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Summary: A Fantistic Historical Horror Novel
Review: The Vampire Lestat is in my opinion a finer example of Anne Rice's talent and imagination than most any other work she's written. Lestat, once the poor country lord of a small French province, is transformed into the Prince of Vampires. A creature like no other of his kind, he travels the world in search of the children of the millenia. Vampires as old as humankind, who would be able to share the reasons behind their existence. Anne Rice takes her reader on a trip through history. Her story deliciously wicked, wonderfully touching and always fascinating. She expertly mixes true history with her fictitious world of the undead. Folklore from around the world is blended with world history which would be taught in any college history course. I recommend this book to anyone who loves drama, art, and life. This is a story of a soul who has no wish to die, but strives to discover the meaning behind life as he has come to know it. Let Lestat take you on a journey of! discovery. Just like all of us, he finds plenty of road blocks and makes plenty of mistakes along the way, but that doesn't stop this reader from finding him the most compelling and charming character in Rice's novels.
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Summary: If you read "Interview" you must read this!!!
Review: Interview with the vampire was told from Louis's limited perspective. Lestat purposely kept him in the dark (no pun intended!) about the history and the meaning of being "undead." This book is written not only from Lestat's point of view, but by Lestat himself! (Ms. Rice would have the reader believe, anyway). It adds amazing depth to the tale started in "Interview", and takes the reader through centuries of richness and beauty (and blood of course) in Paris, Egypt, New Orleans, and London, answering "unanswered" questions and creating a vivid, complex, dark world of vampires. If you can read this book, and not long for "Queen of the Damned" (next book in series), you and I are as different as night and day. Being a faithful vampire reader, I'll take night
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Summary: Brilliant!!
Review: Absolutely brilliant. A. Rice pulls you into perhaps her best novel. The character Lestat is absolutely one of the most interesting and complex. Granted there are many others but he is the most charming.One could go on and on about this book. Other than the Witching Hour no other book of hers completely pulled me into it's world. READ IT! LOVE IT!! You will read all the others afterwards. Truly.
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Summary: The most charming vampire you'll ever read about
Review: Lestat is one of the vampires you first meet in Interview With The Vampire. He made Louis a vampire. Since Louis told his story, and Lestat is not one to be out done, Lestat decides to write down his story. The beginning is a bit slow. You're shocked Lestat is a rocker now. You'd think Anne Rice would be out of touch with the world of music, but as you read on you find out it's not a bad choice for the attention craving Lestat. You start off in the present. As anyone who read Interview knows, at the end of that book Lestat could was barely alive and couldn't take care of himself. So, he goes underground. Here's where the tricky part comes. Lestat went to sleep for like 50 years. Meaning Louis couldn't have seen him. You don't think about it at first. You think about it after you've read the book. It really bothers you afterwards. That in my opinion, is the only problem with the book. By the way, even Rice herself admits she made a mistake with that. All throughout the book, you learn of Lestat's past. You learn that he was born into a poor noble family and was taken out of school at an early age. You learn about his early struggles with wanting to be good. I liked his relationship with Nicholas. Nicholas and Louis seem in my opinion very similar. Nicholas' story is sad. It's fascinating how he always wanted attention. That's why he became an actor. Lestat is very close to his mom. He even makes her a vampire. One of the things I really enjoyed about this book is when Lestat talks about what happened in Interview. He sets the record straight. Giving his side on what happened. Once you read his side, you'll never look at him or at Interview the same. Louis was upset and wrote him as a monster. Lestat tells what really happened and his reasoning. Siding that Louis never know his reasons for doing things. Lestat also feels bad for keeping secrets from Louis. Also, Lestat didn't like the way Louis protrated him in Interview... This was a great squel to Interw With The Vampire. You learn about the misunderstood character of Lestat. This is my all time favorite book. I doubt any book will ever take it's place as my favorite book. Why did I give it four stars instead of five? Well, when I first read it I thought it was the best book ever and still do, but that whole time mistake Anne made really upset. I couldn't stop thinking about it. Thinking about who lied? Was Louis about it, or was Lestat denying it? This was the only flaw with the book. Besides for the book being so damn addictive.
