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Summary: Amazing
Review: I cannot wait until the next book with Tarquin, Lestat, and Mona. I fell inlove with this book. Its beautiful
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Summary: Blandwood Farm
Review: After the solid "Merrick" and spectacular "Blood and Gold" Anne Rice returns with "Blackwood Farms." Let me start off on a postive note, nobody can do adjectives like Anne Rice, she is exceptionally gifted as a writer. However, this book suffers from several major flaws: First, Lestat is simply not interesting anymore, he comes across more like an abridged version of himself, it may be time to retire him and focus on underused characters (such as Jessie, Gabrielle, Mael, or Vittorio.) Secondly, there are way too many characters (Big Ramona, Little Ramona...and they all seem to die one after the other, as if there was no reason for them to be there in the first place.)Third, the role of money is unplausable, one would think that Madonna and Bill Gates are bankrolling Blackwood Farms (for ex: at one point Pasty (Quinn's mother) get left a trust of $500,000.00 a month-wouldn't $50,000 or even $5,000 been a little more grounded in reality?)Fourth, the inclusion of the dull and lifeless MAyfair family added little to the book- Mona has to be one of the most unlikeable characters in print.) Finally, Quinn is simply not a believable character...he has major issues with masturbation..but not with having sex with ghosts or being bi-sexual??
This book could have been more structured an editor could have cleaned this up....better luck next time!
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Summary: Amazing
Review: I've read quite a few (though not all) of the Vampire Chronicles. This is an amazing book. i cannot wait until the next book comes out. This is a great book even if you have not read all of the Chronicles. Its a beautiful story.
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Summary: strong crossroad horror entry
Review: Heir to the wealthy Louisiana Blackwood Farm, Quinn Blackwood is a true son of the south, but has a secret that makes him quite different. He suffers nightmares caused by his spirit world doppelganger Goblin. Still he finds passion with teenage Mona Mayfair until Petronia converts him into a vampire.Though he does not want to be a blood seeker, Quinn's worse phantasm is that his doppelganger is not only one too, but that Goblin plans to destroy everyone Quinn loves and cherishes especially Mona. Knowing he remains an ineffective tyro when it comes to the night life, Quinn seeks the aid of Lestat, who refuses to help until the young vampire explains his full life history. Anne Rice cleverly intersects characters from her two favorite series ("Vampire Chronicles" and the "Mayfair Witches") that have had runs longer than a vampire's life span though a fresh set of characters especially Goblin and Quinn make this work on of the author's best. The story line is typical of Ms. Rice filled with vivid detail and erotic elements with many scenes provided by Quinn describing his past. Though at times it seems Ms. Rice prefers to be a historical biographer, her myriad of fans will celebrate BLACKWOOD FARM due to the vigor of the Quinn vs. Goblin obsession war of supremacy. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: She's Getting the voodoo back...
Review: I am extremely particular in the authors I read. I found Rice's earlier vampire books fascinating. My favorite book of her's is Servant of the Bones though. I also found her Mayfair Witch series captivating. How long can someone keep up with new exciteing tales? I would begrudge her nothing if every new book of hers was only so-so. After reading Violin I was afraid she lost her creative ability, a book that I couldn't even finish. But Merrick brought new hope to me, and Blackwood Farm restored my faith in her writing abilities. Could it have been better?...of course, everything can be better. The point is that this book was a great joy to read and I reccomend it highly.
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Summary: Arg...not again.
Review: At the end of the book I was left with the horrible realisation of how close the whole vampire "Troop of beloveds" are to holding hands and singing Kumbaya around a campfire.
I mean, it's been going down hill ever since Vampire Armand with ever so more apparent oozing of christian underlines in the storylines.
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Summary: Hard to get into, but worth the effort
Review: It took me two months to read the first half of this book, and three days to finish it! It is pretty slow at first and the characters do not "grab" you right away. However I think all the buildup and boring details are necessary for the real story, which appears about the time Mona Mayfair does, to work. The ending is rather abrupt, which is the only reason I did not give it 5 stars. I would give it 4 and a half if that were possible. I cried when it was over, not because the ending was particularly sad, but because it was over! PLEASE TELL ME ANOTHER BOOK ABOUT QUINN, MONA, AND LESTAT IS COMING!!!
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Summary: Her Best Work in a Long Time
Review: Anne Rice can be a great story-teller, and this is one the best stories she has written in a long time. She creates a new family, the Blackwoods, puts them on an estate in a Louisana swamp with ghosts and a spirit called Goblin, salts them with characters from her other works (the Mayfairs, Lestat, and the Talamasca), and just lets the story unfold. There are no metaphysical musings to get in the way here; just smoothly-flowing prose. My only gripe (and this is farily minor) was that I knew how the book was going to end well before I got there.
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Summary: Fantastic as usual!
Review: This is a very short review, but I just had to say that I dearly loved this book and the way our beloved vampires intermingled with the equally loved Mayfair witches. It was also wonderful to see Lestat back in action. Anne Rice is as wonderfual as ever.
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Summary: Beautiful
Review: As my title states i felt that this was a beautiful novel. I am an aved reader and long time lover of the Vampire Chronicles and really anthing that Anne Rice writes. I find her characters in the book amazing, Quin is amazing and his love afair with Mona is heart wrenching. I felt that although i loved this book a year or so is too long to wait to see what happens to Mona. This was one of the better V.C.'s of late and if you read Blood and Gold and were dissapointed as I was (my favorite characters were not in the book) you will not be dissapointed this time. I can not put into words my love of both the V.C and the Mayfair Witches and this combination adds an elimate to her books that I have not yet been experienced. I must say though that for myself with Luis as my favorite it was hard not to see him, hopefully he will be in the next Anne Rice book and shine as he always does.
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