel and [spins wheel] Santino travelling to [twirls globe and points] New Zealand, describing the [opens encyclopedia to a random page] Peloponnesian War in excruciating detail for 300 pages, and then becoming [digs into my psyche] beat poets, and I would eat it the fuck up. let's fucking go. I literally don't care anymore these vampires are my best friends...more
marketing this as “for fans of The Song of Achilles and Elektra” is an Error -- this book isn’t for fans of books set in Ancient Greece, it’s for fansmarketing this as “for fans of The Song of Achilles and Elektra” is an Error -- this book isn’t for fans of books set in Ancient Greece, it’s for fans of books by Natasha Pulley. it is absolutely CLASSIC n.p. throughout, which for me means 1) there were big chunks where I genuinely didn’t know wtf was going on, and 2) I will reread it in 6 months and give it five stars. her signature voice (which has the most distinctive, comforting Englishness about it) is as strange in 300-odd BC Greece as it was in 60s Russia and on 2500s Mars, but if Ms Pulley wrote a proper historical fiction book that didn’t have any weirdness or incongruous language or things that she has simply made up, I would be disappointed. everyone shelve this as magical realism and we should be fine.
in conclusion: I liked it a lot, I’m not sure if it was actually good or if I just love Natasha Pulley, and That Doesn’t Sound Right But I Don’t Know Enough About Ancient Greece To Dispute It....more
honestly this feels like it started out as YA and at the last minute the age of the main characters was upped by 5 years. the nincompoopery knows no bhonestly this feels like it started out as YA and at the last minute the age of the main characters was upped by 5 years. the nincompoopery knows no bounds...more
okay, let me start by saying I don't like contemporary romance (especially anything marketed as 'rom-com'), illustrated people on the cover of books iokay, let me start by saying I don't like contemporary romance (especially anything marketed as 'rom-com'), illustrated people on the cover of books is generally a hard no for me, and I hate hate HATE people's full names in book titles... but I liked this!!!
(why did I request it? blindfolded lesbian threesome. why did I enjoy it? I got to learn cool things about viticulture, and the love interest was a hot older masc. I am but a simple woman.)...more
I thought we’d busted the top off the weirdometer when Lestat drank Jesus’s blood during the crucifixion, but then he well and truly outdid himself byI thought we’d busted the top off the weirdometer when Lestat drank Jesus’s blood during the crucifixion, but then he well and truly outdid himself by falling out of hell with one eye and immediately slurping up some girl’s period blood like a man dying of thirst. I love you Anne Rice!!!
eta: I keep thinking about the tumblr post about getting a scrap of sincerity so can I also add that I was so moved by the final pages that a) I cried and b) I started panicking that I'd become religious...more
the above was my review when the book was announced... it stands
also lmao @ me wracking my tiny little brain every time a[screams like a rubber goose]
the above was my review when the book was announced... it stands
also lmao @ me wracking my tiny little brain every time a new character was introduced to try and work out if they were subtly mentioned in The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting only for (view spoiler)[Hart and Robin (hide spoiler)] to arrive in (view spoiler)[Lady Wintour's hell (hide spoiler)] like a frying pan to the face...more
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