Vittorio, the Vampire

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Summary: Stick with interview with the vampire
Review: I had read the first in the new series Pandora and found it more interesting and bareable. I found that this book dragged at parts as you hear the young, still human Vittorio talk of revenge. He doesn't even become a vampire till almost the very end whereas in Interview the Vampire the tale begins with how he was created. The whole moral of the book is summed up in the last few chapters: revenge will eat away at you, people do crazy things for love, and whatever evil you do will come back to haunt you and stay on your conscience forever. To suffer through most of the novel to find out the obvious in the end just made it seem like a waste of time. If you really like Anne Rice's work read it for the hell of it but let me say this, I warned you it was bad.

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Summary: Angels & Vampires, Oh My!
Review: I've loved and admired Ann Rice's talent from the time I read her first book. Through the years I've remained loyal and enjoyed works of hers that had nothing to do with vampires or other supernatural creatures (Cry to Heaven, Feast of all Saints), so it's not like I expect her to always write the same thing.For me, her work started to head downhill with Memnoch, and after a small rally with Pandora, I'm sorry to say I'm losing interest in Ann Rice novels. The primary problem is her ever growing interest in religious debate and an annoying dependence on the recent craze for angels.I appreciate the incidents in Rice's personal history that might give her reason to want to endlessly explore the nature and relationship of God, man, angels and the Devil, but whatever happened to good story telling? Vittorio meanders through a storyline that was weak at best, and then doesn't even bother to infuse it with any hint of truth. The great love story at the heart of the tale makes little sense. Neither Ursula or Vittorio knows anything about the other, and given their different natures (vampire/human) it seems unlikely that they would have fallen so completely for each other. Surely as a man of his times, Vittorio's love of religion and hatred for the destroyers of his family would have prevented lust for Ursula from overwhelming his good sense. And are we to believe that in all her years among the undead, Ursula had never encountered anyone whose physical beauty caught her interest? Certainly that's all she had to base her initial attraction to Vittorio on. To give credit where it's due, Rice does her usual wonderful job of creating a particular time and place with atmosphere and great detail. If you're new to Ann Rice, don't base your opinion of her on this book. Try her earlier works, when imagination carried her through intricate characters and narrations. Leave the angels to heaven and bumper stickers.

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Summary: so-so follow up to spellbinding pandora
Review: Pandora was great. wonderful atmosphere, deepe writing. This book doesn't really do it for me. Don't get me wrong, it's good, but is really crushed by my expectations.

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Summary: Mesmorizing
Review: Anne Rice's new book Vittorio the Vampire is absolutely mesmorizing. I enjoyed it from start to finish. From the vivid detail of Filipo Lippo's paintings to the passion of Vittorio's and Ursula's romance, this book was absolutely fantastic. Anne Rice is certainly at the top of my reading list.

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Summary: An excellent and easy read.
Review: Vittorio is a neatly zipped story - maybe a novelette by Witching Hour standards; you can finish it in a few days if you have little else to do. Anne Rice is famous for those huge and luscious sagas of the Vampires and the Witches, yet this one is not like them. Fans of her old style may become dissatisfied with Vittorio because it departs from the familiar. But don't let that stop you (or you, Mrs. Rice). This is a worthwhile book to say the least, glowing with the beauty of God's angels and flowing with fresh blood as usual. The chapters about the sons of God from Fra Filippo's paintings are quite inspiring and moving. There is strong morality and spirituality here. Who cannot identify with Vittorio as he is caught up between love and desire, honor and faith? Although I was disappointed by his choice in the end (why I don't give it 5 stars), I was not disappointed with the book. Neither will you.

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Summary: AWESOME BOOK
Review: AWESOME is the best word to describe the book. This is the first Anne Rice book I've read and certainly not my last. Descriptions are vivid enough to make your imagination go wild without throwing you off track. I hadn't read a book this good in quite a while. Vittorio is a perfect example of a teen during his time, I can say this using previous research made before reading the book, this shows it is a well researched book. Once I picked it up I could let it go. I've always felt an atraction to reading about vampires and I think I just found the author to satisfy my craving. KUDOS TO ANNE RICE!

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Summary: Missionary Rice
Review: Whatever happened to Anne Rice? Is she suffering from religious delusions? Still being a fan of her first 3 vampire novels but increasingly disappointed by her last books I had some hope left for her newest offering. The Ricean catholicism (as featured in Bodythief, Memnoch and Armand) it seems, won't go away and is here to stay. Religious images lurk everywhere and smothered the story for me completely. Humor, usually not abundant in Rice's novels but at least glimpsed when Lestat was around, is missing entirely. The description of early Renaissance Florence is nicely done but nowhere near as vivid as New Orleans or Venice. I'm afraid I'll still read her next vampire book but more out of habit than anything else. A bit more irony and less religious zeal would help to change that ...

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Summary: Vittorio the Vampire
Review: Being a Phd. I found the writing exceptional for the research and background work done by the author.The Historisticy was very accurare and brought to life the characters and period.Lots of fun to read, and very readable for the casual as well as ardent reader...rjr

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Summary: Pretty Good
Review: This is not a great book book it is Ok. Although nothing really happens and there is no unexpected turns or anything really exciting.Ann Rice is a good writer but she has obviously run out of ideas.

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Summary: Simply too short, as always.
Review: I had seen "Interview with a Vampire" in the cinemasand having loved it, read "The Vampire Lestat" and "TheQueen of the Damned". Afterwards I ordered the rest of thechronicals and started reading one after the other. When I started to read Vittorio, I knew it would be the last of the magnificant chronicals till ... "The Vampire Armand 2" is going to be published. So I tried to read it slowly and enjoy every breath of it.But, "as always" I was soon through it...But this time I can't simply start to read the next tale of my beloved Vampires... :(

I felt familiar with Vittorio the moment I read his introduction to his "autobiography". Though he is in no way as extravagant as Lestat or feminine as Louis,Vittorio is one of the most human vampires of Anne Rice. I'm sure there will be a second book about Vittorio, because having finished it, I felt there was so much more I'd like to know about him. I hope Anne won't dissappoint me. :)