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Summary: It was ok.
Review: I have hoped beyond hope that Anne Rice would return to herpast glory-but after reading this latest, I think I will head for thelibrary instead of the bookstore for her next.Some severe historical inaccuracies are really distracting. This combined with some uncomfortable pedophilia and some horrendous character about faces have me seriously doubting if I will believe what will happen next in this tale. And the problem is that it keeps repeating itself, and I still won't believe it.
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Summary: ANNE RICE KICKS BUTT!!!
Review: Anne Rice has a grip on vampires that no other author couldPOSSIBLY attain. In the twenty years that she has been entertainingreaders with her Vampire Chronicles (7 in all, currently Interview with The Vampire to The Vampire Armand) she has just been getting better and better! I though that she had lost it a little in Memnoch The Devil (No. 5) but if she did, she picked up her crown again with Pandora: New Tales of The Vampires (No. 6). I LOVE the characters she brings into her novels...from the enduring Louis to the secretive and unknown Eric. The Vampire Armand is a good read for a horror reader or a Rice fanatic. Either kind of person will enjoy it and as for all the people going on about the amount of sexual themes/sexy parts in her novels...all I have to say is this: vampires ARE erotic, sensuous creatures and the taste of blood is absolute ecstasy to them...so just get off the poor woman's case!!! She's doing her best and as a fan, I think she's going FINE!
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Summary: THE VAMPIRE ARMAND ROCKED!
Review: Here in New Mexico, it's pretty boring, but Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles make it feel less boring. Whoever said that The Vampire Armand was boring or wrong, has no sense of true beauty. I own all of her books, and they are all wonderful! Read the book and find out for yourself!
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Summary: My most beloved character finally finds his voice!
Review: From his first appearance in Interview, I have loved Armand. There was never enough information about him. I cherished every sentence and reference to this beautiful boy. Read this for him. But I must make a comment about some of his actions that were out of character. His Frankenstien's monster experiment with poor little Claudia was absurd. It dampened an otherwise extraordinary read. Was is only there for shock value or was there supposed to be some kind of character motivation behind it? If you care to skip this little part, then The Vampire Armand is one of the best Rice books ever!
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Summary: Anne Rice -- the Aaron Spelling of the Vampire genre
Review: How many spin-offs of an initial vampire novel can there be? The answer is obviously limitless. Like anything that's been overdone, quality declines and with Rice, this decline has been obvious ever since her first well-written and fairly original "Interview With a Vampire." For those who cannot have too much bloodsucking and/or gushy immortal torment, this book will satisfy. To me, Rice has lost her power by oversaturating her chosen genre. Can she even write a real novel? Why doesn't she give it a shot and let's see.
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Summary: Just plain awful
Review: Once upon a time Anne Rice wrote interesting books. But that time has past. Today she is best described as a hack - what's worse, she's hacking her own work! Unlike her previous efforts ("The Vampire Lestat", "The Witching Hour"), "The Vampire Armand" is flat, boring, and worst of all makes absolutely no sense. These are not characters I cared about even slightly. In fact, I didn't even know them. As in "Memnoch the Devil", "The Vampire Armand" contains names readers may remember from the VampChron series, but the characters have been rendered unrecognizable. Several scenes within TVA directly oppose facts presented in the series previously - not just historical inaccuracies which will leave readers scratching their heads, but significant details regarding established characters such as ages, their locations, even physical descriptions! I fully expected to discover by the end of TVA that Louis and Lestat were actually Lulu and Leslie, two old bald women living in Seattle. It would have made just as much sense as anything else in the book. In short, I have paid for my last Anne Rice novel. This book is just plain awful.
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Summary: Yet Another Masterpiece
Review: Does there exist a Authors' Hall of Fame? Anne reigns as the ultimate combo (romance, mystery, horror all-in-one) author of her time. The Vampire Armand is yet again evidence of this FACT. Rice's key strength is her use of characterization. Like Lestat, Louis, Ramses, etc. before him, Armand comes alive. He lives through Anne's words, and you have to fall in love with him. Now if she would only write a sequel to Ramses!
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Summary: one of the best
Review: i my self love the vampire lestat. I have read every book at leats 3 times.(yes and her other books as well) but none of them hold a candle to this one!
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Summary: The greates Biography ever written (that includes Lestats)
Review: I was miserable when i thought that Armand had perished in 'Memnoch' but joy of joys he is alive, well and dark and brooding as always. Armand is my favourite Vampire from the chronicles therefore i maybe a little biased but there is no doubt in my mind that this is the greatest book since 'The queen of the Damned'. There are so many highlights that it's hard to pick out just one or two things that i particularly enjoy, but the recollection of Armands mortal (and vampire) life with Marius is both breathtaking and mind blowing. I was glad to find my favourite Vampire still kicking ass, and he writes of antics that even the great Lestat would be proud of. A truly amazing read that is a feast for all the senses
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Summary: Continues the series!
Review: If you've enjoyed the Vampire books, strap in for another installment. Great reading. For more paranormal, check out some of Robert Doherty's stuff-- more modern, but also very intriguing.
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