Queen of the Damned (Vampire Chronicles, Book III)

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Summary: This book is a great "coming together" of all vampires!
Review: This book has a fresh new perspective on all of Rice's Vampires; she introduces us to the creator of all vampires and takes the reader back to the time when the vampires were first created. I especially enjoyed the sub-story of The Twins. I hope that Anne Rice follows with a novel dedicated to the lives of Mekare and Maharet, including their lives and the Great Family of which they had created. I would love to learn more of these bewitching red-haired twins!! The Queen of the Damned is suspenseful and an extremely intense read!!

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Summary: A chilling tale
Review: Queen Of The Damned takes us deeper intot he dark world which Rice so masterfully creates, albeit an overly descriptive and wordy world. This tale is probablly the most intricate of the first three books and has the strongest storyline. The action is plentiful and at times you can even have more sympathy for Lestat than ever before. In this, our antagonistic hero is at the mercy of an overpowering entity that confounds his senses and emotions thoroughly. His mores are more in question and it illustrates adequately his torment. A step up from The Vampire Lestat, but twice removed from the more delicate Interview With A Vampire.

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Summary: The Queen of the Damned or the Queen of Hell?
Review: Beware!!!!!! Akasha is on the loose and prowling all around. She is ready to execute her plan to eliminate "those who block out the peace on earth" drawing Lestat to aid her purpose. Unlike the two previous volumes, this third book gives a step forward. Detaching itself from the recounting in first person it adds the third person view-style, giving the tale a new perspective and the possibility of telling the stories of other vampires involved in the plot. Zillions of characters make up these pages, and stories within stories build a whole different world leading the path to the unfolding of the origin of the Dark Gift and the beginning of vampires.

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Summary: A huge, incredible history class!
Review: Having read 5 out of the 6 chronicles, I must say this is the best! It gives you a complete new vision of vampires and the history of mankind. The Great Family, the Talamasca, the twins. All mixed up in an incredible novel. If you want to read a HUGE story with lots of characters and surprising revelations, this is the one!

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Summary: My Favorite book in the world!
Review: I read this book on a car trip and the 8-hour trip from San Antonio to New Mexico seemed like no time at all. My cousin introduced the series to me and I would like to thank her because these are the best books I have ever read. The narratives are not all the same. Just as if they were real, the language changes with the characters. (Baby Jenks's slang to Marius's philosophical reflections) The middle section drags a bit with the story of the twins, but I have nothing else to complain about. I'm reading the book for the 6th time and I'm still enjoying it. I had been wondering what happened to the boy from Interveiw (and what his name was) and it was totally unexpected for him to become Armand's child! I had expected Louis or Lestat. But Armand is my favorite. I can't believe he suicided and I can't wait for The Vampire Armand to come out. Anne Rice is my favorite writer and Queen of the Damned is my favorite book.

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Summary: Great addition to a wonderful series!
Review: Ann Rice's Queen of the Damned is just as exciting as the other books in the Vampire Chronicles. Delightful to read!

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Summary: The best of the Vamprie chronicles
Review: Anne Rice at her best. This is a must read for fans of her and other vampire fans. Rice writes a history for her vamprires that is out of this world you would think it is true!

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Summary: Brilliant
Review: As someone who finds most of Rice's writing to be, frankly, unbearable, I would recommend this book most highly. The Vampire series reaches a peak of quality with this work; she should have quit while she was ahead (i.e., don't bother w/Body Thief...)

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Summary: The book flows as richly as blood!!
Review: Anne Rice has outdone herself with this absolutely mystifying tale, quite possiblly the best of the Vampire Chronicles! Only a master of storytelling could mix the mysterious legends of Ancient Egypt with the gothic sensuality of Vampires. Queens, Pharoahs, witches, and of course those devlish vamps, haunt the novel with their recollections of their bloody histories and how it ties in with the modern day destruction of the legions of the immortal! If you enjoy Anne Rice or if you love magic and adventure, READ THIS NOVEL!

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Summary: It was excellent!
Review: This book was a must for me definitely! I loved the way the chapters belonged to different people, but relating at the same point in time. This book gives an in depth look into the world of fear as the vampires know it. I think that if you value the chronicles as much as I do, you would enjoy it!