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Summary: Fabulous! Pretty please, Anne, publish the sequel.
Review: I've read nearly all of Rice's books, and this one captivated me the most. It's intellectually interesting, and philosophically and emotionally appealing, and even moving. I found myself returning to the beginning of the book after finishing (for about an hour), just to prolong the experience. I never do this (that's virtually never; perhaps .05% of the time). I have been waiting for years for the sequel. HEAR OUR PRAYER, OH ANNE, AND FINISH THE SEQUEL. (I simply refuse to accept the notion that Anne has not started, nor does she intend, to write a sequel.)
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Summary: Rice finally convinces me she can't write about men
Review: I have read the Vampire Chronicles, the Mayfair Witches Chronicles, Servant of the Bones and even one of her Beauty books. It finally dawned on me reading The Mummy that almomst all of Anne Rice's male characters are gay. I mean, it had occured to me before, but I had buried the thought deep within because I feared I was being prejudiced just for noticing. But it finally dawned on me that my real problem was not that all these characters are gay, but that all these characters are the same. Her male characters are fundamentally attracted to other men, have profound appreciation for the beauty of the world around them, and never experience any consequences from their nature and its conflict with the society around them. I was surprised to acknowledge this fundamental lack of creativity in an author whose works are so original. I can only conclude that she has no real insight in to what most men are really like and it has tainted her work for me. As for The Mummy in particular, there were certain aspects I liked (for example, the obligatory mummy-discovery scene was staged in such a way that the obligatory "curse" myth would clearly be spread through the media, while the reader would know better). However, the last scenes in the book were foreshadowed too heavily and then unfolded anti-climactically.
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Summary: Captivating
Review: I have recently come to live in Cairo, Egypt and found upon the bookshelf this book. I am sorry to say I have never read anything by Anne Rice before, but after this I am an ardent fan. Is there a sequel???Living here where the story was set made the whole thing so real and I have to say I couldn't put the book down until I was done and when I was done I wanted more. When will there be more? She captivates the essence of Egypt and the imagination of the reader. Ramses was probably the greatest of the Pharoahs and it is only fitting that it be he that came to life. He lived so long and pleased so many. What happened next? Where is Cleopatra? Please let there be more. Susan Cooke
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Summary: A mezmerizing page turner, I couldn't put it down!
Review: I have read many books in my life, but not one that I could not put down at the end of the night. This book pulls you in from the minute you pick it up, and captivates you until you turn the last page. Bravo!! I just hope there is a sequel Very Soon, I have to know what happens to Julie, Cleopatra and Ramses.
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Summary: The Best Yet!!
Review: Anne Rice has done it again! This book has held special meaning for me in the fact that so does ancient Egypt. That doesn't mean that you won't enjoy this book if you don't like Egypt. The writing was wonderful and I especially liked the ending. I really hope that she will write another story from Cleopatra's viewpoint. If not, I just want to know what's going to happen to the main characters. If you don't read Anne Rice books, then you should start now. She is the best writer and I just love the topics that she picks.
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Summary: Simply the best
Review: This is, quite simply, the all-time best Anne Rice book (and I've read them all). I wish she would hurry up and write a sequel!
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Summary: Good, but it could have been better.
Review: I liked The Mummy mostly because of the way Ramses' immortality is described. How the sun is his source of power, and for that reason he never tires, etc., and is constantly renewed. The idea that his mind would suffer the same effects is interesting - that he never feels anything, physically or mentally - for very long. Pain as well as joy is fleeting. The Mummy is full of intriguing concepts but little else; it needed to be further developed, and could have been a great novel (Rice is certainly capable), but seemed to belong, in many ways, to the romance genre, rather than to horror or fantasy. (I would also have preferred the title "Ramses the Damned" to "The Mummy - or Ramses the Damned," as the very idea of mummies coming to life is ridiculous.) I would also have preferred stronger female characters, without the stereotyping. As a guy this doesn't really bother me, but the two main female characters - Julie and Cleopatra - are the stereot! ypes of the pure woman (at least for most of the book; and the "pure" refers mostly to her thinking and her mental state), and the temptress. Also, it would have been worthwhile to go more deeply into Ramses' own times, including how he actually discovered the cave with the Hittite priestess. Also, then-present-day Egypt (and the world situation at the time) could have been described more fully. The Mummy is a good book but, because of those flaws, it cannot be called a great one.
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Summary: I've read better.
Review: Rice weaves her usual tale of sensual horror in The Mummy, but sadly, it fails to attract in the same fashion as her previous novels. It is a good read as an introduction to Rice, but fans will be slightly dissapointed by its lack of ability to keep the reader from putting it down.
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Summary: A SEXY, EMBELISHED MASTERPIECE
Review: I absolutely adore this novel. I am knashing my teeth, waiting for the sequel to arrive, hopefully sooner then later. Ramses has all the elements of a wonderfully, woven gothic romance. The novel compels the reader to continue onto the next page. This book is as beautiful and picturesque as a Persian tapestry. I reccomend it to every soul capable of reading its lush words.
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Summary: Egyptian Romanticism
Review: I like the book but having lived in Egypt for many years and being quite well versed with the country and with Anne Rice's work, I had expected a more descriptive aspects of the Egyptian landscapes interwined into the story line. But facts about Egypt, its landscapes and its history is not well researched and there are places where the gaps are quite stark. For those not used to Anne Rice's work, it's a good entry book.
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