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Summary: really good idea for a book - could have been done better
Review: ok, the idea behind the body theif was a pretty good idea... it could have been executed alot better than it was... the problem with the book that i saw was that it was entirely to descriptive, and at some points even confusing....sometimes it took 20 pages to describe what could have been told in 10 or even 5 pages.. however i did like the emphasis that was put on david and lestats relationship. I cant say to much about it though because i dont want to give anything away. I will say that this is definatly not my favorite book out of the series, but if you have read the others then you need to read this one too, or you will end up being lost... the last 20 or 30 pages of the book were pretty interesting... in a way you kind of expect what happens, but then again you dont... as i said this wasnt one of my favorite books in the series, but maybe you will find it to be a better read than i found it to be...
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Summary: Pure Exciting Adventure!
Review: "Tale of the Body Thief" is (in my opinion) the last worthy volume of the Vampire Chronicles, before Anne Rice succumbed to the usual "preachy writer's cramp disease" that strikes so many writers after they feel they've said all they have to say about a character (yet fans keep insisting), and then their egos begin writing the books. This book really has it all... an exciting story full of adventure, characters you will know intimately (and either love or hate) by the end of the story, and some interesting spiritual things to say. Ignore any other "vampire" book referring to Lestat, this is the last time Anne Rice had anything worthwhile to say about him. If only fans would listen when a writer says "the tale is told!" Superb, entertaining... can't think of enough great things to say about it. 6/5 stars.
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Summary: Good story, WAY to preachy
Review: I really liked the first three books Anne wrote in this series. However, it seems she gets more and more preachy every book she writes. I want to read a great story, not lectured on her views of the world. The story would not have suffered any, if these preaching interludes were left out. This is the last Anne Rice book I bought and it will remain that way. It is too bad, because Lestat was pretty cool.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: Wow is really the only word that comes to mind right now. I just finished the book, and it was one of the best I have ever read. Anne Rice yet again has amazed me in a way that no other author ever has. She writes vividly and convincingly, and weaves a tale that I jumped into and couldn't get out of. Lestat de Lioncourt is a vampire. He is the main character in the vampire series. He is an old vampire, who is seemingly indestructible, and lives to break the rules, especially the ones formed by the other vampires, the ones that survived the recent extermination of most of the vampires of the world. Anne Rice only brings a few of her old characters into this novel. Those are Marius and Louis. Also, the haunting nightmares of Claudia, the child vampire that would remain small forever. She perished in the first book of the series. The other main character is a human, though. David Talbot. He is the leader of the Talamasca, a mysterious, old business that chases the supernatural and keeps records of them. (Described in more depth in the third addition of the Vampire Chronicles, Queen of the Damned) The first 100 or so pages deal with these two characters. Then enter the opponent. Raglan James is a human with extremely powerful psychic powers, who can take over the bodies of other humans. He brings up an offer to Lestat to switch bodies. Lestat realizes what this means: after centuries of being a vampire, he can finally go back to being a human. And not only is just any switch, it would only be for 24 hours, and the body that Lestat would inhabit is a rather nice looking body. But both David Talbot and Louis tell him not to, and Lestat doesn't even want to think about what the other vampires would think about it. He makes his decision and does the switch anyway. Well, if you couldn't already guess it, Raglan James does not return with his powerful body. And also obvious is the fact that Lestat stands no chance against a vampire in a human body. So, he enlists the help of Louis, and hopefully all of the other vampires. They turn their back on him. So, then Lestat has no one else except David Talbot to ask for help, and he has trouble doing all of these things in his all-too human body. He finds all of the daily chores that humans go through disgusting and revolting. He goes through with it anyway, and goes through many trials, experiencing being a human in ways that none of us ever has. He feels everything differently, and misses greatly the powers that he had in his vampiric body. Anne Rice describes things in ways that no one else could. Lestat is the perfect hero, and at the same time a perfect devil. His triumphs and losses are felt deeply by the readers, and anyone that likes vampires must read this book!!
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Summary: The Body Theif stole my attention and kept it.