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Summary: A supernatural book of wonder .... that stays forever
Review: This is a book that has it all; a gripping plot, deep drawn characters, and real emotions and so many mortal questions mingled all together so magically in the midst of this mesmerizing universe of vampires. It is a book that stays with you forever as you remember breathtaking scenes or unforgettable moments. When I first read it and discovered the trick that Anne Rice played in making the book a sort of a reply from Lestat to Louis and his book "Interview with the Vampire", I laughed out loud at the cleverness and imagination of this writer.... Or Did Lestat really write the book under her name and make fool of us all! In writing this book, Anne has done what seems impossible. She has thrown the whole light on Lestat making us see him truly and at the same time she has managed skillfully not to make Lestat here appears to be a different being from the one introduced in her first book. No, he is the same creature; only Louis failed to completely understand him. By the end of the book, I was under the spell of this Brat prince of the vampires but at the same time Louis will always remain my most loved character for all that mesmerizing mixture of humanity and sensitiveness which he alone seems to possess (I really wish that Anne would use them again as her main characters in another gripping book ) Their final scene together is my most cherished scene. It seems at times magical in the way she was able to write such a highly emotional scene, that though normal, its strength is quite abnormal. But abnormality is a feature of this book. It is supernatural and abnormal in every way that one can't go for a long time without reading it again then again. Yes, It is one of my dream books and one I dream of being able to write something that matches its high standards one day.
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Summary: Wowie Zowie
Review: Oh My God!!! This is the best vampire book that I have ever read. Anne Rice describes everything magnificently. If you want a great read this is the book you need. Also, try reading the book Blood and Chocolate, that book is also wonderful.
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Summary: The best in the series.
Review: This was the best book in the "vampire" series. It was well thought out and well written. It's slow at parts, but quickly picks up. It's very good.
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Summary: Mm...
Review: Not one of my favorites by Anne Rice. Wasn't as interesting to me as her other books. Lestat seems to be a lot different than in the book Interview with the Vampire, he's almost...kind. I guess it depends who the story is told from. I disliked Gabrielle very much in this novel, that might of been why this story wasn't as intersting as the others.
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Summary: Awsome!
Review: The vampire Lestat by: Anne Rice 481 pages. New York 1985
The vampire Lestat by Anne Rice is an intriguing book as you start you will be pulled into Rice's imaginary world. You will lose all track of reality and it will seem like you're in the reality of the dark life throughout the book. The book follows along with Lestat like you have been always been there. You might of notice your in a another existence.
This book tells when about when (Lestat) was living with his parents as a hunter. When he and a friend leaves there town to follow their dreams, and they find a lot more.
The world is so realistic. Anne Rice is a fantastic writer and she will bring you into the world of vampires on the first page. I would recommend it to all that like out of the world things. The reason I would recommend it is because the vampires seem so real!
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Summary: just pointless
Review: This does not come close to Interview. It's probbaly one of the worst structured books Ive ever read. Its made up as it goes alng. Die hard fans would give 5 stars for anything Rice wrote so dont follow those reviews. I just dont understand how a book about vampires does not fit into horror, action, adventure, drama? It was just a story. It could have been summed up in 100 pages but instead it dragged on and on. The biggest reason I give this 2 stars is because it is narrated the exact same way Louis narrated in Interview. And it's almost like Rice picked up on this as well because over half way through it's like, "oh by the way, Im a loving emotional guy too." Huh? Its Louis writing as Lestat!
Now I have the next book which continues the story and its twice as long. I only wish I could read as fast as Lestat, but then again I only had to read every other page in this book to know what was going on. I just skipped over the 5 paragraphs it takes for Anne to desribe a grain of sand.
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