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deereader's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
averyavenue's review against another edition
3.0
2.5 if i could. it felt like there were no stakes in this book.
kharac's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
skirmishgirl's review against another edition
2.0
I have a love/hate relationship with Anne Rice. I love her when she moves stories along. Her skills are wonderful and drive the characters and the situations beautifully.
Then she lapses into feelings and souls and a bunch of mumbo-jumbo blah blah blah that I couldn't care less about.
This was the latter rather than the former.
Really, the book could have been 100 pages long, but instead takes you through a thousand years that mean nothing and twenty pages of meaningful stuff at the end.
Blah.
Then she lapses into feelings and souls and a bunch of mumbo-jumbo blah blah blah that I couldn't care less about.
This was the latter rather than the former.
Really, the book could have been 100 pages long, but instead takes you through a thousand years that mean nothing and twenty pages of meaningful stuff at the end.
Blah.
moonlit_shelves's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
nationofkim's review against another edition
5.0
i waited in line for hours at the novel idea in tulsa to get anne rice to sign my copy of this book when it came out...i still have it somewhere, i think.
spinstah's review against another edition
2.0
This was something I read for one of my book clubs. It's the story of Azriel, a demon/angel/spirit who is called forth from his preserved skeleton by whomever owns it, and must do that person's bidding. We see how he is turned from a regular person into the demon, hear a bit about the various masters he serves, and then hear about how he somehow manages to free himself from this servitude. This last part takes place now.
The story of Azriel was fairly interesting, but it was set within the conceit of Azriel telling his story to Jonathan, an anthropologist. This leads to a lot of time wasted between the two of them having conversations that don't really matter to the main plot. It also makes for a slow start to the book, and interrupts the flow of the narrative several times. In addition, the book is much longer than it needs to be because Rice uses a bit too much descriptive language. I am all for long descriptive passages done well, as I find it wonderful to read good prose. But this isn't quite of that quality.
Overall I guess if you are a fan of fantasy and like Anne Rice this might be a decent beach read, but I can't say I'd really recommend it overall.
The story of Azriel was fairly interesting, but it was set within the conceit of Azriel telling his story to Jonathan, an anthropologist. This leads to a lot of time wasted between the two of them having conversations that don't really matter to the main plot. It also makes for a slow start to the book, and interrupts the flow of the narrative several times. In addition, the book is much longer than it needs to be because Rice uses a bit too much descriptive language. I am all for long descriptive passages done well, as I find it wonderful to read good prose. But this isn't quite of that quality.
Overall I guess if you are a fan of fantasy and like Anne Rice this might be a decent beach read, but I can't say I'd really recommend it overall.
jenrenjoh's review against another edition
5.0
I loved being immersed into so many huge world events through out all the ages. I thought this was a very creative and fun read. Would greatly recommend
carlylottsofbookz's review against another edition
3.0
This is a quick read with the usual elements of a Rice novel: a character who could be considered evil at first comes to tell his story to the unsuspecting narrator.
This particular story covers the servant of the bones. A man who was sacrificed becomes cursed to serve whoever has his bones. He kills, steals and does whatever his master requires of him. That is until he wakes up from his slumber without being called--with his new powers he fights to stop the man claiming to be his master from creating the apocalypse.
This particular story covers the servant of the bones. A man who was sacrificed becomes cursed to serve whoever has his bones. He kills, steals and does whatever his master requires of him. That is until he wakes up from his slumber without being called--with his new powers he fights to stop the man claiming to be his master from creating the apocalypse.