Thanks for this abbreviated history, Librarian!! Since we aren’t going to get it in the show!! (Grrrrr) This was more entertaining than the last episode of The Mayfair Witches! Just to add on… the man who read the Demonology to Suzanne was actually a Witch Hunter General. On a mission to hunt down witches. But instead, he creates one! Also, I think the lineage of incest is part of the curse of Lasher. His intent was to use selective breeding to create Rowan, the 13th Witch, which included inbreeding the strongest of the witches (or in Peyter’s case, a powerful psychic from the Talamasca. The Mayfairs and Lasher want to keep the bloodline “clean” like the Targaryens in Game of Thrones.
Lasher has been using selective breeding to make enough females who are genetically capable of mating with him. The Mayfair's being human interpret it as "keep power in the family." After reading book 2 I can safely say my theory about Lasher being a man in disguise is false. But it's still a good theory.
They might still add the background story, just not the way it's done in the book. It's hundreds of pages, you can't just show that in 1-2 episodes, at least not without making a complete mess of it that nobody can follow. I think they'll put bits of it in the episodes, like they've done so far but drag it out over multiple seasons, maybe even do a spin-off series if Mayfair Witches is successful enough.
Christopher Rice should have held out for a bigger company to sell his mothers work to. It would have made for a better show. I miss Aaron lightener and Michael curry and Mona and the diff between first street Metairie and bayou’s witches
Gasps In Targaryen. Thank you for this book breakdown! I haven’t read Mayfair Witches (I’ve only read the Vampire Chronicles) and before the show started I was going around TH-cam hoping someone did a book breakdown like this so I didn’t have to read this monstrosity of a novel. About to check out your other two videos on the actual plot of the novels. Keep up the great work!
I've read all her stuff. And am obsessed but I find these great at just revisiting the stories. There are some things I forgot also and was reminded happened. She does a great job summarising.
Thank you for this, I read this book over 10 years ago and it took me over a year to read it. I've been enjoying the mayfair witch tv series but this is a wonderful refresher
I read the ENTIRE series many years ago and really enjoyed it... I never in a million years thought it would get televised!! About to check it out but I LOVED the books.... Btw, my favourite Mayfair witch is Oncle Julian...✌🇹🇹
I am reading this book right now, the Witching Hour, and enjoying it immensely. I'm about 3/4 way done. I do want to read Lasher and Taltos, but I don't think I'll read all the Vampire books by Anne Rice. Maybe the first three vampire books, we'll see. I like Rice's writing. It tastes good in my mouth! But about the family tree, I had to look up an actual diagram for the Mayfair family tree to see how everyone was related. Julien and Cortland...there's some two bad boys! All in all I am enjoying the book and loved what you said here on your video, and the excellent way you put things. Keep it up and I look forward to seeing what else you have!
I was so upset the way things ended for Michael in the book, that I was actually glad they changed that part for the series. Lol. I was less invested in Cipren and Rowen’s relationship and I don’t think they were in love, so I didn’t feel AS bad for him as I did for Michael at least.
Julien was straight. It wasn't him sleeping with everything walking. After he fathered a baby, lasher told him his work was done and to keep lasher from killing him, he agrees to let lasher use his body. Lasher loved Julien's appearance and kept it even when he was outside of julien's body, so people started saying he could bilocate. When Lasher was in his body, though, he slept with anything with a pulse for the novelty of the experience. Julien's worst personal habit was wrath. He kept ledgers of all the people he cursed and otherwise killed.
The photo you used for Rowan Mayfair is EXACTLY the image my mind created of what she would look like after Anne Rice's description of her when I read TWH so many years ago!
I had a reading disorder as well as a shit load of mental problems and after reading this book made my mind rise, giving my spirit a chance in this fucked up world to breathe.
thanks for watching! I'll have a few corrections and updated history in my video coming about the second book in the series, Lasher. You find out a lot more about Julien's time period.
Lasher killed Cortland, not Carlotta. The first reason was that although Cortland was a witch, he was never "the" witch and therefore was never able to command Lasher. Second was because Rowan was the 13th witch, he needed her to grow up strong and healthy away from Carlotta. Cortland was trying to keep Rowan in New Orleans, so Lasher killed him to allow Carlotta to send Rowan away. He knew he would be able to lure Rowan back to New Orleans when the time was right.
