HomeGroupsTalkMoreZeitgeist
Search Site
This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.

Results from Google Books

Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.

Lasher (Lives of the Mayfair Witches 2/3)…
Loading...

Lasher (Lives of the Mayfair Witches 2/3) ♦️ (Signed) (original 1993; edition 1993)

by Anne Rice (Author)

MembersReviewsPopularityAverage ratingMentions
6,885441,342 (3.56)45
Fantasy. Fiction. Literature. HTML:"SEDUCTIVE MAGIC...SPELLBINDING...Rice stages her scenes in a wide variety of times and locales, tapping deeply into the richest veins of mythology and history."
??San Francisco Chronicle
"STEAMY...FAST-PACED AND HUGELY ENGROSSING...Rice's title character??a seductive, evil, highly sexual and ultimately tragic creature??is fascinating."
??The Miami Herald
"BEHIND ALL THE VELVET DRAPES AND GOSSAMER WINDING SHEETS, THIS IS AN OLD-FASHIONED FAMILY SAGA....Rice's descriptive writing is so opulent it almost begs to be read by candlelight."
??The Washington Post Book World
"RICE SEES THINGS ON A GRAND SCALE...There is a wide-screen historical sweep to the tale as it moves from one generation of witches to the other."
??The Boston Globe
"EROTIC...EERIE...HORRIFYING...A tight tale of the occult in present-day New Orleans...Anne Rice is a spellbinding novelist.... LASHER quenches."
??Denver Post
A MAI
… (more)
Member:Reese5
Title:Lasher (Lives of the Mayfair Witches 2/3) ♦️ (Signed)
Authors:Anne Rice (Author)
Info:Knopf (1993), First Edition, (Signed) 578 pages
Collections:Your library
Rating:
Tags:None

Work Information

Lasher by Anne Rice (1993)

Loading...

Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 45 mentions

English (41)  Catalan (2)  Spanish (1)  French (1)  All languages (45)
Showing 1-5 of 41 (next | show all)
This book is not for the faint of heart. There is so much questionable content in this book, mostly consisting of incest, rape, and pedophilia. The ending of the last book left a bad taste in my mouth and I wasn't sure if I was going to continue the series, even though I had a copy of this book and its sequel. But I decided to continue the series and use this as an entry in Reddit's r/fantasy book bingo for the Sequel card. Even though the first book was very messed up, Anne Rice wrote with such a richness of detail and worldbuilding, that I was drawn into the world and retained a lot of memories of the book and characters so even though I read this one a year later, I still knew all of the details. But so much of the content is revolting. I question the people who wrote blurbs for these books describing them as "steamy" or "sexy" because most of the sex involves incest, rape, or pedophilia. So, why did I read this? I wanted to see if there was an explanation for why these behaviors were normalized for these characters, and there was. Sort of. The magical being Lasher was subtly manipulating this family for countless generations to create right circumstances for his physical rebirth. I choose to believe that the characters were acted upon by forces they don't understand or even acknowledge to behave the way they did. And in that regard, I wanted to see where the story went. I was much happier with the ending of this book, but I'm still only rating it 2 stars because there was so much gross and wrong content to get through. ( )
  quickmind | Nov 18, 2023 |
Very enjoyable read. I admit that I liked this better than The Witching Hour. Even though there was a lot of history related in book #1, I think book #2, Lasher, builds a firmer foundation with the pasts of Julien and Lasher being added to the story. ( )
  everettroberts | Oct 20, 2023 |
My overall opinion of the Mayfair witch trilogy is that "Witching Hour" is the best, and it is a minor downhill ride from there. I did enjoy this book, particularly Julien's tale that fills in the missing links from the first novel.

I liked the character of Lasher better in the first novel, when he was just a ghost on steroids. I find the whole concept of the Taltos to be intriguing in "Lasher" but it wears thin by the end of "Taltos".

I know some people would be deeply disturbed by the incest and sexually active thirteen year old girl in this book, but I don't let that stuff bug me when I read a work of literature. ( )
  Equestrienne | Jan 5, 2021 |
Very Good ( )
  Ciscomatic | Sep 26, 2020 |
Nope, nope, nope.

