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Summary: Nosferatu, come back! All is forgiven?
Review: Where did all the vampires go?When did being a vampire become a matter of attitude and wardrobesmanship, instead of being a fiendish monster that preyed on the living? When did vampires go from being the hellspawn shadow-reflection of Victorian-era Freudian hysteria-panic to being guys with velvet suits and too much pancake makeup? When, in short, did they turn into wusses? Blame Anne Rice. No, really. She took the whole emphasis of style-over-substance that had been eating into SF since the birth of "cyberpunk," applied it to horror, and came away with one okay book and a whole slew of absolutely unstomachable abominations. "Damned" is now getting a kick in sales thanks to the equally silly movie that spawned it -- although the movie is actually a compaction of this and another novel. Not like it matters, since the book is such a snake without a head. It continues the ongoing story of Lestat, lounge lizard of the vampire community, now getting mixed up with Akasha, a kind of Egyptian mega-vampire. Mayhem ensues. If this had been told with wit and vigor, it would have been an enjoyable read. But Rice bogs down everything with such turgid, aimless amounts of detail and side-plotting that it doesn't even work as the overheated pulp trash it's clearly supposed to be. If only the woman would get out of the way of her own story. Reading Anne Rice is like making a three-course meal out of five different boxes of Godiva chocolates. After a bit, you start longing for something a little plainer and more direct. Her prose tends to be wildly lush, to the point of nausea, and she continuously makes the amateurish mistake of stirring in extra characters when the pace flags. Anne Rice was a one-hit wonder who is now well past her sell-by date. This sort of thing was interesting the first time around, but if it was running dry the second time around, it's downright dehydrated by this point. As if none of this was bad enough, her son's now busy at the typewriter too, churning out collegiate angst-fiction that reads like a bad yaoi fanfic. What we need is Count Orlock to come back from the grave and give Lestat and his gang of leather-clad twits a good sound thrashing. The line starts here.
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Summary: Disappointing (understatement)
Review: I tried to give this NO STARS but the system wouldn't accept it. "The Vampire Lestat" is a magnificent work. If you loved that book "Queen of the Damned" will be a huge disappointment. I kept turning the pages in this boring book hoping the story would pick up, the characters develop. (It didn't happen.) Shallow, uninspired, gross, and more than a little sleazy. Unless you are an Anne Rice fan who needs to read this book in order to say you have read "everything" I wouldn't bother. Haven't seen the movie but I can hope that a scriptwriter developed the characters and kept the action moving.
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Summary: Unreadable......
Review: I tried to read this book twice...and had to put it down within the first 100 pages both times. It seems that there are a lot of wasted characters. What's the point?! The only thing I can think of is they are introduced in this book, and they will apprear later in the series, or in another one. I was also sick of people bellyaching about how Lestate wrote a book about the "secrets of the vampire ways" and his songs are "dangerous for humans to know their ways." Okay, we get it, some vampies are peeved b/c of what Lestate did...does every character have to moan about it? I sure hope that Tales of the Body Theif is much better. I have a problem with Rice's style of writing...she's to wordy!
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Summary: Queen of The Damned review
Review: I thought that this book was great but I was upset with some of the content involving rape and slaughter. Besides that, I still feel that this book was Anne Rice's best yet. I would love to see more from the Vampire Chronicles. I am really happy about the upcoming movie that follows this book because Aaliyah sha'll be playing Queen Akasha.
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Summary: The Purest Vampire Novel
Review: This book may have been the pinnacle of Rice's genius. It is here that we meet Akasha, the ancient Egyptian goddess (similar to Isis) rumored to be the first vampire, and worshipped by all the undead for all the centuries that have followed. How did this come about? Was Akasha really the first? And if so, how did she become eternal? What were and are her dark secrets? To find out the answers, the reader must come along with Anne to ancient Egypt, where every grain of sand is lovingly described as only she can do. This book, more so than those that came before in the Chronicles, is deeply violent and intense, and not for the weak of heart or stomach. But for those who love the vampire genre, there is a satisfying depth, a wealth of detail, both historical and fanciful, that can satisfy any reader. The most fearsome and mesmerizing characters in the book, in my opinion, are not Akasha and her male consort, not Lestat (although of course I remain madly in love with him), but the scary creatures named Maharet and Mekare, older even than Akasha, more frightening and potent than any of the undead, and absolutely terrifying. It is impossible to describe the plot here, other than to say that Akasha has been in a smoldering rage for several centuries, and has come back to avenge her rage--on Lestat himself, and on all men in particular. Why? Read the book and find out. And watch out for the Telemasca Society. First introduced in the Witch novels, these guys are too curious for their own good. "Queen of the Damned" provided a wealth of new information for devoted readers of the Vampire Chronicles, and still remains, in this reviewer's opinion, as one of the best--Anne Rice in top form. Read it and enjoy.
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Summary: Best Vampire Chronicle so far
Review: I give this 5 out of 5 stars, but it's not perfect. It is however, the best VC book i've read. It gets a little too dark in the beginning and middle, and is a little bit boring at parts, but the ending is great (although I would have preferred a longer climax/fight scene). But one of the best things Anne Rice put into this is the epilouge. Alot lighter than the rest of the book, and very fun to read.
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Summary: Queen of The Damned
Review: Queen of The Damned is the third book in Anne Rices Vampire Chronicles and by far my favorite. Lestat has awoken Akasha the mother of all vampires with his fame as a rockstar and his rebellion against all vampire pledges! Akasha wants to bring a new reign to Earth and wants Lestat to be her prince. Any who dare to stand in her way will be destroyed!
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Summary: Vampires or X-men? A waste of words!
Review: First let me say that I loved the first 2 books in the Vampire Chronicles and eagerly picked up the third installment (QOD). What the hell happened? The vampires now seem to have turned into the X-men! Most of the characters in the story are completely USELESS, and are probably mentioned so that Anne can write future vampire books about them! The origin of the vampires SUCKED! The ending was SO ANTI-CLIMATIC! An utter waste of words! Anne most likely was under a deal to crank out a certain number of vampire books after the smash success of Interview with the Vampire. I sincerely hope the fourth book is better. Who knows what kind of liberties the movie will take to make this story a good one.
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Summary: Best of the series!
Review: The Queen of the Damned is my favorite of the Vampire chronicles! The point of view Anne Rice uses changes and keeps the story interesting. Most of her books tell a tale of one vampire's life. This book is interesting because it is about a specific event involving all vampires in the world. In a way, it parallels vampiric society to our own. This book is the Fall of the Roman Empire mixed with Armageddon. A very good read.
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Summary: Very Anti-climatic Book!
Review: The first 2 books were waaaaay better! Hopefully the 4th book will be better.
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