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Summary: This book kicked!
Review: After reading the novel, The Vampire Lestat, I fell in love with the vampire chronicles. After reading that book, I thought nothing could compare, but oh boy was I wrong. This book topped every concept that I had ever thought myself a genious. It blows your mind as you try to predict the next event, and it takes a turn in a whole new direction. Buy this book and be sucked in as I was. A must read.
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Summary: the Beautifel Damnd
Review: This is my most favorite book by Rice.My only complaint is perhapes too many characters to fallow.However it was a quick read and I loved all the Armand and Daniel scens.
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Summary: So far, So good...
Review: After reading Interview with a Vampire and The Vampire Lestat, I thought this series was going to decline. But after reading The Queen of the Damned, I see I have a lot to look forward to (well, i'm on to The Tale of the Body Thief which is alittle slow so far). I would definitely recommend this book to everyone.
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Summary: g.o.t.d. proof of reading book
Review: this book is very good it is about the adventures and crulity of vampires against humans and the male vampire lestat becomes a rock star and he awakens the gueen of all there damed akasha and she takes him as a heir to the thrown to her dead king and they tend to rule the world but lestat turns on her and almost kills her but the vampire mauharet kills her instead and she also dies along with her. i liked this book very much.
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Summary: The Queen has Awaken! And We Will Never Be the Same.
Review: Reading an Anne Rice novel is like putting together a giant jigsaw puzzle, you may not understand all the story's pieces, but you know that they will all come together by the end. And they do! (Beautifully!!) Picking up the story (and filling in the history) where The Vampire Lestat left off. What a rich and imaginative history it is too! The Red Haired Twins' story is well worth the cost of the book. I wonder what feminst separtists think of Akasha plan to "remedy" mankind? Bravo Anne, you characterizations and plot never falter. Although the pace may slow so the reader can be fully immensed themselves in the wonderful world you create. I can't wait to read the next one. (Greatly behind the times I know, but everyone discovers a masterpiece in their own time.) While the critics may not be the kindnest to you work, you have a "A Great Family" of fans that will rise up time and time again. And I'm vey happy to be related to the family.
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Summary: What the heck was this incoherent piece or rubbish?
Review: Before I was to set to embark upon a long secluded road trip, I decided to check out the public library's audio book section. I saw Queen of the Damned and thought that if they made a movie about it, it must be somewhat enjoyable. I should have known why no one watched the movie.Maybe because the audio book was abridged, but this book made no sense whatsoever. First, some guy is walking about, then some woman talks about her family, then some funky dreams occur, some queen kills a lot of religious males for some apparent reason, then ancient Egyptian cannibals are brought in to the mix, then the same queen dies. Apparently, Queen Akasha destroyed a village of people eaters, except two twins during ancient Egyptian times. The Queen comes back, gets mad a lot, and faces the same twins in the final battle. That's pretty much it. I saw the Interview with a Vampire, I thought that this might capture some of the essence. Not even close. Avoid this like the plague.
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Summary: The One Where She Loses It!
Review: This book starts out great but starts to become boring towards the end. There is too much history and too many stories within stories within stories to keep it interesting. All the characters are great, without exception, but there is just too much of this ancient Egypt stuff. Some parts of it feel more like history books than a bestselling horror novel. The plot revolves around an ancient Egyptian queen, an ancestor of all vampires, who tries to save the world by killing most of the male population. There are some interesting ideas there, including the idea that men are responsible for most of the problems of the world and that women would do a better job if they were given the chance. However, I just can't beleive the Queen's motive. I mean, why is she trying to save the world in the first place? Rice spends a lot of time trying to explain the motive and her personality, but I just can't see why she would go to all that trouble to save humanity. I am now reading the fourth installment of the Vampire Chronicles and it seems that Rice is back in good form now.
