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Summary: Memorizing
Review: Its hard to put how awesome this story was of Marius. This is a story that definately diserves Anne Rice as the author. I couldn't put this book down. A must read!!
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Summary: Anne Rice at her Best
Review: Let me start off by saying that if Marius was a real person, I would be stalking him. I love him. I love everything about him.Blood and Gold follows the life of Marius the vampire from ancient Rome (you can't go wrong here) through today. The descriptions and details are mind-blowing. Each century he describes is alive with details. One of the few books that actually ignites all of your senses. Marius is one of the most fascinating (and co-dependent) characters I have ever encountered. Every emotion in this book comes to life - his feelings of love, loneliness and desparation. I honestly have to say that this is the best Anne Rice book yet.
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Summary: A partial return to form for Anne Rice
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed Anne Rice's first few Vampire Chronicles but began to lose interest as she moved away from epic romance and character development in favor of overly detailed descriptions of the mating habits of the undead. For me, Blood and Gold, featuring the ancient Roman vampire Marius telling his own story, was a partial return to form. Marius, a familiar and appealing character, relates tales of love and heartbreak and the rise and fall of civilizations. He also relates the stories of many of the vampires he meets throughout the years, and all this once-removed storytelling takes its toll. The dialogue, laden with capitalized vampiric catch-phrases, is horribly stilted, and the distant as-told-to quality of the narrative deprives the reader of Rice's usual lush, sensuous immediacy. Until Rice comes up with some new ideas I'll sit out the next few installments of the series.
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Summary: Marius is THE MAN!
Review: Having found the first four Vampire books absolutely riveting, I was a tad disappointed here: "B and G" is not as tightly written, the characters are not quite as compelling and the plot is more episodic and meandering. Just the same, I enjoyed it. Marius, the Blood Drinker with the soul of an artist, succeeds and suffers mightily across the centuries, but heroically stays true to his creed. Yet, because of his supercharged powers and all too human weaknesses, his relationships unravel as they might for you or me, but in epic proportions. So in many ways Marius seems the least strange and most accessible of the Blood Drinkers, all throughout The Chronicles. Also, the book features wonderfully detailed depictions of life in ancient Rome and Constantinople, Renaissance Italy, and 18th century northern Europe-a great treat for the historically minded reader. Definitely a worthwhile read!
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Summary: At Last: Marius' Story
Review: While this is not the best Vampire Chronicles book Ms. Rice has written, I nonetheless enjoyed hearing Marius' story, which begins after his split from Pandora in Antioch. As a lover of history, I greatly enjoyed Ms. Rice's descriptions of ancient Rome, Constantinople, Florence, and Venice. The only negative I can say about that detail, and the reason I give only 4 stars, is that she can ramble on for pages about this stuff ad nauseum! You can always tell when Ms. Rice has fallen in love with the material she researches, and her descriptions of Botticelli are an example of that. Anyone who enjoys the Vampire Chronicles should enjoy this book. It introduces some new and intriguing characters like the brooding Avicus and the powerful Eudoxia. We also learn a little more about what happened to Mael and how he became a vampire before hooking up with Maharet. The book does rehash some of the material from Pandora and the Vampire Armand, but that doesn't detract from the overall positives.
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Summary: After Merrick this was a disappointment
Review: Really enjoyed Merrick but thought this was ok but did ramble abit and did not really draw you in. I expected something different after Merrick. Perhaps Lestat going to war with the Talesmanca. But it was not to be.
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Summary: Doesn't measure up
Review: I also am an avid reader of Anne Rice, reading most of her books and the others under her pen names. I must admit that this book really was not up to the standards I expected. I'm tired of all the complaining in this book. It took me a very long time to finish it, and I only did so I wouldn't be lost when she came out with her other books (luckily her recent works are better...there's hope yet)
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Summary: Opulance and Magnificance tied with Heartbreak
Review: A novel centered on Marius, a Vampire over 2,000 years old, and more heartbreak than any given character of Dawsons Creek. Anne Rice depicts every charming aspect of Marius' life, as well as every horrid and languishing event that would break any lesser vampire. Once again Mrs. Rice offers us a unique look at history through the eyes of a loveable demon who we cant help but love, and hate. We witness his love for Pandora, Armand, and Bianca flourish until inevitibly he ruins it with his self loathing and his eternal quest of protecting Those Who Must Be Kept. Not a similiar read to Interview or Queen, but still an amazing journey that will leave you tantilized. Thank You Mrs. Rice.
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Summary: I think its my favorite
Review: As an Anne Rice fan, I am also a huge Marius fan. If this is your first reading of Rice's vampire chronicals, then it's fine. You will have no problem picking right up. Marius gets to tell us what I believe is the most intersting of all the tales. There is romance,steamy stuff, history, horror, arts, all rolled into this. I loved it ! We see Rome, the rennaisance, Eygpt, the present all here.The visuals created by Ms Rice are vibrant, luxe, and engaging. I would highly reccomend this over Armand.
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Summary: Pathetic
Review: I loved so many of Anne Rice's works - The Vampire Lestat, Cry to Heaven, Lasher, Taltos - those books were a thick stew of plot, history and human interest. In comparison, this book is watered-down soup from a can. It's embarrassing, I can't believe she allowed it to be published - it's as formulaic as a Silhouette romance. I couldn't even make it to the end.
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