Thank you for doing the hard work for us. I'm sure the book was more detailed with grossness lol I read VC Andrews books in High School in late 1990's early 2000's so I am no stranger to gross stuff but in this case no thank you I had enough. Maybe Anne should have released the history in a prequel book instead the same book
Much less grossness except vampiric attacks than vc andrews. This was more like the pharaohs keeping bloodline pure and definitely less graphic than game of thrones. Egypt and got used it to keep blood pure where this was a Mayfair deal for one purpose only. If you get to the end you will find out Scottish fairy legends. That part a little Rosemary baby but rice is about sex the vc andrews was about love.
😂😂 My third time reading it I had to stop midway and try and draw out the family tree because it was so tangled. I did that about 15 years ago and it’s still folded and in the book for each time I re read
I first read the book some 30 years ago and I loved Anne Rice since. I haven’t seen the series, I live in the Netherlands and it isn’t available here yet. I am however cautious, as a story I very much appreciate I think the chances of disappointment are high!
Thank you for this act of community service. 😂😂😂 I DNF this book. I couldn’t make it. Then I googled the rest of the series and was like 😬😬😬😬. I also only read the first 2 vampire chronicle books. Your reviews of that series brought me here, and I’ve been enjoying your discussions! Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful week!
Ive read an sooooo love all anne rices everything. These are super great to catch up again and remembering how much i enjoyed reading the whole books. Id never beable to recount a story i read this well. I mean maybe i could sum it up but 45 mins worth. Miss librarian does a really great job. Do u just remember everything you read? Or do u need like...notes. 😆
Thanks for doing this. I read The Witching Hour a few decades ago and to this day it is still one of my favourite books. Ive read it several times. I must disagree that the intricacies in history of the characters of the family tree didn't work. I found it extremely interesting and pertinent to the overall story. To each their own.
@@TheNaughtyLibrarian I apologize if offended but I’ve read and reread these series a gagillion times. I got a new one every Christmas. I understand starting vampire in storyville. But to take Michael curry and Mona out of mix doesn’t work you can’t get full story. The church the little people. Anne Boleyn. The Blackwood farm series. Lestat and Rowan meet thru Aaron lightner without watching the manipulation of each generation by a taltos the whole series falls apart.
I can’t tell if you like the Vampire Chronicles or not. Your summary on Prince Lestat at first seemed like you didn’t but you’re really into it. I can’t tell.
I just finished Taltos book #3 and I'm kind of underwhelmed with the ending. I do love how Anne Rice present their family history. I was kind of disappointed with how the show was done. They rushed through the family history and not sure how the other seasons will tie the book series together. Julien is not even shown and he so interesting plus the Ciprien and Rowan's coupling felt rushed to me. Hope they change the tone/pace in season 2.
it's Carlotta and not Carlatta, also there's a reason with the incest you never mention, and it's to create the strongest witch, which we're told is Mona, and the line breaks when Mona impregnated by Michael and she gives birth to a Taltos, Lasher's people and she runs away with him.
"They have a lot of psychics on the payroll." That's hilarious. As is your whole commentary. I still love this story because it's so well written, rich, and atmospheric. Just don't think too seriously about the icky bits. And I'm sure all these icky bits have to do with Lasher's influence who was most likely doing whatever he wanted with whomever he wanted within his abilities. Humans are sinful to begin with so with his influence and all the inbreeding, and his power increasing over the years, it's not surprising. I'm sure he wanted to retain his powers, but also experience the joys of the flesh and he couldn't do that unless he is fully human. Although I know he possessed many a human in his quest for his earthly desires. I couldn't get into reading Lasher or Taltos so I don't know if he was eventually destroyed in the end. By the end of The Witching Hour, I was truly horrified and disgusted. I had still held out some hope for some goodness and light. However,I didn't care at this point about ANY of the characters. Rowan became despicable and Michael - who could have been our archangel Michael- was a shell of his former self succumbing to his own sins. In effect, there was never a true adversary to Lasher. Not sure about Anne Rice's religious beliefs. This story exemplifies how far we can fall as humans. The sinner in me comprehends. The Christian in me is devastated.
I agree. The characters all seem to fall for the same flaws as if projecting a single personality defect. All of them have this unbeatable vice of sexual deviancy and acceptance/offense of r*pe. Even those outside of the family culture like Michael. It was promising but gross.
Thanks for the history... I never got into the witch trilogy for that exact reason. My ADHD couldn't get past the genealogy (too much like the "begats" in Genesis! ❤ L♡VED the Vampire Chronicles, however!