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Summary: Enchanting tale
Review: When i first started to read this novel, i got bored and impatient with the plot fast. I mean, i haven't read the first two installments of Anne Rice's series and had no recollection of the characters, but pretty soon the plot started to pick up pace and i got into the story. The story is mainly composed of different point of view narration, all pulling together to tell the tale of Queen Akasha, the queen of the Damn. This allows the reader to gain a more intimate prospective to the various characters and allows Anne Rice to easily develop the characters. The downside of this is that she switches the focus of the story to a different character just as soon as you are really caught up with the prospective of one. I found this story to be a quite unique and exquisite tale dealing with vampires. I've always been interested in demonic tales of vampires and demons and it is quite interesting to read about Anne Rice's version of how the very first vampires came into being. I praise Rice for her creativity and imagination. The various flashbacks into the past, which focuses on two fiery haired twins and their role in the creation of Akasha and Enkil were quite facinating. Another matter of facination is of the character of Akasha. She is undoubtedly the best character to this story. Her plan to "save the world" by basically destroying man kind was interesting. In conclusion i recommend this book to practically anyone interested in the world of vampires. I knew i had a good time with this story. You won't be dissapointed. The story has a rich casting of original characters and an original and involving plot.
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Summary: Writing that inspires; a climax that fizzles.
Review: Despite what I'm about to write in this review, let me just state up front that I would highly recommend this book. Now to the task of dissecting Anne Rice's third installment of The Vampire Chronicles. Queen of the Damned further supports my belief that Anne Rice is one of the finest writers of our time. Despite the length of her books, she doesn't fill them up with useless verbiage. Her descriptions are concise but effect. The remainder of her writing is comprised of effective dialogue, compelling internal monologue, and enthralling action. As Rice takes us through 6,000 years of history, we're drawn into each time period through well-placed historical facts (or theories). But, of course, the most important aspect of these trips through history is the world that Rice has created, in which vampires and spirits exist. We have the additional benefit in this book of seeing this world through the eyes of multiple characters, as they tell the evolving tale of Akasha and the twins. Despite this tremendous foundation on which to build her plot, Rice falls just short of a rousing success in this story's culmination. 400 pages are spent leading up to the ultimate clash of the immortals, but if you blink, you'll nearly miss what happens. I'm not surprised that the movie (which I ashamedly admit I've seen) didn't have the same ending. I believe that Rice must've known she failed in the climax, because the denouement of the book lasts for roughly 40 pages, as Lestat seeks to fully grasp and understand what happened. Overall, the book is outstanding. The story is well-composed ... so well-composed, in fact, that it can exist regardless of the ending.
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Summary: WHOA!
Review: ok, I admit it, I have not completely finished this book, so I am sure that I have not quite yet discovered the genius that Anne Rice has employed in this 3rd book of the Vampire Chronicles. But, I am almost done, and it is the most capitvating book I have ever read. Interview with the Vampire was a slow-moving book, with overly detailed descriptions and exagerated feelings from the vampire Louis, who seemed to have not been able to make the transition from human to vampire. The book itself revolutionized the way that vampires were looked at in such an ingenius way that I could forgive all these mild annoyances. It seems that the next book was just the opposite extremity. It gave way to great mysteries, old vampires, and answers to human questions in a way that only Anne Rice could do. But it seemed to still be preparing for something. It was preparing for this very book. The Queen of the Damned is the ultimate book of a series. It introduces everyone in short amounts of time, and gives them all the same goal: to somehow get to the upcoming concert of The Vampire Lesat. In the 2nd book of the series, it is described by none other than Lestat, but he has no idea what elements were at play while he was yelling his satanic chants. He had no idea that Akasha, the mother of all vampires, was closer than he could imagine. This book reveals anything and everything that you need to know about this series. It emphasizes just how special and monumental this concert of Lestat's is, and it gives way to a revolution in vampires like never seen before... This is truly the most important, most exciting, and best book of the series so far, and should be read by any fan of Anne Rice.
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