I ventured into LASHER because I was curious about Rowan's continuing story, but what I got here is lot of really sketchy non-consensual sex and tedious backstory and this book didn't pay out for me in all the worst ways. I didn't like the tone of the book or the way it was written or the direction of the plot and I didn't care about any of the characters.

While this series may entice some, I am beyond disappointed, personally. And I know what I read here is not atypical of Rice's writing, so honestly, I don't know what I was expecting. What I do know is that I'm longer curious in the least about the Mayfair witches and I'm done.

For a more detailed review of LASHER, as well as other reviews and bookish content, please visit The Literary Phoenix. ( )
  Morteana | Aug 14, 2020 |
Showing 1-5 of 41 (next | show all)
no reviews | add a review

» Add other authors (12 possible)

Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Anne Riceprimary authorall editionscalculated
Morton, JoeNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.
For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.
Canonical title
Original title
Alternative titles
Original publication date
People/Characters
Important places
Important events
Related movies
Epigraph
The sow came in with the saddle.
The little pig rocked the cradle.
The dish jumped over the table
To see the pot swallow the ladle.
The spit that stood behind the door
Threw the pudding-stick on the floor.
"Odsplut!" said the gridiron,
"Can't you agree?
I'm the head constable,
Bring them to me!"

MOTHER GOOSE
Soen kom rendende med dukken
Mens grislingen skubbed' til vuggen
Fadet sprang fluks over teen
Og så gryden nedsvælge skeen
Spiddet som stod bag ved døren
Smed en pølsepind efter Far Søren.
"Hold så op," sagde risten,
"Hvad er det for ballade?
Jeg er overbetjent,
I kan få et par flade."

Engelsk børnerim
Dedication
FOR THESE WITH LOVE

Stan Rice, Christopher Rice and John Preston

Vicky Wilson, with thanks always for her courage, her vision, her soul

My godmother and aunt, Patricia O'Brien Harberson, the lady with the loving heart, who carried me to church

AND

in memory of Alice Allen Davisu, my mother's sister, who gave me so very much
Kærligst tilegnet
Stan rice,
Christopher Rice,
og
John Preston

Vicky Preston,
med en tak for
hendes store mod,
hendes storsind, hendes sjæl

Min gudmor og tante
Patricia O'Brien Harberson,
den kærlige hvinde,
som bar mig til døbefonden
og
mindet om min moster
Alice Allen Daviau,
som gav mig så meget
First words
In the beginning was the voice of Father.
I begyndelsen var Fars stemme.
Quotations
When a secret is that big there's nothing to it.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
Disambiguation notice
Publisher's editors
Blurbers
Original language
Canonical DDC/MDS
Canonical LCC

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (1)

Fantasy. Fiction. Literature. HTML:"SEDUCTIVE MAGIC...SPELLBINDING...Rice stages her scenes in a wide variety of times and locales, tapping deeply into the richest veins of mythology and history."
??San Francisco Chronicle
"STEAMY...FAST-PACED AND HUGELY ENGROSSING...Rice's title character??a seductive, evil, highly sexual and ultimately tragic creature??is fascinating."
??The Miami Herald
"BEHIND ALL THE VELVET DRAPES AND GOSSAMER WINDING SHEETS, THIS IS AN OLD-FASHIONED FAMILY SAGA....Rice's descriptive writing is so opulent it almost begs to be read by candlelight."
??The Washington Post Book World
"RICE SEES THINGS ON A GRAND SCALE...There is a wide-screen historical sweep to the tale as it moves from one generation of witches to the other."
??The Boston Globe
"EROTIC...EERIE...HORRIFYING...A tight tale of the occult in present-day New Orleans...Anne Rice is a spellbinding novelist.... LASHER quenches."
??Denver Post
A MAI

No library descriptions found.

Book description
Haiku summary

Current Discussions

None

Popular covers

Quick Links

Rating

Average: (3.56)
0.5 2
1 42
1.5 8
2 138
2.5 27
3 414
3.5 65
4 423
4.5 20
5 279

Is this you?

Become a LibraryThing Author.

 

About | Contact | Privacy/Terms | Help/FAQs | Blog | Store | APIs | TinyCat | Legacy Libraries | Early Reviewers | Common Knowledge | 203,251,914 books! | Top bar: Always visible