*ooh. twtr just told me you were reading thru the bks.* lovely. it has been so long. literally senior high skool. probs why they are all so important. all slaves to the past. _JC
GoT is the same way. I was grossed and angered the 1st time, until i realized it all plays a part. And its also how things were done jn reality. Royal blood(family) and families of wealth and power , always consisted of inscest, Shockingly and disgusting enough. And the book is pretty old. Classic fantasy novels always always have shock factors. Like whyyy lol. But tysm for this video ❤❤❤ your animated in a way that keeps me engaged lol. W adhd thats pretty hard for me..new sub 🎉
Honestly I do care about incest in fantasy because it plays a big part in the story like with the Targaryens however in real life absolutely not I don’t agree with it.
It goes back to the 1600s with Suzanne of the Maye Fair. Scottish Beltane celebration of rounding the May pole and then “other festivities” amongst the villagers where Suzanne became pregnant with Deborah.
Great summary ❤ I had to comment since this book is in my top 3 books of all times, and I re-read it every winter. I think Lasher stays away from Rowan bc Deirdre is still alive, and *cough* receiving him, and so he's content with that. As long as a living Mayfair will have him, he will stay with them. When Deirdre dies, he has to be with Rowan or not be empowered, essentially. IMO where Anne Rice drops the ball is 1- Rowan is so extremely boring. Over the years ive learned to skip the beginning part with her, the hospital, the boat, bc it is draggy. The 2nd thing is the absolutely dreadful sequels to this book, which get worse and worse. I only keep them because im a full set queen. What would have been FANTASTIC is for Rice or maybe her son, to have written a seperate novel for each past witch that thoroughly examines their lives, in their times. Because the past witches are the meat and potatoes of this story. And a side note, back in the old AOL dial up days, after i first discovered the novel, i found a website devoted to this story. The owner of the site was an artist and she took the books descriptions and made portraits of each character. Those drawings haunt me to this day because they were so similar to how i saw the players in my minds eye, and consequently very different than the actors and actresses that AMC has chosen. I wish id of thought to save those images, bc the page is long gone. I tell myself that maybe i will try to draw them one day. I couldnt come as close as that artist did, but it would be a cool project.
Oh wow! I remember that sight. The portraits WERE chosen well. I wish it was still available to see. Rowan was my least favorite of the witches. I hated the way she did Michael. Even the crossover with the vampire novels, she’s all over Lestat and there’s poor Michael, waiting on her again.
@cassietherainbowsend722 I KNOW! ugh. Michael did have his indiscretion with Mona, which was disturbing... but Rowan just didn't seem to deeply love him, you know? Maybe she couldn't, maybe she wasn't wired for it, I'm not sure? I wonder if other people copied those images from that site? It's raining today, maybe I'll try and dig through the web..
Im assuming those are the carribean or some children had with enlaved folks in the new orleans plantation the one daughter seems very much like that New Orleans witch featured in AHS Coven that Kathy Bates played who kept slaves and did experiments on them instead she did it with her lovers, but we don't know if people were into owning humans they dont mind violating ther personhood for 'science" or necrophillya....yikes Madame Le Laurie je pen se
So given the rampant amount of sggsual abuse happening to non-yt people at the hands of some yt Christian people (and how that affects habits, culture, etc)… some of this seems like it would be a “natural” result from the ethical disrepute of the time for certain groups that had those high types of instances Like the Texas chainsaw massacre family
As we find out in either Lasher or Taltos (I can't remember which) Julien fathered plenty of children in his later years... Ancient Evelyn says that he fathered her only child (that was taken away from her) when she was a teenager and he was well into his 70's or even 80s.... This family. Oy vey.
Oh no, the grossest is Julian. His.... hands... are in everything in the family. Necro.. yeah, bad but at least that was a bit of a f ed up science experience.
Obviously you do not like Anne Rice. You need to read the subtext. How you don’t feel the writing. I own first edition of all her stuff. Unfortunately you do not understand how this timeline and amazement most feel while reading her prose.
Agreed...I absolutely loved this Book. I have re read this several times and it never gets old or boring. The AMC show is garbage frankly. I tried to listen to her review ....you can see she isn't fan at all.
I agree as well.....why read a book just to ridicule it. Anne Rice is an amazing story teller and I love the way she writes in prose. She never got the credit she should have got for her amazing writing, all because of the nature of her stories. It's kinda like being a critic who can neither write or has any artist talent themselves. Why read something you don't like and than diss the writer........ everything comes down to personal perspective.....
I wrote a family tree back in the day with this book. Still think Hulu or Amazon would have done better. Especially since Amazon SELLS all of her stuff. Plus growing babies No Mona no Blackwood farm and no Rowan/lasher meet
It’s horrible. Thankfully- Anne Rice has passed and didn’t see. She would be so pissed. Remember how mad she was about Tom Cruise being cast as Lestat?
it is the time before genetics, so they don't see anything wrong with being the biological father or daughter, I bet they don't even know the word biological
Maybe this is not the content for you , we like to to laugh over here. Sometimes people think their parasocial relationships mean they can offer criticims or observations that really are not needed. You realize people edit videos and put a lot of work into them so they might have observed this and yet were ok with it. We will be sure issue you a refund at the door.
