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Summary: Queen of the Damned-the book
Review: The Vampire Lestat tells his tale of his rock-stardom and it's finale via the Queen of the Damned, the mother of all vampires. It is a suspenseful tale of the adventures of Lestat and other vampires in the severe 1980's. Learn of the Children of the Millenia and the Twins and the various covens.
I recommend this book above most others in the Vampire Chronicles written by Anne Rice to the new readers of this series.
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Summary: The Devil Is In the Details
Review: Following the curse of Frank Herbert and Dune, Anne Rice doesn't know when to let sleeping vampires lie and keeps churning out sequels to her initial monster hit. And each one is just a little less than the one that preceded it.Vampire Queen Akasha, first of the immortals, awakens by the secret-revealing rock music of Lestat from her eons of slumber, to initiate the vampire-human apocalypse and implement a New World Order. The pearls of immortality have for too long been cast before swine, and she wants to clean house. Cleaving her Chosen Few to her bosom, her plan is to eliminate all lesser immortals and men, and rule over a carefully controlled and bred human world. Needless to say, those not Chosen - from either species - have something to say about that, and even her own favorites rebel against her. "How sharper than a serpent's tooth..." It's a great plot, but the devil is in the details, and Rice dwells on unimportant details at the expense of the plot. The climax is terribly anticlimactic for such an inordinate buildup, and the novel's structure is more than usually loose. Her historical accuracy is hit-and-miss, though nothing to be concerned about. The book's greatest problem is simply its length. It actually climaxes halfway through - which is when the plot truly begins - leaving a long, long stretch of exposition to what the story is really all about. And by the time it gets to where it's going, the reader's interest is drastically diminished. The vampires are a loquacious lot, and keep repeating their points in a talky finale that then concludes all too abruptly. The epilogue is actually better than the rest of the novel. Rice's fans will certainly embrace Queen of the Damned, but her new readers will want to start with her stronger work - namely, the original Interview with the Vampire. The movie really wasn't bad, considering this is an all but unfilmable novel as written.
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Summary: The mother of all vampires
Review: After reading the Vampire Lestat, you have to read this book. The mother of vampires, who were introduced to in the last book, is awakened and has a plan to save humanity. And she's choosen Lestat to help her. We learn how vampires were first created. The book has to back track some to introduce some more characters, but that's great. Read the other two first. I wish I could give this book 4.75 stars, because it's a great book, but not quite as good as the first two.
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Summary: Is Anne Rice the best or what?
Review: Anne Rice is my favorite author. I wish I could write like her. I really do. The Queen of the Damned is by far my favorite book. It was so satisfying to read. I read it like three years ago, and I have continued reading the Vampire Chronicles, and I love all the books, although I haven't read Memnoch, and I favored this one. It has so much substance, and the entire Egyptian thing was great. I love Ancient Egypt, so it was great for me. I hope the movie is as great, even though I have heard other wise. Loved the characters and the history! Loved this book! READ IT!!
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Summary: This Queen Rocks!!!
Review: You don't have to know the complex order of all of the vampire books written by Anne Rice to enjoy Queen of the Damned. There is sufficient background material to keep you abreast of who is who so the book can stand on its own. Basically, it seems that our old friend Lestat had restyled himself in the 20th century as a rock star, and his music somehow have awaken Akasha, the "mother" of all vampires, from her trance as an unaware alabaster statue. Akasha then went on a personal mission to create paradise on earth by destroying most of the men, leaving the women in charge, and through selective breeding and conditioning would men be introduced back to "civilized" society; and she has her eye on Lestat as her consort and partner in crime. Akasha also destroyed all the other vampires on earth, except for a few, whom she spared because Lestat would want them around, or because she couldn't affect them because they are as powerful as she is. But standing in Akasha's way are these same surviving vampires, and a certain prohecy proclaimed to her six thousand years ago. Complex and chock full of characters, Anne Rice nonetheless managed to weave it all into one coherent whole and top it off with a shattering (quite literally) conclusion. The most fascinating part of the book is the story of Jesse, herself a descendant of a vampire who uses her own psychic gifts for the organization known as the Talamasca, and the story of the red haired twins, Maharet and Mekare. These two latter are "witches" whose reputation aroused Akasha's curiousity, which inadvertendly started the race of vampires. Queen of the Damned is a virtual page turner. Unfortunately, because of its length and its complexity, most of it has to be thrown out for the movie version. If you have seen the movie and have not read the book, do it. If might make you appreciate the movie more.
