Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches

The books were great but the series is horrible! I was so disappointed in just how bad it is. It's nothing even remotely like the books it's a totally different story. Changing the characters completely changes the entire dynamic of the relationships and the entire story. I was so excited and a bit apprehensive, I assumed it wouldn't be quite as good as the books , tv adaptations rarely are as good as the source material,! The series is so much worse than I could have imagined! I honestly don't know why they even bothered. It's so unfortunate really. I watched with an open mind but found it to be absolutely awful.

I had such high hopes for this show as a huge fan of the books. I completely understand that adaptions deviate from the books, but this is too much. It's soooo slow and boring thus far. While watching I find myself pausing to see how much time I have left in the episode.

How is that Lasher? No offense to the actor, but he doesn't radiate the kind of sensual energy Lasher needs to. I'm really not sure what the casting director was thinking. Did he/she even read the amazing novel?

I guess I'll give it a shot and wait for the third episode, but I'm extremely disappointed after the first two episodes. The Interview With The Vampire adaption was much, much better!

I have not read the original book, but I have to say even though we follow through the series until the very last episode, the main character was so boring it was difficult to believe anything going on. Alexandra Daddario had the range of a cardboard box and the role actually required someone with a much wider array of expressions and ability to embody a character worth Anne Rice's masterpiece.

Literally everyone else who belong to the cast acted really well. But when the main character gives such a of putting 5 it is difficult to follow through the story. And also something that kept bothering us was how the story cap jumping from place to place without a proper facing. There was a lot that could be unpacked at the series to the lower pace and really got into a lot of the new once at the story has to offer.

The Witching Hour which is the first book of the series is a masterpiece. That book is over 1000 pages. That one book easily could have lasted 2 or 3 seasons...if they took time to really tell the story and show Lasher through the generations of the Mayfair family....

Her writing was elaborate, rich descriptive and detailed it's like they made this series from the cliff notes leaving out major characters like Julian....

I had so much hope for this series and was excited that it was finally being done but they missed the mark so badly.... I regret that I sat through the entire thing...

I would suggest if you haven't read the first book of the trilogy do so ...this series is already forgettable but the written story is brilliant...

I want to start my review by stating I have finished this entire series in 12 hours and I enjoyed none of it. Look, to start I love Alexandria Daddario but Rowan is so incredibly horribly written that even she obviously had a hard time portraying this questionable character. Although out of context the story seems to bear great potential, it was so rushed and shallow in the show that it is almost impossible to see the end of it. Things escalate super fast (meaning not it gets you hooked but there is no basis for anything anyone says or does) and you have this unlikeable, not-yet-well-introduced female protagonist that does the opposite of what she says at any given point. Like looking back, I am trying to think of the world of Mayfair Witches and my mind just goes blank. Because there was absolutely no world building nor character building nor anything else in this show. There are still a couple other ways I could judge this show on but I can't think of a single way to praise it. Sorry to all the crew and cast.