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Summary: It was a great, stunning, intreagin novel
Review: Anne Rice has the ability to make you want to finish the whole book on the same night. It gives you thrills, suspense, love & action. She writtes the plot very seductively and invites you to feel like you are part of the novel. She has an excuisite taste in all she does
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Summary: Freaky Reading
Review: When I read this book, I was hoping that it would be just like the other 4 books in the Vampire Chronicles. Nope, this book isn't like the other 4, in fact, Anne Rice takes Lestat down a different way than I thought that she would. I really love the Lestat character, and he's really interesting... I just hope that the "Vampire Armand" is better than this one is, and any other Vampire Chronicles books that Anne Rice produces in the future.
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Summary: A diferent twist for the Brat Prince
Review: This book is different from all the other Vampire Books Anne Rice has written. While it is a little slow once pace picks up it is incredable. While the plot is not of the norm is answers the questions that Lestat has had all along... A great addition to the series!!
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Summary: what does vampirism got to do with all that ?
Review: I have always been a great fan of Anne Rice and I loved all her books, The Vampire Chronicles, the Mayfair witches, until Memnoch. I think the idea of creation and all that heavenly stuff being connected somehow with hell is just too confusing and boring. A sad follow-up to the great Tale of the Body Thief...I still love Anne Rice ...
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Summary: Hardly A Worthy Exit For Lestat
Review: Let me first say that I love Anne Rice's novels. But that is not blind love. I hated this book. First, it is badly paced. The whole story was too lose. Second, I didn't recognize Lestat at all. This is not the Lestat I have come to know. Thirdly, I had to hack through the pretentions in this book with a machete. I know that Mrs. Rice has a flourish style to her prose, but it makes me wonder whether if she is getting her money's worth out of her editor. It also makes me wonder if all that overly elborate prose was used to cover up the fact that there was no true story here. Finally, (and most importantly) this book was flat and boring. If any of you want to read Anne Rice at her best, go back to the first two books of the Vampire Chronicles. Stay away from this one.
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Summary: an intricate plot, hoiwever,somewhat lacking from the zenith
Review: I found this book outrageous as the rest of her vampiric legacy, -for want of a better word- and despite the overwhelming use of literacy and dramatic monologue, I found this book somwhat lacking in Rice' s usual sensuality and plot. Still a believer Merlin
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Summary: Not as readable as her best but nonetheless awesome
Review: Anyone who does not consider this a valid Vampire Chronicle needs to go back and reread their books. "Memnoch'" meshes very organically and thematically with the other books in the series. The devil is mentioned so much in the these books that he was practically already a character before this book was published.That being said, this is not my favorite Rice novel by far. I would lump it in as one of her "problem' novels with "Servant of the Bones" and "Vioin." Like those novels it is rather abstract and loosely plotted, as Rice might say, "More spirit than flesh." Ultimately less enjoyable and readable than many of her other novels. I don't treasure "Memnoch" but nonetheless it is an awesome and challenging book if only for the sheer power and audacity of its ideas.
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Summary: Anne's philosophical experiment with religion?
Review: After reading this book, it seemed to me that it was misplaced entirely as an entry in The Vampire Chronicles. Anne Rice deals with the eternal and etheral questions of life after death, the existence of God and the meaning of living, and while she has always done this, in a way, this book is not so much about how it might affect the protagonists in the book, as it appears a slightly philosophical approach on her own believes, and, more importantly, doubts, in which she attempts to explain a number of the contradictory statements in the Bible. Herein lies the problem, it seems, for while she displays the vampires themselves as one comes to expect her to if one's read the previous installments in The Vampire Chronicles, the Devil, the angels, heaven and hell, and God himself, is displayed in a more inconsistent and confusing fashion. The Devil is a good-hearted creature caught up in the 'games' of God, himself coming across as nothing more than impotent, vengeful and mean as well as being dumb and out of touch with his creations and reality. This in itself could have been an interresting take on the issue of religion, but Rice doesn't press the matter any further than to state that that is what they are - there's no development of the characters as such. When all is said and done, I'd rather have had a more action filled adventure such as "The Tale of the Body Thief", but even so, this book is worth reading if you want to find out what's really stirring about inside Rice's head. I'm not sure I regret having read it, but I don't think I'll read it again.
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Summary: What Happened to The End?
Review: After reading Servant of the Bones, which I was disgusted by, I decided to give Rice one more try considering Memnoch was part of the vampire chronicles. The theme and plot were very interesting, and Rice's descriptive power shone through. Yet, when I got to the end I felt cheated. I was left feeling like someone had just stolen the last 100 pages of my copy. The book itself was very well written, but there was no real ending, and with this I was very dissapointed.
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Summary: Deep thought provoking look into creation of hell and evil
Review: I started devoring the words as I frequently do with alot of Anne Rice material.The bibical facts and information showed much research into the religious lessons many of us learned in school.But, as I read on the thoughts and words from the interpretation of the Devil started to open my mind to a totally new way of thinking. When the last words were read and the story over is when the confusion hit me.Was the whole advevture with the Devil just a vison of a lie?Trust the devil?Never,my mind kept sayin. So did this mean that when Lestat drank the blood of Christ that he became mortal?He didn't want to feed as a vampire any longer.Was the veil of Veronicas' a sign of the Devil's work was to be easier for souls to enter Heaven?Why was the Devil horrified by the loss of Lestats' eye taken out.Was that a symbol of the Helpful dead trying to eliminate the Devils'barter gift? Let me hear your thoughts. Rhonda
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