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Summary: A book that lingers in your mind
Review: I am in love with The Feast of All Saints. It's one of the best books I've ever read. Rice's words and discriptions are so vivid and she captures your attention. It's amazing. I could almost see myself in the world of the "gens de couleur". I just wish that there was a sequel to it like most of her books.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: Hardly the kind of book I expected from Anne Rice but I was fascinated! Go buy it!
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Summary: A bit unevenly paced, but excellent story!
Review: The problem with Saints is the first 100 or so pages are stuffed with historical detail, the next few hundred pages lull into an easy going story, and the last 50 or so pages load in a lot of climax. So don't be turned off in the beginning, it is quite an excellent story it just takes it's time to develop.
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Summary: One of her very best.
Review: I have read nearly all of Anne Rice' works - the erotica, the vampire books, the Mayfair witch books, etc. - and this book is second only to Cry to Heaven. Just as in that vivid and lovely book, Rice has chosen a distinct period of history and an obscure group of people, and brought them to nearly palpable life. Years after reading this book, it's atmosphere and clearly drawn scenes linger in my memory. I had never known of the "gens de couleur libres" of New Orleans until this book. Rice has done an incredible job of bringing the time, place, and people to light. And the book brought such an engrossing human drama along with the knowledge, that it cannot be forgotten. Beautiful.
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Summary: Great characters, fascinating history, but...
Review: The characters in Saints are all interesting, and the fact that this is historical fiction certainly helps make them more so. My biggest gripe is that the narrative is excessive and bogged-down at times - not as bad as some scholar might have it - but still leaving you doubting most of the time that much of the extra detail helps develop the story. Also, the author's strength lies in straight-forward story telling, there's no artistic style to her words, but none the less her stories are gripping on their own.
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Summary: My Favorite Anne Rice
Review: This is Anne Rice's best work. I used to read anything she wrote but book 4 of the Vampire series ended it for me. Her gift of description has turned into pontification (she must be getting paid by the word!). "Feast of All Saints" is her best work and, unlike the other reviewers, I hope she DOESN'T write a sequel!
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Summary: I Was Astonished To See Such Grace In Written Form.
Review: I think Anne Rice is beyond brillant. I don't have an adjective to fully describe the beauty with which she creates. I am an African American woman with roots in Louisiana on my father's side. In the last year or so I have become very fascinated with La. or little L.A. as it is affectionately known. My dad is no longer here to answer questions. I had no idea about the free people of color that existed during that era. Ms Rice made one feel they were there in New Orleans, smelling the smells, indulging in the gumbo, touching the lace that surrounded Marie's clothes. Simply masterful. As "A Cry To Heaven" was equally riveting. That book has continued to haunt me for the last two years. I could almost close my eyes and believe I was in a palazzo. Grace and Peace Always to Anne Rice Cheryl Brown
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Summary: "What will become of our gens de couleur libres?"
Review: Once again Ms.Rice excels at evoking a bygone era. Even more impressive in this case as she is not of mixed race and is a product of a society that has swept this bit of history under the rug. However, the weakness of the book is that it still fosters what has come to be known as "the tragic mulatto myth". I'd like to see her follow up with a sequel set in the present day and where she answers her own question quoted above.
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Summary: it doesn't get any better than this!
Review: I have read all of Anne Rice's books (except the last few; I have them, just no time yet) and this was the one that stayed with me the longest. It was a beautifully developed historical novel. I love her vampire and witch novels, but I wish she would write another like this.
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Summary: amazing!
Review: After reading nearly all of Anne Rice's books, I must say that this one is definitely one of the best. I fell in love with it!
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