She is herself, if you don't like the way she laughs it's your problem. We are not at the library, we are not at the church, it's her youtube channel and she can laugh how she wants. Guess what... I find her laugh energising and positively infectious. What even is the point of your comment ? You expect her to think "oh, this person does not like my laugh, I'll try to laugh differently". No, just go away, and keep remarks like that to yourself, because it's rude.
I already said a similar thing in a different video: I like her Mayfair videos because I don't want to read hundreds of pages about witch history. Unfortunately the volume is off sometimes, I have to turn it up to understand her but then she laughs and it's really, really loud. Sometimes there are also volume spikes while she just talks (e.g. the "all" around 44:06). I can deal with the laughs (not enjoyable for me but oh well, I guess that's part of her personality - maybe a bit of nervousness too), I just wish the volume was more consistent!
Thanks for this abbreviated history, Librarian!! Since we aren’t going to get it in the show!! (Grrrrr) This was more entertaining than the last episode of The Mayfair Witches! Just to add on… the man who read the Demonology to Suzanne was actually a Witch Hunter General. On a mission to hunt down witches. But instead, he creates one! Also, I think the lineage of incest is part of the curse of Lasher. His intent was to use selective breeding to create Rowan, the 13th Witch, which included inbreeding the strongest of the witches (or in Peyter’s case, a powerful psychic from the Talamasca. The Mayfairs and Lasher want to keep the bloodline “clean” like the Targaryens in Game of Thrones.
I was having strong Targaryen thoughts as well!! 😂
Lasher has been using selective breeding to make enough females who are genetically capable of mating with him. The Mayfair's being human interpret it as "keep power in the family."
After reading book 2 I can safely say my theory about Lasher being a man in disguise is false. But it's still a good theory.
They might still add the background story, just not the way it's done in the book. It's hundreds of pages, you can't just show that in 1-2 episodes, at least not without making a complete mess of it that nobody can follow. I think they'll put bits of it in the episodes, like they've done so far but drag it out over multiple seasons, maybe even do a spin-off series if Mayfair Witches is successful enough.
@@TheNaughtyLibrarianIm interested to know your thoughts on the 2nd (Lasher) and 3rd book (Taltos.)🍒
Christopher Rice should have held out for a bigger company to sell his mothers work to. It would have made for a better show. I miss Aaron lightener and Michael curry and Mona and the diff between first street Metairie and bayou’s witches
There's a violent storm each time a Mayfair witch dies and Master passes on to the next witch.
Unfortunately all of incest in The Witching Hour was to create powerful witches for Lasher, so that he can be born and continue the Taltos lineage.
Yes, u are correct
Yea def giving the original form of genetic engineering (in-breeding and selective cross breeding)
Ahhhh! The “good” old days 🙃🎭
Ya, that has been going on for ages in real life, even in the Bible....
Gasps In Targaryen. Thank you for this book breakdown! I haven’t read Mayfair Witches (I’ve only read the Vampire Chronicles) and before the show started I was going around TH-cam hoping someone did a book breakdown like this so I didn’t have to read this monstrosity of a novel. About to check out your other two videos on the actual plot of the novels. Keep up the great work!
You are very much a treasure in this era. Thank you for walking the people through Annie Rice's master piece.
Something I had forgotten in the books and read recently. Lasher appears to each witch when they are infants. Including Julian.
I've read all her stuff. And am obsessed but I find these great at just revisiting the stories. There are some things I forgot also and was reminded happened. She does a great job summarising.
Thank you for this, I read this book over 10 years ago and it took me over a year to read it. I've been enjoying the mayfair witch tv series but this is a wonderful refresher
thanks for watching! I've been recapping the tv show as well. :)
Yes, one hell of a read, it actually encouraged me to write. What a story full of twist and turns.
I read the ENTIRE series many years ago and really enjoyed it... I never in a million years thought it would get televised!! About to check it out but I LOVED the books.... Btw, my favourite Mayfair witch is Oncle Julian...✌🇹🇹
Julien Mayfair is my favorite witch. That guy could throw a party!
