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Summary: Good Vampire Story
Review: This is a good vampire story. Anne Rice is hot, so is Ursula, Vittorio's girlfriend. Gore, lust and a nice vampire; everything a good vampire should have. An even hipper update of Bram Stoker and Lafenu's tales in the old world. Modern gothic at its finest. See also Rice's Vampire Chronicles,. with her masterwork being Interview with the Vampire. With Rice we get all these cool, sexy vampires.
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Summary: Ambitious, that's about all
Review: The story of Vittorio's turning in 15th century (Renaissance) Italy. Vittorio di Riniari's family is killed by a group of ruthless vampires, but he is "spared" by the beautiful Ursula, which as with all Anne Rice books pretty much sparks a love-hate relationship between Vittorio and Ursula. Of course, this all leads to Vittorio being hellbent on getting revenge as well.I admire Anne Rice wanting to write a different story that has nothing to do with Lestat and the gang, but this was just horrible. It seemed promising from the opening, but then fizzled and died into verbose trash that seemed to lose its focus as well as it's entertainment value. It's obvious that she was trying something new (as her writing was a lot wordier than usual), but she failed to impress me with this novel. There are other redeeming qualities for the novel, such as her accurate description of the time period, but other than this, this is a book that can be skipped and dismissed in my opinion. Ambitious, but that's about all it is.
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Summary: I'd read Anne if she wrote a cookbook, so.....
Review: I had heard this wasn't the best, but it still interested me. I mean, how can a vampire from the golden age not be interesting ? Well, he really wasn't. Sorry. The book was so garbled with angelic visions that it was easy to skip 2 or 3 pages at a time to get on with the story. I was enlightened by the sory of Fra Fillipo, his art, his expose`s , but it took to long to tell what could have been a better tale. The end was okay, which led me to want to know more of his future as a vampire than the short and dreary life as a human. As a vampire, he has a much more promising tale to tell.
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Summary: Not one of my favorites
Review: I've read almost all of Rice's vampire books, and this one would fall very low on my list. Her obsession with religion becomes overbearing at times, at least to this non-Catholic. The ending was abrupt, and it seemed that Vittorio's entire personality changed. I am a fan of Lestat's, and Rice's early books. If you are too, I would recommend Blood & Gold and Armand over Vittorio.
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Summary: Anne Rice Cannot Write
Review: I knew I shouldn't have bought this book (luckily I bought it at a used book store) because although I enjoyed Memnoch the Devil, I didn't care for her other writings. Well, I am a big fan of historical fantasy, namely Jack Whyte, and almost anything from the ancient Roman/British era, but this book sounded interesting, so I gave it a go. Not only did it drag, but the main character was not well rounded, and I am convinced Anne Rice cannot write worth a darn. Maybe I'm just not used to her style, but I was halfway through the book, bored and wondering if the guy was going to become a vampire, and how lame that he would probably end up with the vampire woman. I hate leaving books unfinished, but The Tribune (which I found quite good) was waiting, and so Vittorio fell by the wayside. I would encourage anyone who's used to reading excellent authors, and hasn't yet read Anne Rice, to consider borrowing this book from the library. I gave it two stars because it started out interesting, but it would have been a better story had there been a different auther, I'm sure.
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Summary: Italy: dark and beautiful
Review: Anne Rice always transports readers to other times and ways of thinking. This book is certainly no exception. While I read, I felt as if I were in an ancient land, traveling with Vittorio as he avenged his family.
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Summary: Great story
Review: Ah Vittorio, seems so long ago I read this book. I read it before I began the Chronicals series, which took me into another world for months. It is a shorter book of Anne Rice, but still a wonderful tale. I recommend it, of course.
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Summary: totally diferent... but still exellent
Review: i have the impretion that this book was made by another person, in the mind of anne rice, she keeps doing an exellent work, she is the queen of the writers, modern novel with such charming characters, she can transport you throught diferent years and make you feel you are part of the story, that you are a watcher, she really keep us with that hole, because you allways want more, but doesnt mean that you cant get satisfied with the story, but you want to read many times the book, i just cant discover where she get all that inspiration, that pasion, that desie, that feelings, the romantic vampires she created for us, even draculla is not as romantic as this beautiful vampires... i hope you read this book, you don have to read the others, because this is part of the same story, but at the same time is an independent book. is just the story of annother vampire, in other situation, in other place, in other world. just prepare yourself a cup of coffe, relax and enjoy this beautiful story.... do not expect anything equal to the other books...
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Summary: Please...no more!
Review: That it I'm afraid. I'm finished with Anne Rice after following her since the first - there's only so much angst you can take before depression sets in. Anne Rice novels, the first Lestat books in particular, carried you along in wonderment at a new view of the world, but that wonder has grown stale and stagnant, and lanquid posing while waiting for the next sexual frisson does not, for me anyway, make for interesting reading. Wondering about your place in the world is all very well, but most of us grow out of it in our teens. Maybe that's why these Vampires do little more than gaze at their own navels - they are emotionally stunted. Too much new-gothic lounging and not enough plot.
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Summary: Alright I guess
Review: this book was alright. i was not as drawn into it as i was the others. most definately the high point for me was when the angels argued with one another, and then with Vittorio himself. Also, i enjoyed the fact that Vittorio is a completely different breed than lestat and marius and armand. David Talbot was right to tell Pandora in the cafe that with each new generation of them, there are those with such unique abilities that are soley their's.
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