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The Witching Hour
- By: Anne Rice
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 50 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,065
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,040
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,020
Demonstrating once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of four centuries of witches - a family given to poetry and incest, murder and philosophy, a family that over the ages is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous, and seductive being called Lasher who haunts the Mayfair women. Moving in time from today's New Orleans and San Francisco to long-ago Amsterdam and the France of Louis XIV, from the coffee plantations of Port-au-Prince to Civil War New Orleans and back to today, Anne Rice has spun a mesmerizing tale.
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5 out of 5 stars
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THANK YOU AUDIBLE!
- By Wendy on 10-22-15
- The Witching Hour
- By: Anne Rice
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
Unabridged! Finally! Great production.
Reviewed: 11-09-15
What other book might you compare The Witching Hour to and why?
This has always been one of my favourite Anne Rice novels, and after being an Audible member for 10 years I'm SO happy that it has finally been released in the unabridged format.
The Lives of the Mayfair Witches does intertwine with the New Tales of the Vampires (Merrick and Blackwood Farm) but the fascinating history that she weaves in this novel can stand alone.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
I especially enjoy the detailed family history when Rowan reads the Talamasca files on the Mayfair family.
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Dust and Shadow
- An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson
- By: Lyndsay Faye
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,539
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,010
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,996
Breathless and painstakingly researched, this is a stunning debut mystery in which Sherlock Holmes unmasks Jack the Ripper. Lyndsay Faye perfectly captures all the color and syntax of Conan Doyle’s distinctive nineteenth-century London.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent!
- By Wadie on 01-07-11
- Dust and Shadow
- An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson
- By: Lyndsay Faye
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
Glazes over the Ripper murders; no satisfaction.
Reviewed: 08-26-11
I bought this because I'm a fan of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, I've always been curious about the Jack the Ripper murders and I really enjoy narrations by Simon Vance so I expected to really enjoy this book I found this to be rather unsatisfying - lots of Holmes clichés ("Elementary, my dear Watson!") thrown in to the point that it got annoying, but with none of the depth of the character that I love.
Without spoiling anything, I found the resolution to be unsatisfying. If you're a hardcore Sherlock Holmes fan or Ripperologist, stay clear but if you want a fast-paced mystery give this a shot.
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The Vampire Lestat
- The Vampire Chronicles, Book 2
- By: Anne Rice
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 21 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,355
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,605
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,597
Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now Lestat is a rockstar in the demonic, shimmering 1980s. He rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his terrifying exsitence. His story, the second volume in Anne Rice's best-selling Vampire Chronicles, is mesmerizing, passionate, and thrilling.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally unabridged! Excellently read, great listen
- By Patricia on 06-29-11
- The Vampire Lestat
- The Vampire Chronicles, Book 2
- By: Anne Rice
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
Finally unabridged! Excellently read, great listen
Reviewed: 06-29-11
This has always been my favourite novel from the Vampire Chronicles series (even though Interview with the Vampire is more popular) but I've always held off downloading it from Audible because it was only available abridged (aka butchered) but when this edition became available I downloaded this, Interview and Queen of the Damned immediately!
I've read the paperback edition of this book many times but Simon Vance narrates very well and captures the cheeky, elegant character of Lestat very well and brings out some subtleties that I've missed before.
This novel stands alone very well if you haven't read the other Anne Rice books since it only makes a few references to Interview with the Vampire.
I hope Audible will release more unabridged Anne Rice books (The Mayfair Witch novels!).
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Mirror Mirror
- By: Gregory Maguire
- Narrated by: John McDonough, Kate Forbes, Barbara Rosenblat, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 302
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 203
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Story4 out of 5 stars 205
It is 1502, and seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives at Montefiore, the farm of her father, Don Vicente. But one day a noble entourage makes its way up to the farm. In the presence of Cesare Borgia and his sister, the lovely and vain Lucrezia, no one can claim innocence for very long. When Borgia sends Don Vicente on a quest, he leaves Bianca under the care of Lucrezia. She plots a dire fate for the young girl in the woods below the farm, but salvation can be found in the dark forest as well.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting re-telling of the fairy tale.
- By Patricia on 03-04-10
- Mirror Mirror
- By: Gregory Maguire
- Narrated by: John McDonough, Kate Forbes, Barbara Rosenblat, Richard Ferrone
Interesting re-telling of the fairy tale.
Reviewed: 03-04-10
I've read several of Gregory Maguire's books - Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Wicked, Son of a Witch and A Lion Among Men. I enjoy his modern twists on well-known fairy tales and his overall writing styles. He always incorporates elements of the fairy tales and weaves them into a believable and thought-provoking plot.
This book has a nice flow, and I enjoyed it. I would have rated it 4 stars but John McDonough constantly mispronounces "Lucrezia" and "Cesare" and it drove me nuts.
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