The witching hour is my favourite in the vampire chronicles, I love the tone and descriptions in it
Me 2
I am reading this book right now, the Witching Hour, and enjoying it immensely. I'm about 3/4 way done. I do want to read Lasher and Taltos, but I don't think I'll read all the Vampire books by Anne Rice. Maybe the first three vampire books, we'll see. I like Rice's writing. It tastes good in my mouth! But about the family tree, I had to look up an actual diagram for the Mayfair family tree to see how everyone was related. Julien and Cortland...there's some two bad boys! All in all I am enjoying the book and loved what you said here on your video, and the excellent way you put things. Keep it up and I look forward to seeing what else you have!
I'm still sad Micheal Curry was taken out of the show. Rowan and Michael were the Mayfair Romero and Juliet, but cross bred...
Ciprien is so fine tho 😚
Low key I'm obsessed with Ciprien. Its like all of Aaron's good qualities were given to Michael. Also... so fine!
Lol
@@cashmoneychanel1209except he means nothing to the fans of the books.
I was so upset the way things ended for Michael in the book, that I was actually glad they changed that part for the series. Lol. I was less invested in Cipren and Rowen’s relationship and I don’t think they were in love, so I didn’t feel AS bad for him as I did for Michael at least.
Julien was straight. It wasn't him sleeping with everything walking. After he fathered a baby, lasher told him his work was done and to keep lasher from killing him, he agrees to let lasher use his body. Lasher loved Julien's appearance and kept it even when he was outside of julien's body, so people started saying he could bilocate. When Lasher was in his body, though, he slept with anything with a pulse for the novelty of the experience. Julien's worst personal habit was wrath. He kept ledgers of all the people he cursed and otherwise killed.
All the inbreeding is Lasher genetically engineering a Mayfair he can embody and become corporeal . Sorry if this was a spoiler .
The photo you used for Rowan Mayfair is EXACTLY the image my mind created of what she would look like after Anne Rice's description of her when I read TWH so many years ago!
I read the book ages ago - and I loved it.
I had a reading disorder as well as a shit load of mental problems and after reading this book made my mind rise, giving my spirit a chance in this fucked up world to breathe.
Omg yes, what a treat this Saturday day. Thank you and blessed be 😉
thanks for watching! I'll have a few corrections and updated history in my video coming about the second book in the series, Lasher. You find out a lot more about Julien's time period.
Heal me, Woman!
Debra: I can't.
Man, you a witch!!
Given the weird family tree…. How “distant” was the distant cousin?
This show is crazier than I thought! I wonder how much of the book will they use.
Just when you say “this is where things get weird” it manages to get weirder. LOL
Lasher killed Cortland, not Carlotta. The first reason was that although Cortland was a witch, he was never "the" witch and therefore was never able to command Lasher. Second was because Rowan was the 13th witch, he needed her to grow up strong and healthy away from Carlotta. Cortland was trying to keep Rowan in New Orleans, so Lasher killed him to allow Carlotta to send Rowan away. He knew he would be able to lure Rowan back to New Orleans when the time was right.
I'm loving these recaps!!! It's been so long since ive read these and I've forgotten a lot
Thank you for doing the hard work for us. I'm sure the book was more detailed with grossness lol I read VC Andrews books in High School in late 1990's early 2000's so I am no stranger to gross stuff but in this case no thank you I had enough. Maybe Anne should have released the history in a prequel book instead the same book
I wow… I’m not even going to attempt VC Andrews. Haha!
Much less grossness except vampiric attacks than vc andrews. This was more like the pharaohs keeping bloodline pure and definitely less graphic than game of thrones. Egypt and got used it to keep blood pure where this was a Mayfair deal for one purpose only. If you get to the end you will find out Scottish fairy legends. That part a little Rosemary baby but rice is about sex the vc andrews was about love.
I'm so glad I found this video cuz I'm currently reading the Witching Hour and that family tree is confusing 😂
😂😂 My third time reading it I had to stop midway and try and draw out the family tree because it was so tangled. I did that about 15 years ago and it’s still folded and in the book for each time I re read
Thank you for this, it helps to refresh my memory!!
Of course! Thanks for watching!
I first read the book some 30 years ago and I loved Anne Rice since. I haven’t seen the series, I live in the Netherlands and it isn’t available here yet. I am however cautious, as a story I very much appreciate I think the chances of disappointment are high!
I read all of the books (I think) when I was a teenager. I was more confused than entertained.
I think that I should read it again.
Thank you for this act of community service. 😂😂😂 I DNF this book. I couldn’t make it. Then I googled the rest of the series and was like 😬😬😬😬. I also only read the first 2 vampire chronicle books. Your reviews of that series brought me here, and I’ve been enjoying your discussions! Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful week!
thanks for coming watching these videos too!
I'd highly recommend reading the third VC book too, it's the best of the series imo.
