Violin : A Novel

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Summary: The Downward Spiral
Review: Anne Rice's gift of writing appears to be fading. After enjoying the Vampire Chronicles I was saddened that I couldn't even make it past the first 100 pages of Violin. It's a goofy, boring, wordy, pile of --. I keep expecting to find Fabio painted on the cover of her books. 'Memnoch' was pretentious and 'Servant' was passable but I'm starting to lose faith. Maybe she'll redeem herself with my favorite supporting character, Armand.

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Summary: Really bad!
Review: I definitely agree with most of the reviewers;I don't know if I can get through this one. It is preposterous! I have read most everything of hers, and I think that maybe she should go back to historical fiction. A Feast of All Saints was her finest moment!

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Summary: WHY CAN'T I GIVE IT A NEGATIVE STAR RATING??????
Review: YIKES!!!!! What da $)#&%^@. If ever there was a book I would burn this is it. It was horrible. I kick myself when I pass it on the shelf here. I kept telling myself " one more page it will get better Anne would never make a POS" Geez it was boring, totally unedited, hard to follow, and stupid! The fact that it is semi-autobiographical scares me. It scares me because there are WAY to many ways to have exorcised those demons in words. This was the worst possible arrangement. I honestly would like someone that like this novel to walk me through it and make me see their point of view. I promise to be open-minded. Cuz I just don't get it.

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Summary: Skip this book--it is far from her best
Review: I had to force myself to complete this book which I did only because I was convinced that it would get better. Anne Rice's main character, Triana, is obsessed with death and dying. It is overkill-no pun intended. I have read other Anne Rice books and recommend that you skip Violin and check out one of her other novels. I would hate for a new reader to be turned off by Anne Rice's writing because this was the first book of her's they have picked up. I suggest The Witching Hour by Anne Rice instead or one of the books from the vampire series.

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Summary: Don't waste your money!
Review: If you understand the value of money, don't buy this book. It's a waste of time and energy, perhaps the book gets better in the end, but I couldn't bring myself to even get half way.

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Summary: Thanx for curing my insomnia Anne!!
Review: Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick Anne!!!! What the hell happened???? Talk about falling into the Stephen King mode of writing 200 pages without saying anything (and I love King and Rice both) There is only 1 thing that your supposed to do with any story------JUST TELL IT!!!! I am a voracious reader and a huge Anne Rice fan but something happened that has not happened in 20 years. I started a book and couldn't finish it!! Come back to me Anne (SOB, SOB) come baaaaaaaccckkkkk!!!!!

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Summary: Repetitive . . . Redundant . . . Regretful . . .
Review: Having read most of everything Anne Rice has written in her long and varied career, I am thoroughly disgusted by her last book, Violin. It has taken me more time to wade through one chapter of this book than to read the entire Vampire series. Is this just a filler (for her bank account) until she can become inspired again to write something more to her standards? Please, if you have nothing better to write, leave the page blank.

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Summary: And it sits, half read, on my shelf..
Review: I am normally a fan of Anne Rice, and was excited when this book came out, but as soon as I sat down and started reading it, I was greatly disappointed. I tried to force myself to get through it, telling myself that "something interesting has to happen soon"; it never did. Finally, I had to set it aside, and now it sits on my shelf, waiting until I have someone to give it to as a gift, someone with more patience for weak characters and dragging, pointless description, than myself.

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Summary: Why was this book published?
Review: I am an Anne Rice hardcover collector & thus had to have this book when it came out. But to tell you the truth, I haven't even finished it because it's so bloody boring! Memnoch was bad with a capital "B", but this one is POINTLESS! Why Anne, why?

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Summary: i guess one star is the minimum.
Review: it's too bad that anne rice has to insult us by using her books to draw little maps to her house and all the buildings she owns, or plans to buy once she writes about them. hopefully she'll buy the florist's building she talks about in violin before they make it into a starbucks.