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Summary: Finally, Anne Rice is back!!
Review: After a book that was slow and somewhat boring (Servant of the Bones) and one that I could not even finish (Violin), Anne Rice finally gets back to what she does best; her Vampires! Pandora is every bit as endearing a character as Lestat. I only had one problem with the book. What adventures did Pandora have from the time she became a vampire until the present time? Thats almost 2,000 years of blank space. Anne Rice could have made a normal sized book out of it if she told us a little more. Overall, this news series of Vampire tales shows a lot of promise. With the amount of colorful vampire characters from her previous books, Anne Rice should be churning out vampire books for years to come. I anxiously await the story of Armand but am curious to see how he tells his life story from the grave.
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Summary: RICE IS BACK !!!
Review: AN AWESOME CHARACTER. A THRILLING BEHIND THE SCENES KIND OF NARRATIVE THAT COMPOSE HER BEST NOVELS. AND IF THIS ISN'T ENOUGH, IT'S NOT AS BAD AS VIOLIN. SO IF YOU PASSED BY PANDORA IN THE BOOKSTORES OR DECIDED ON ANOTHER NOVEL YOU'VE LOST YOUR MIND. EVERY RICE NOVEL DESERVES THE TIME. BAD OR GOOD, SHE WILL ALWAYS ENCHANT HER READERS. ALWAYS! AND PANDORA IS CERTAINLY NO EXCEPTION.
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Summary: not bad, but clearly not rice's best vampire tale
Review: i was glad to see anne rice's return to the stories she tells best, but i felt a bit let down that this story just didn't engage me as the her earlier vampire works did. there's no question that she knows how to spin a tale - in pandora the best work is when pandora flees rome and in her early days in antioch with flavius. beyond that, i was thirsty for more. she promises a sequel with the vampire armand, and i have no doubt i'll run out and buy it, but i don't know if ms. rice will ever live up to vampire lestat, queen of the damned, interview, or even body thief. so, to anne rice vampire fans: buy it and read it, but don't expect lestat!
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Summary: Entertaining but Not up to Par
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed Rice's original vampire series and witch series, but of late, her writing quality, already quirky with a writing style and sentence structure that makes me literally laugh at times, has dropped to nearly unreadable. In Pandora, which I read in one sitting because it was so short, Anne Rice tells a good tale, as always, but needs a good editor to tighten up her work: someone who isn't afraid to tell her when a sentence is convoluted and should be rewritten. I remain an avid Anne Rice reader, and will no doubt continue to read her new releases, but I do fervently wish she would take the time and effort for the character and plot development that is evident in her earlier books. She risks her reputation (and her readership) by rushing out rehashed plots that are poorly written.
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Summary: A thrilling read
Review: Anne Rice is at her best writing about her beloved vampires again. After a disappointing few excursions into the world of ghosts and whatnot, she has returned to what she knows best-vampires. This story chronicles the life of one of the oldest living vampires, Pandora who is the sometime paramour of Marius. Once Pandora begins to weave her tale, the reader is hooked, and putting this book down would be a sin.
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Summary: oh, no, not again
Review: lots of talking, not much action, not much added to the body of vampiric lore. moderately slim book in an even more slimming format, makes you think she is either running out of materiel (a bit late for that realization) or that forthcoming is a bunch of similarly sized books designed to lovingly suck money out of your credit card. slowly. agonizingly. but you'll love it. and come back for more. but you yourself will not turn into a writer with similar abilities to separate people like yourselves from their money.
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Summary: WONDERFUL
Review: One of her best yet. Pandora is an incredible character. Anne Rice fans must read this book.
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Summary: Wow! Stunning.
Review: Not since her INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE have I been so enthralled by one of her books. I didn't put the book down until I finished it. After her recent bores, it is nice to see Anne Rice is back. And so are her vampires!
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Summary: A disappointment
Review: Pandora falls short of the first Vampire books with their lush and evocative prose. The storyline and setting are compelling, but Pandora fails to be that interesting.
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Summary: She's Back!
Review: Pandora is back, and so is Anne Rice. It's about time. Her last three have shown only the dregs of Ms. Rice talent. It was obvious that she could still write a good scene, describe an engrossing character...but the stories? Forget it. In Pandora, the author seems to have re-engaged her own interest, and the seductive magic that we used to expect from Anne Rice has returned in full. This is a tight, seamless tale about characters that the author and the reader will care about. Her best work since The Witching Hour. Go out and buy it.
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