Wait, so Lasher could cause a storm , but couldn't break her out of prison??? Lasher hella sus
Hahaha! I never thought of that.
Pretty sure he was done with Deborah and wanted to move on to Charlotte.
He already had his next witch by then so he no longer needed Deborah
Deirdre is being medicated at the end of her life in the first chapters lasher appears to a doctor telling him that her medicated state is "monstrous"
So did I, I read it all, and all the vampire chronicles too.
Lasher's suits are getting curiouser and curiouser...
Amazing job! !👏
I read this series as a teen in the 1990s. I am horrified by what I was reading back then 😅
Ive read an sooooo love all anne rices everything. These are super great to catch up again and remembering how much i enjoyed reading the whole books. Id never beable to recount a story i read this well. I mean maybe i could sum it up but 45 mins worth. Miss librarian does a really great job. Do u just remember everything you read? Or do u need like...notes. 😆
I want that hoodie
SPOILER?
I saw a family tree that had Cortland listed as Antha *and* Deirdre's father.
that's probably correct. You find out a bit more conflicting family history in the second book Lasher.
I read the book when I was way young. Crazy me 😮
Great overview!!
*it is very similar to how vampires are made. it matches. the mythology is in alignment.* plus incest. _JC
"Dear Lord why?!" -Naughty Librarian, also me
Thanks for doing this. I read The Witching Hour a few decades ago and to this day it is still one of my favourite books. Ive read it several times.
I must disagree that the intricacies in history of the characters of the family tree didn't work. I found it extremely interesting and pertinent to the overall story.
To each their own.
I think the history was important too. I just would have liked it worked it into the story more organically.
@@TheNaughtyLibrarian I apologize if offended but I’ve read and reread these series a gagillion times. I got a new one every Christmas. I understand starting vampire in storyville. But to take Michael curry and Mona out of mix doesn’t work you can’t get full story. The church the little people. Anne Boleyn. The Blackwood farm series. Lestat and Rowan meet thru Aaron lightner without watching the manipulation of each generation by a taltos the whole series falls apart.
Great recap of the book. I favor the Witch books over the vampire ones simply because witches are no where near as whiny as Rice's vampires lol
Lol and here I went through the trouble of re reading the book you would’ve saved me a lot of time 😂
Ha! Well I’m going to be posting videos on the other two books in the series as well so stay tuned
I can’t tell if you like the Vampire Chronicles or not. Your summary on Prince Lestat at first seemed like you didn’t but you’re really into it. I can’t tell.
it also gave me a headache with their family tree! LOL!
I just finished Taltos book #3 and I'm kind of underwhelmed with the ending. I do love how Anne Rice present their family history. I was kind of disappointed with how the show was done. They rushed through the family history and not sure how the other seasons will tie the book series together. Julien is not even shown and he so interesting plus the Ciprien and Rowan's coupling felt rushed to me. Hope they change the tone/pace in season 2.
I think the story would be super hard to adapt for television. I think the show is taking parts of the books and doing it’s own thing.
it's Carlotta and not Carlatta, also there's a reason with the incest you never mention, and it's to create the strongest witch, which we're told is Mona, and the line breaks when Mona impregnated by Michael and she gives birth to a Taltos, Lasher's people and she runs away with him.
"They have a lot of psychics on the payroll." That's hilarious. As is your whole commentary. I still love this story because it's so well written, rich, and atmospheric. Just don't think too seriously about the icky bits.
And I'm sure all these icky bits have to do with Lasher's influence who was most likely doing whatever he wanted with whomever he wanted within his abilities.
Humans are sinful to begin with so with his influence and all the inbreeding, and his power increasing over the years, it's not surprising.
I'm sure he wanted to retain his powers, but also experience the joys of the flesh and he couldn't do that unless he is fully human. Although I know he possessed many a human in his quest for his earthly desires.
I couldn't get into reading Lasher or Taltos so I don't know if he was eventually destroyed in the end. By the end of The Witching Hour, I was truly horrified and disgusted. I had still held out some hope for some goodness and light. However,I didn't care at this point about ANY of the characters. Rowan became despicable and Michael - who could have been our archangel Michael- was a shell of his former self succumbing to his own sins. In effect, there was never a true adversary to Lasher. Not sure about Anne Rice's religious beliefs. This story exemplifies how far we can fall as humans. The sinner in me comprehends. The Christian in me is devastated.
I agree. The characters all seem to fall for the same flaws as if projecting a single personality defect. All of them have this unbeatable vice of sexual deviancy and acceptance/offense of r*pe. Even those outside of the family culture like Michael. It was promising but gross.