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Summary: Anne Rice Rocks again!
Review: Anne Rice kept this reader enthralled through this whole book. It is easy to become one of the characters in this book and feel as they feel. A definite must read for any Anne Rice fan.
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Summary: Queen of Authors
Review: Anne Rice is Queen of Authors. She is wonderful at mixing fantasy and romance with the real world. It makes you actually sit back and wonder if these beings could actually exsist. I've read all of the Vampire Chronicles, and I have to say this one is absolutely the best. They are all fantastic, but this one stuck with me.
If you are planning on seeing the movie, you REALLY have to read the book first. The movie is NOTHING in comparison!
I recommend this book to anyone who loves fantasy, suspense, horror, and/or Anne Rice!
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Summary: GREAT BOOK, BAD MOVIE!
Review: As a huge fan of the vampire chronicles, I have to say that I love this book. I only wish that Mrs. Rice had explained more about Makare's life during her separation from Maharet. Hey, maybe this could become another book? My favorite part of the book was the twins' story. It explained the origin of vampires and how it all got started. The movie that was made based on this book, however was a travesty. I was very excited when I heared that the book was going to be made into a film because I love the book and I wanted to see the characters and the story come to life in the big screen. I don't think the movie makers have any idea of what that feels like for a fan.... Whom ever wrote the script for this movie should be ashamed of themselves. I was offended when the story was altared; for example, Marius did not make Lestat; Jesse was not made by Lestat nor did they have a love affair in this book;... and where was one of the most important characters in this book, Makare? I think that the movie makers just wanted to make a fast buck and did not care about the book or what the fans would think. A true fan would agree with me. If the Lord Of The Rings was made to be a 3 hour movie, why not The Queen Of The Damned? If the people responsible for the script truly loved the book, they would've fought for more time, so that the whole story would've been told... I loved this book but PLEASE don't buy the one with the movie cover; it's not accurate!!!...
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Summary: Movie Damned - Not the Book
Review: Do not let the inferior movie sway you from this book. It is one of the best in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. You actually get to go back into time and recount how vampires came into existance. The plot is so complex and deep, no over acted film could ever do it justice. (Besides, don't we all have Tom Cruise in our heads as Lestat?) You become so involved with the lives (over so many years) of numerous vampires that you cannot put it down. An excellent read if you want to escape the world. You are forced to keep up with complex lineage and plots, but you can't help yourself. You want to know what is happening next, where will Lestat,or Akasha, or Louis, or Armand, or Marius take you. Don't miss this one!
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Summary: Queen Of The Damned Mildly Entertaining
Review: First of all I am not a big fan of Anne Rice. Being a Stephen King fan has spoiled me to death and to me reading someone else is about twenty steps down from King's level. Still, I read this book because I knew the movie was coming out and I was interested in the title character-Akasha, the dreaded queen of all vampires. Ive never been too big on vampires anyway, and some of the characters in this book confirm my non-interest. I wasnt a fan of Salems Lot..so there! Lestat, the main character in all these vampire chronicles is a glamorous hunk of a vampire who is a rock star. Riiiight. It works, but its just not my idea of a page turner. These rich, spoiled vampires are living better than us, the mere mortals. They wear better clothes and I think in one part of the book they own some swimming pools and speedboats. Yeesh. I think Anne wrote some pretty dark stuff on Interview With The Vampire, but her yarns about the eccentric, selfish, posh vampires is sort of mediocre. When I think of vampires, I want a cobweb or two. There are parts I do like (without Lestat). Preferably the ones with the two sisters, and the brain and the heart. I cant give it way. Those were written in a sadistic, gory style a horror fan like me adores. Of course, Akasha's diva like prescence was remarkable. I couldnt (and didnt) get enough of the queen of the damned and her seductive hell raising. If youre a Rice fan, read it, but if youre like me, just watch the movie.
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