Vittorio, the Vampire

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Summary: A magical word journey through centries of wonder!
Review: The book starts off slowly, but only for a few pages. Then, the magic that is Anne Rice takes your hand and transports you through time. Transfixed by the flow of her words, you stand in awe as vampires talk with angels! We are all rewarded with a tale of beauty, horror, love, lust, wonder, magic, blood, and finally an amazing, awesome ending! Anne Rice at her very best! A hard book to put down!

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Summary: Music flows from Rice's pen once again with Vittorio...
Review: I am a die-hard fan of Anne Rice, and I find life excruciatingly boring now that I have read all her books. However, I have to say Vittorio was worth the wait! The story and narrative is reminicent of the Vampire Lestat, yet sadly my only regret remains that it was too short. I love books that weilds thin thin paper with tiny fonts, and over 400 pages; Vittorio, I am sure, has alot more to tell. Nevertheless, a great book...thanks again Ms. Rice!

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Summary: What a waste!
Review: This terrible, boring book is a major disappointment. It cannot even compare with The Tale of the Body Thief, Interview, or even Pandora. I hated Vittorio and and all of the other characters. A total waste of time.

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Summary: Slipping a little
Review: I'm normally a reader of mainstream fiction like The Triumph and the Glory, Havana Bay, and the Oprah books, but I've ALWAYS read Anne Rice because she is so incredibly talented. But Vittorio was a little weak in plot, character development and theme. Only the narration was upo to Rice's high standards set by her previous masterworks.

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Summary: I enjoyed the book, with reservations...
Review: I think that Anne Rice is a very misunderstood author. Her works explore things she's interested in on a personal level, which doesn't always appeal to her readers, who in turn get angry because a book isn't what they expected. Ms. Rice states right out in the beginning of the book that _Vittorio_ is not about the vampires with which we are so familiar. Instead, I believe she continues to explore her understanding of the spark of the divine in us all. This does not have the same lushness of _Interview_, or _Lestat_, or the witch series, or _Belinda_, or _Cry to Heaven_, nor quite the same erotic qualities, and I felt a little cheated because of that. It is, however, a good read, evoking wonderful pictures of the Italian hill cities and Renaissance Florence.

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Summary: Visual Stimulation
Review: A triumph! Rice paints the exquisite picture of golden age Italy with a sensual stroke. This book holds interest for the visually minded who are not afraid to let go and expand with the author.

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Summary: Disappointing!
Review: I found this book very boring; I couldn't even finish it! Pandora was very good--I'd like to hear more about her story.

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Summary: A Fresh, new beginning for Mrs. Rice and her vampires
Review: I love all of Anne Rice's vampire novels. When I first saw the book, Vittorio, in the book store it immediately caught my attention. I had to read the book. Just from reading the summary on the inside cover I was excited about reading and couldn't wait to get home with the book. I must truly say that this book was everything I thought it would be. I love the way Mrs. Rice combined the elements of love, murder, lust, and betrayal. I thought the descriptions of Italy in the first few chapters gave good background to the story. The usage of description of the battles between Vittorio and his foes also really added color to the storyline. Lastly, I loved the way that Vittorio and Ursula fell in love and how they lived happily together in the end. I must say that the "new" vampire stories will be the beginning of a great chain of new vampire chronicles. I will be on the lookout for future stories of Vittorio and the new clan of vampires.

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Summary: A breath of fresh air from the other vampires
Review: A delightful novel. I found that, unlike some of Rice's earlier work, you didn't need to concentrate overly hard to follow the historical sections within the book. But having said that, Rice described the area, the characters and the struggle between himself and Ursula beautifully. Now, I have to check out Pandora.

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Summary: Tragic romance meets satanic vampires, you can't go wrong!
Review: I've enjoyed, like many, all of the Vampire Chronicles (my favorites being "Interview" and "Queen"), and at first I was a bit unsure about this so-called "new" vampire with his gay-sounding name. When I finally got to read it I found out how wrong I was. If you're a fan of the series you'll enjoy the change of setting and the cool new vampires and their dark religion (a bit like Armand's Children Of Darkness, but elegant and very LaVey-esque), but I think the core of the book is the struggle of Vittorio's soul when it's torn between lust for love and lust for salvation. Personally, I enjoy Rice's questions about religion and ocultism (I really liked "Memnoch", can't understand all the hate backlash), and to have that mixed with Shackesperan romance, well... The results are not only entertaining but also inspiring. I liked the way she (the author), at the end of the book, contributed to the growing leyend that these vampires ARE real and that their stories just get to us via Anne Rice's name. A wonderful book. Please read it.