" NOONE LIKES HER SHES THE KAREN OF THE FAMILY 💀💀"
Just found out that they gave a go for season 2 ,so...room for improvement?🤔 thanks for the video lovely!
Lovely video? Her historical oration would be so much better without the foul language.
@suzannekosic4088 hold on, you'll read about about incestuous witches but foul language offends you? 🤔
I really enjoyed season 1
Thanks for the history... I never got into the witch trilogy for that exact reason. My ADHD couldn't get past the genealogy (too much like the "begats" in Genesis! ❤ L♡VED the Vampire Chronicles, however!
Flowers in the attic...aye.
Shout out from the West Indies 😊
*ooh. twtr just told me you were reading thru the bks.* lovely. it has been so long. literally senior high skool. probs why they are all so important. all slaves to the past. _JC
The family wreath 😊
GoT is the same way. I was grossed and angered the 1st time, until i realized it all plays a part. And its also how things were done jn reality. Royal blood(family) and families of wealth and power , always consisted of inscest, Shockingly and disgusting enough.
And the book is pretty old.
Classic fantasy novels always always have shock factors. Like whyyy lol. But tysm for this video ❤❤❤ your animated in a way that keeps me engaged lol. W adhd thats pretty hard for me..new sub 🎉
Honestly I do care about incest in fantasy because it plays a big part in the story like with the Targaryens however in real life absolutely not I don’t agree with it.
Are They called Mayfair witches because that’s just their last name or because they came here on the Mayfair
Mayfair is their last name. They didn't come over to America until about 1800. :)
It goes back to the 1600s with Suzanne of the Maye Fair. Scottish Beltane celebration of rounding the May pole and then “other festivities” amongst the villagers where Suzanne became pregnant with Deborah.
I think you're referencing the ship Mayflower...pilgrims came over on the Mayflower, Mayfair is just a family name.
Does Michael ever find out that he’s also a Mayfair? Do we ever get Sister Bridget Marie’s full story?
Yes later on in the series.
Great summary ❤ I had to comment since this book is in my top 3 books of all times, and I re-read it every winter.
I think Lasher stays away from Rowan bc Deirdre is still alive, and *cough* receiving him, and so he's content with that. As long as a living Mayfair will have him, he will stay with them. When Deirdre dies, he has to be with Rowan or not be empowered, essentially.
IMO where Anne Rice drops the ball is 1- Rowan is so extremely boring. Over the years ive learned to skip the beginning part with her, the hospital, the boat, bc it is draggy.
The 2nd thing is the absolutely dreadful sequels to this book, which get worse and worse. I only keep them because im a full set queen.
What would have been FANTASTIC is for Rice or maybe her son, to have written a seperate novel for each past witch that thoroughly examines their lives, in their times. Because the past witches are the meat and potatoes of this story.
And a side note, back in the old AOL dial up days, after i first discovered the novel, i found a website devoted to this story. The owner of the site was an artist and she took the books descriptions and made portraits of each character. Those drawings haunt me to this day because they were so similar to how i saw the players in my minds eye, and consequently very different than the actors and actresses that AMC has chosen. I wish id of thought to save those images, bc the page is long gone. I tell myself that maybe i will try to draw them one day. I couldnt come as close as that artist did, but it would be a cool project.
Oh wow! I remember that sight. The portraits WERE chosen well. I wish it was still available to see.
Rowan was my least favorite of the witches. I hated the way she did Michael. Even the crossover with the vampire novels, she’s all over Lestat and there’s poor Michael, waiting on her again.
@cassietherainbowsend722 I KNOW! ugh. Michael did have his indiscretion with Mona, which was disturbing... but Rowan just didn't seem to deeply love him, you know? Maybe she couldn't, maybe she wasn't wired for it, I'm not sure?
I wonder if other people copied those images from that site?
It's raining today, maybe I'll try and dig through the web..
@@anotherlittlepieceofmyartdid you find the website?
Bestie I need a visual family tree I’m begging
I don't even think this is a tree anymore. Its really more of a jumbled pile of sticks on the ground. hahaha
"I'm praying for cusins."😂
I'm rereading the mass paperback version of THE WITCHING HOUR which is 1038 pages plus A excerpt of Anne Ridge's novel VIOLIN.
Thank God I have two bottles of kratom with me... Lol
Wait. That is Julian hough . I’m so confused.
This book had potential if there was more action in the plot and just a bit tighter writing
Omg! Spoilers! But if Deborah was the earls kid and lasher was an earls kid…..are they all related/taltos descendants?
Honestly… that checks with the Mayfair’s. At Least there was at least a couple hundred years between them? 🤷♀️
I admire Annie Rice for creating the ways the educated women became apart of America.
