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Summary: Complete Vampire Chronicles
Review: Good old Anne is a wonderful story teller. Well, not only that, to be fair. The fact that so many people feel enchanted with har characters makes her a good portrayer and critic of society and Christianity. And that is what makes you plough through her books in many ways, you can relate to the different personalities which are introduced and in particular to their dark side.Her first book, Interview, was a tremendous shock. It's all heart and little explanation. Your feelings run wild with her passionate descriptions and as you enter her barroque world of Vampires you don't worry about the whys or the hows, because what is in front of you is the only thing you can just about handle. Afterwards you begin to ask the questions, and indeed there are many. Overall a terrific formula to open a series- towards the end... Tarantino must have learn something from this. Now is Lestat's turn. Is he really that demonic, or does he have a heavier burden than he can carry? Well, this has to be the best book. The biography of Rice's darkest secrets. Her fears, dreams and views on many subjects. Her narrative style is superb and the subtleness of her story is very clever. At points in the book you ask yourself; "what the hell does she mean a Vempire is?" Because, indeed many passages can be interpreted very differently, against many social and cultural topics, which to say the least, do not lack in controversy. After such an imaginative and critical piece of work, the next two books: The Queen and The Body Thief, simply can not compare. They are very different to the first two. Nevertheless a good read in which you are introduced to many characters, in many different stages of history. Story-building books with a gran finale, in which you are not quite sure with whom your feelings are. Rice is very good at that... lots of adventure, mixed with the decadent romanticism her characters transpire. Finally, Menmoch is the culmination of a job well done. A good finish to the series. Lestat goes out with a bang. Some of her descriptions of hell and heaven I did not like, but that is personal. What is important is her good attempt at explaining the ultimate question: Creation. Very dangereous grounds because it can only be her interpretation of something unexplainable, and sometimes this can be fatally criticised. But, she remains faithfull to her style and perspective (A Christian God)and it works. The ending is unique, you don't see it coming, even after you've read it a few times. This was to a certain extent a similar approach to Scorcese's film The Last temptation... What if Christ didn't know He was the son of God? Well, how about this: What if The Devil was a genuine good guy? Or is he just another piece of the board?
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Summary: fascinating
Review: I first heared of these books from one of my friends. She was so exited about it that I promised her I would read them, and I did. I was very fascinated with the books. The way they are written made me feel I knew the persons in the books. I felt what they felt and I couldn't get them out of my mind. I still can't. If you have a connection with the vampire world you would really like these books, I promiss.
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Summary: It's worth at least starting...
Review: It is difficult to rate the first four of this series as one... Interview (vol. 1) is one of the most sensuous, moving, and mesmerizing tales I have had the good fortune to lose myself in. Louis is a beautiful hero torn between a passion for a life he chose but now cannot condone and the paralyzing fear of dilerberately ending it. Lestat (vol. 2) is an interesting history, at times engaging, and written tolerably well. Queen (vol. 3) ossilates between being an insane jumble of unimportant characters and a blast of miserably heavy-handed metaphor. Its only redemption being the new character, Khaymen. Body Thief (vol.4) is simply another mundane pulp fiction story among thousands. It was in Interview that I fell so deeply in love with Louis, Claudia, and Armand. Now, besotted, I plod through the rest of the series hoping for glimpses of the characters for which I developed such a passion. Rice's fatal mistake was in abandoning her original passionate and philosophical hero (Louis) for the excessively prideful and narcissistic Lestat who becomes more intolerable as the series progresses. He, as a character, commits the cardinal sin of not only failing to continually develop, but actually dissolves into something two dimensional and utterly predictable. As for the beloved characters, they make obligatory appearances in which they are nearly unrecognizable compared to their former selves, only occasionally living up to the standards set in Interview. The worst of this begins in Queen. As to the criticism regarding religious soapboxes and homosexuality. Ignore most of it. Enter the world of these vampires with an open mind and allow yourself to wonder at the possibilities presented. You'll probably find that you opened a door into parts of your own well-hidden world. The descriptive writing never fails to be intricate, erotic, and intoxicating. Rice, at least, manages to keep that fairly well intact. There are two more after these four and so far nothing as good as Interview. Regardless, if you do choose to delve into this realm of beautiful and sumptuous prose, be sure to read them in order..
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Summary: Never incomplete
Review: This whole collection offers a chance to stop one tale and pick up the next. I couldn't stop reading any of them. Claudia's anger with Lestat, Lestat's anger with the world, and the Queen really was damned. There was no suprise in any of the endings because everyone was just really self-centered.
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Summary: I want to meet Lestat
Review: I was in high school when I first picked up Interview with the Vampire. I felt as if I was really in New Orleans. Before long, I was reading The Vampire Lestat. I want to meet him! I sometimes need to remember he is only a character in a book. Queen of the Damned answered most of my unanswered questions not answered from Lestat. The Tale of the Body Theif was great. Many of my friends are big fans of Anne Rice and we all love these books. I can't wait for more!
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Summary: Exciting and thought provoking...
Review: These books are the best vampire books I've read by far. They are far more than vampire books however and not your ordinary ones at that. I've always been an aficionado of vampires but these are incredible. The history of vampires, so intricate and involved...I love books that make me think, won't let me put them down, provoke my thoughts. The books take time but are very worthwhile!
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Summary: The Vampire Cronicles.
Review: I really enjoy the vampire cronicles. I have her whole series. I enjoy going to different places from all over the world. She puts mystery, romance and adventure to it. Which I think keeps you wanting to read more. I guess its like a good old mystery or classic that you want to read more about or over.
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Summary: the never ending journey for lestat
Review: i think this book is fascinating. I dedicate my soul to the everlasting legends of vampires but almost no book feed my soul like this book. if any one ever is interested in meeting there soul/mate that just for the records i am a girl so i am loking for a man that loves vampires and is at least 20 to 26 beep me19172841642
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Summary: Nothing is quite like this.......
Review: This is the best set of books I have read in my entire life! I read each one within days. I could not put them down for a second. There is no other book like the vampire chronicles. Rice has put many adventurous tales to each book. She has made the unreal seem very real. I can't wait until she writes more books that involve the ever so luxiourious Vampires.
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Summary: Pandora
Review: Pandora, is a great read. Having enjoyed Anne Rice Vampire books from the start. I'm currently waiting for the newest book to come out in this set. I also enjoyed Victro, Found it to be well written and reseached. I have yet to find a book written by this author that I do not enjoy reading.
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