Review: The Body Theif is Anne Rice's best book in the Lestat series yet. Her words bring the story to life, the images to mind. The reader actually feels as if they are lying next to Lestat in the harsh sun of the Gobi desert. They can feel the sun burning their skin. The best part of this book would have to be the new characters. Raglan James, and Gretchen the nun both represent different classes of people in society. Raglan, the obsessive wrong-doer, and Gretchen the obsessive good-doer. This gives the book even more depth and meaning than before. Hopefully the next book in the series will be just as compelling.
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Summary: very well done
Review: the book lets you go into lestats most intamite feelings and i think it is one of the best in the series. this book lets you see and feel what it is like for him to be human again and i think that is what makes lestat a great vamp.....for he triomphs over evil again.
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Summary: The Twists and turns of Raglyn James
Review: This has to be one of the more confusing novels Rice has written. It takes you around and around until you are finally fed up with Raglyn James, the body theif, and then pulls you back in until you can't stop reading it.
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Summary: Not a bad tale!!!
Review: I have to say that I love the Vampire Chronicles. "Queen" is my favorite of all of Mrs. Rice's vampire novels. As far as this book, I thought the biginning was very slow, but after 70 pages or so, it began to pick up. I couldn't put it down after that. The more I read, the more suspensful it got. I must say, I was really surprise with Lestat actions at the end of the story. I guess I shouldn't be shocked since he's such a complex character... I also learned that Lestat is NOT my fovorite vampire.... He's too spoiled and somewhat of a coward in this book, if you ask me. I really like Louis; he seems to have more conviction. I truly enjoyed Lestat and David Talbot's adventure. The whole concept of the body theif being a soccerer was very interesting too.
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Summary: one of the worst
Review: ive been a fan of anne rice since 7th grade. the first book i read she wrote was INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE, which i have to say is an absoulte masterpiece. upon reading INTERVIEW, i clearly could somehow relate to Louis and was very interested in his tale. Louis is also my favoriate character, (despite Lestats popularity). i continued to read her work, reading through chrnological order, till i go to the tale of the body thief. i didnt really know what to expect from this book, but i thought the title was interesting and it is part of the vampire chronicles. well after reading this book all i can say is that this is the absoulte WEAKEST vampire novel Mrs.Rice has ever written-- one of the worst books she has ever written. The book is filled with the typical Anne Rice approach to storytelling, including reptitious and needless descriptions of everything, which includes the characters thoughts.the book starts out slow, and i mean slllllllllllllllllllooooooooowwww. the first 70 pages are seemingly pointless, filled with all the needless descriptions and Lestat's behavoir. When the plot is picked up-- the switching of the bodies-- i was temporarly interested, but only temporarly. i then continued reading through the bland, monotous and horrible story. but at the conclusion, this book was just bad. this doesnt EVEN compare to interview or the vampire lestat, i wouldnt reccomend this to anyone, even an anne rice fan. this is the weakest of the series. on a final note i think anne rice should have Lestat doing other things besides weeping and whining. dont bother reading this, save your money and time for something worthwhile
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Summary: ??
Review: i have been a fan of anne rice since i was in 7th grade. i started with book #1 (interview with the vampire), and that was problay my favoriate one of them all, (with the vampire lestat coming close ). nevertheless, i made a strong connection with louis, and he happened to be my favoriate character, (yes i liked him better than the poor lestat). but when i got to the tale of the boy thief, i asked myself, what is this junk? it started out sllllooooowww, and i mean slow. 70 pages of needless descriptions of just about everything and lestats boring accounts of his thoughts. when i finaly got to the plot of the novel- him switching bodies-- i was temporarly interested. then i continued to read to the end, a grueling, slow, monotonus story. but to come to the conclusion, this book doesn't even compare to INTERVIEW, The Vampire Lestat, or the Queen of the Damned. i believe this is one of her worst works ever ( and i think Mrs. Rice needs to have Lestat doing other things besides countlessly weeping and whining). But take my advice-- this book is bad. Read something else and save your money and time.
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