Where do the Haitian Mayfairs come in?
Im assuming those are the carribean or some children had with enlaved folks in the new orleans plantation the one daughter seems very much like that New Orleans witch featured in AHS Coven that Kathy Bates played who kept slaves and did experiments on them instead she did it with her lovers, but we don't know if people were into owning humans they dont mind violating ther personhood for 'science" or necrophillya....yikes Madame Le Laurie je pen se
So given the rampant amount of sggsual abuse happening to non-yt people at the hands of some yt Christian people (and how that affects habits, culture, etc)… some of this seems like it would be a “natural” result from the ethical disrepute of the time for certain groups that had those high types of instances
Like the Texas chainsaw massacre family
_& this mayfair begat that mayfair, who begat that mayfair & ect_
_JC
is an extreme cancelable history for modern standards
As we find out in either Lasher or Taltos (I can't remember which) Julien fathered plenty of children in his later years... Ancient Evelyn says that he fathered her only child (that was taken away from her) when she was a teenager and he was well into his 70's or even 80s.... This family. Oy vey.
I hate the show. AMC gutted that book. There was so much they could have done.
it's not erotic horror unless the sex scenes disgust you, that's just what that genre is
Suzanne was a midwife in training. I don’t get why you’re discounting her as something inconsequential.
Wouldn't it be nice if books became unreadable simply by storing them horizontally, like vinyl?
Oh no, the grossest is Julian. His.... hands... are in everything in the family. Necro.. yeah, bad but at least that was a bit of a f ed up science experience.
First she should start by saying fiction!
Obviously you do not like Anne Rice. You need to read the subtext. How you don’t feel the writing. I own first edition of all her stuff. Unfortunately you do not understand how this timeline and amazement most feel while reading her prose.
Agreed...I absolutely loved this Book. I have re read this several times and it never gets old or boring. The AMC show is garbage frankly. I tried to listen to her review ....you can see she isn't fan at all.
I agree as well.....why read a book just to ridicule it. Anne Rice is an amazing story teller and I love the way she writes in prose. She never got the credit she should have got for her amazing writing, all because of the nature of her stories. It's kinda like being a critic who can neither write or has any artist talent themselves. Why read something you don't like and than diss the writer........ everything comes down to personal perspective.....
I wrote a family tree back in the day with this book. Still think Hulu or Amazon would have done better. Especially since Amazon SELLS all of her stuff. Plus growing babies No Mona no Blackwood farm and no Rowan/lasher meet
P.s. true blood and twilight killed the whole genre
There’s no point even explaining the history of this family to the show watchers. The show is NOTHING like the books. Nothing. Trash.
Wow... Yes.
It’s horrible. Thankfully- Anne Rice has passed and didn’t see. She would be so pissed. Remember how mad she was about Tom Cruise being cast as Lestat?
Julian & his daughter MaryBeth are the parents of Stella.
it is the time before genetics, so they don't see anything wrong with being the biological father or daughter, I bet they don't even know the word biological
Deborah was a Merry-begot, did you even read the books?
This is like listening to Kamala try and review a book, the laughing is awful.
Bro your laugh is diabolical
:)
This show doesn't follow the book.
No qualified to give any input. Who are you?
Must you used such foul language?
Sorry to say that, but your laughing is so loud and the timing of it is just strange...
Maybe this is not the content for you , we like to to laugh over here. Sometimes people think their parasocial relationships mean they can offer criticims or observations that really are not needed. You realize people edit videos and put a lot of work into them so they might have observed this and yet were ok with it. We will be sure issue you a refund at the door.
She is herself, if you don't like the way she laughs it's your problem. We are not at the library, we are not at the church, it's her youtube channel and she can laugh how she wants. Guess what... I find her laugh energising and positively infectious. What even is the point of your comment ? You expect her to think "oh, this person does not like my laugh, I'll try to laugh differently". No, just go away, and keep remarks like that to yourself, because it's rude.
Weird comment
I already said a similar thing in a different video: I like her Mayfair videos because I don't want to read hundreds of pages about witch history. Unfortunately the volume is off sometimes, I have to turn it up to understand her but then she laughs and it's really, really loud. Sometimes there are also volume spikes while she just talks (e.g. the "all" around 44:06). I can deal with the laughs (not enjoyable for me but oh well, I guess that's part of her personality - maybe a bit of nervousness too), I just wish the volume was more consistent!
I loved the laugh. I thought it was infectious. “Dierdra grows up in the Mayfair house… with Carlotta!! Bahahaha” 😂😂😂 Gold.