Cav's Place

First book I read by Andre Norton was “The Hands of Lyr” and this is certainly an improvement over it, but still, when I see fantasy I expect a high fantasy epic, as in a whole array of creatures (if they’re the familiar elf, orc, dwarf, halfling, dragon, unicorn, centaur, etc. lot all the better, […]

Great for the first eight chapters… Odd after that. Anne Rice is amazing when she writes about vampires, but when she adds religious characters into the mix, everything gets blurry. “Memnoch the Devil” was superb, as both style of writing and ideas, but she should have left it there. To add something else, Lestat is […]

Anne Rice again, and that should say a lot. For a vampire book, it really lacks vampires for the most part. I sure will miss Lestat. He’s one of the best created characters of all time if you ask me. And since Anne Rice does somewhat alter her writing style when switching characters, things just […]

In many places it simply looks as the fable version of “1984“, but lacking the greatness of the third part of “1984”. That wonderfully written, and very scary, brainwashing from “1984” is showed very lightly and casually here. Overall, it was very interesting, and also very bold, when it was written and it is still […]

Absolutely great. Skips the whole introduction part that is quite boring in most books and jumps straight into fast-paced action. Dazzling from start to end. Before Lestat accepts Memnoch’s offer, it’s as thrilling as the best moments of the other books in the series. After he does that, it’s so thought-provoking that it may feel […]