Memnoch the Devil

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Summary: Well done but very touchy subject!
Review: I was shocked when I first read the book. It was a little too much I even found myself putting it down at times to soak it all in. Some of it went against my deeply ingrained Catholic background. I cannot imagine anyone who actually goes to church even touching this book. However, it is an interesting point of view no matter how atrocious it is. She tackles a subject that should be left to someone else other than a vampire to discover. Although I rate it 5 stars on the fact simply that she is an author who can make something as horrific as the god of hell a deep and soulful character who you almost feel for by the end of the book and our lord above a loathsome creature who is pushing us all out of heaven for his own dark purpose.

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Summary: God Damn Amazing!! Read it and see.....!!!
Review: I can't understand why this book has not averaged 5 stars!! It's one of the best books I've ever read. It has everything you expect from the Vampire Chronicles...Action, gorgeous description, all the the characters we know and love and to top it all off a most amazing arguement on creation itself. Lestat finally enters his most exciting adventure yet! The only problem with the book is how on earth does she top this?! Read it or you'll weep!!

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Summary: Existentialism vs: Amophomorphic Deity no longer applies!
Review: I was blown to "Kingdom Come" after reading this installment of "the Vampire Chronicles." I was never sure whether to feel blasphemous, excited or newly recruited to a new theological persuasion. I will think twice before claiming "the Devil made me do it!" In short, I loved it and the Chronicles in their entirety."

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Summary: he he- to die for!
Review: This book by Anne Rice was simply stupendous. It was a work of many wonders, delving into ideas never before thought (or at least spoken aloud) of good versus evil and beyond. The intricism of her plot and the theology to back it makes you want to read this story in one sitting- over and over and over and over and over again.

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Summary: One of the best books I've read of the series.
Review: I like this book because it was very surprizing and you didn't know what was going to happen next.I didn't like the bit when Armand killed himself because he is my favourite charater in the series.

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Summary: Fascinating
Review: As a long time fan of Ann Rice and a practicing Christian, I found "Memnoch the Devil" to be extremely fun to read. The vampires in previous works have struggled with the philosophical contradictions of their existance. In this novel she addresses the issue. I love her style, and true to form she gives us compelling and thought provoking dialogue between good and evil. I highly recommend this book to people with the intellect and imagination to grasp it's subtly.

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Summary: god and the devil as a certainty doesn't match 1st 4 books
Review: Anne Rices attempt at a new theme for this book was a mistake. One of the things that made the 1st 4 books so mysterious is the vampires secret seductive existance and there own uncertainty about god , the devil, and life. We all remeber louis tourment over if there was a god or not and why he was allowed to live if there was one. Or Armands cult of devil worshpiers that fell apart do to changing times. Or lestats open difiance un caring of weather or not there was a god or an after life. These things put a sort of seductive twist on how much more confused the vampires were on religion now that they had been alive for so long and seen so much. Now all of a sudden we don't just find out a god exists, we have a talk with the devil, trips threw time, a witness to the death of christ. What is this all about. It is completly uncharacter with the first four books. After this book I guess no vampires well ever be misguided again, because after all, now they KNOW for a FACT that god exists, the devil exists, Christ was the savior. Well i guess Louis will finally be happy.

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Summary: What are you people thinking???
Review: I got on here to see what other people thought of this immaculate work by Anne Rice and I found myself to be appaled. Are you people so dense you can not see of this novel sums up everything ever written in The Vampire Chronicles. Honestly, and you call yourselves fans!

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Summary: Thrilling at times, overall very slow.
Review: I'm a huge Anne Rice fan, but Memnoch disappointed me. It was too slow and too detailed at times. It ended well, but overall, Memnoch did not live up to the other previous books in the series which I adored.

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Summary: Vampire Fans Should Stick with the other Installments
Review: This is a disappointing novel. After having enjoyed the first 4 volumes of the Vampire Chronicles, I had trouble getting interested in what was mostly a long dissertation narrated by the devil. Vampire fans are better off skipping this one, and moving right along to the Vampire Armand.