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Summary: A MASTERPIECE ! !
Review: The Vampire Lestat is my favorite among the vampire chronicles.If you haven't read it well I definitely recommend that you should try to get hold of it quick.It will be an experience you will never forget.(a must for all Anne Rice fans) Lestat shines in this novel.You will fall in love with this immortal as he takes you to a journey back when he was still a boy killing a pack of wolves up to the present-day San Francisco where he is a rock star adored by millions of fans. This book has kept me poring over its pages till the very last chapters.It has kept me awake even in the wee hours of midnight.I just couldn't put it down !! I felt emotionally drawn to this book.The thoughts and emotions of Lestat are so bitterly raw and real.During the most tumultous times of his life,it was like I also felt part of his pain and sorrows.My heart cried out for him when Louis and Claudia left him to rot in the swamp and when he heard the news about Nicholas' death. There are many good parts in this book.Among my favorites are the ones when Lestat made her mother Gabrielle into another one of his kind,his mortal days as the actor Lelio in a theatre in Paris and when he played the violin in front of the shrine of the King and Queen. There are no dull moments in this book.It can mesmerize and captivate the minds and hearts of its readers in a way that only Anne Rice can. Lestat will truly live on through the pages of the preternatural world.Long live Lestat ! Two thumbs up for Anne Rice ! !
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Summary: My absolute favorite by Anne Rice
Review: This is a book that I've read over and over again. Rice develops the character Lestat that was introduced in Interview with the Vampire, and I'm so glad that she did! In Interview, we see Louis' view of Lestat, one that we discover was colored by his limited information on Lestat's past. This book gives us the Vampire history that us Anne Rice fans were longing for. It is not only the making of Lestat, it is the making of the Vampires as told to Lestat by Marius and Armand. Beautifully lush, sensual and compelling, this is a must read and a keeper for all true Anne Rice fans. Enjoy.
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Summary: new found vampire lover!
Review: After knowing the novel "Interview with the Vampire," reading book 2 of the Vampire Chronicles "The Vampire Lestat," was amazing. It definetly explains a lot of Lestats actions and approaches he took with Louis. This novel is an autpbiograpghy of Lestat's life and is definetly filled with alot of unbelieveable and unexpected turns. He goes from the present to the past, and in full detailed steps, he gives you the life of the vampire Lestat. I am now a new found vampire lover due to this book. It has me on the edge of my seat everytime i pick up the book.
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Summary: Lestat is a cool guy! Excellent sequel !
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About a third of this book is a retelling of Interview With the Vampire from Lestat's point of view. This series of books has done something that I have not experienced in any other book series - it turned me completely against a character in the first book and then later explained to me his motivations and viewpoint on events. When I finished Interview With the Vampire, I thought Lestat was the biggest asshole that ever walked on the face of the earth, but after having him tell his account of the relationship with Louis as he went along telling his story of how he was made into a vampire by Armand, made me understand why he acted the way he did. By the end, I was cheering for Lestat.
The story starts out in the late 1980's and Lestat is a rock star on MTV - everyone in the world thinks it is all an act - like Ozzy Ozbourne - so it is the perfect cover. We flash back to 18th century Paris - Lestat is a young French aristocrat, we then gradually move forward in time as Lestat's story unfolds to modern today. It is a facinating journey.
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Summary: A Better View of Lestat
Review: After I read "Interview" I thought that Lestat was a completely horrible personaity in the tracking of the vampires. However, after completing "The Vampire Lestat" I had an entirely different opinion of him. In this installment, the reader learns more about the blonde French devil's mortal life, and his recieving the "Dark Blood", as well as his beginning adventures in the world of the immortal. My understanding of Lestat was deeply changed by this novel, making him my favorite vampire of the pack. His past experiences greatly explain his terrible actions in the first volume. A very good read! :) Tied as my favorite installment with "The Queen of the Damned".
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Summary: very slow
Review: The Vampire Lestat reads as a very slow philosophical autobiography. I've read lots of 1000 novels that move more quickly. This book is much more of a history than a story.
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Summary: A book that will draw you in
Review: Once you start reading you can barely put it down! You can almost smell the incense, see the people, feel the ecstacy of blood. Anne Rice has every last detail in this book. You get lost in the world of Lestat de Lioncourt "The Vampire Lestat" and his companions. It is so easy to let your imagination go with this one! I can't wait to find out what happens in the next book!
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Summary: enchanting and intriguing
Review: I read this book in English. I am Italiam, and it was not that simple for me. But _The Vampire Lestat_ is something you cannot restist. _Interview_ is a beautiful book, indeeed, but I think it's a substantial mistake. Why does Louis obstinately hate Lestat? Why does he not understand that Lestat loves him? Why does he prefer the treacherous Armand? Lestat's end in _Interview_ is terrible, unbeareble. You cannot let a creature die of depression. Even if he were much and much worse than he is descripted. So, thanks to _The Vampire Lestat_! Miss Rice understood what depression really is. Maybe she knows this terrible disease. She gives a chance to her bad boy, to her villain, to her horrible, enchanting and intriguing character. And besides, she writes so well!
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Summary: A Great Sequel to Interview with the Vampire
Review: After reading Interview with the Vampire, I could not wait to get to the second book in the series. It was better than I had hoped for. Of course I felt no sympathy for Lestat in the first book. I felt he got what he deserved. He was a very selfish and childish person in the first book. But when you read this story you realize there is more to him than meets the eye. (He still got what he deserved). But in this book he confesses his deep love Louis and even love for Claudia even after she lashed his throat ( I'll put you in your coffin father, forever). There is no doubt that you will feel a great deal of sympathy for Lestat in this book, but make no mistake he is still selfish, greedy and childish as you will see with future books. He complains that Louis described him vividly but poorly, but nothing could be further from the truth. He is all that Louis decribed and more. But you still can not help but love him. Read and enjoy. I garauntee you will want to continue the series.
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Summary: I would give it 6 stars if I could!
Review: Vampire Lestat is a fabulous book, which I've read 3 or 4 times. It's a book that you can't put down until you've finished it and when you do finish it, you want to read the next of the chronicles... The queen of the damned, the third of the series, id a very nice book too, I highly recomend it, but after that they keep getting worse and worse... But the first three books are absolutely great, don't miss them.
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