The Queen of the Damned

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Summary: A spellbounding escape of the monotonous world of the living
Review: Another adventure awaits the "brat prince" of vampires, Lestat de Lioncourt. I was lost in the realms of the immortals. Every page was a new facination of ancient practices and beliefs. Lestat in the prime of his life-as always, is having to make yet another drastic decision. Should he follow his heart with his ever powerful queen, or should he follow his instincts and save the world from tradegic termoil. Ann Rice captures the readers attention with such graphic representation, it leaves one breathless. I recommend the reader to listen to Deep Forest, Boheme while reading this novel. Its African voices and pygmy song coincides nicely with this book. A commited reader of Ann Rice, Gina Byrd

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Summary: A Great Fast Paced book of Action and Mythology.
Review: In The Queen Of The Damned it finally gives you the answers to everyones question. "Where Did they come from?" It also takes you into the darker side of the vampires way of life. It gives you a lot more modern day action then anyother of her Vampire books. The book has a Dark feeling that makes you want to get away from the book but it is so well written and such a good fast paced book that you find that you CAN'T put stop reading it. This in my opinion is Anne Rices best book yet. This review done by Bryan Johnathan Morri

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Summary: Great Opener, Silly Ending
Review: Motorcycle Vampires, Lestat and the rock band, the reawakening of Akasha and the massacre of all vampires in the world. Along with a family that traces its lineage back to Egypt and the contres of the interviewer from the first book. Great opening. Short stories mostly in which the effects of the reawakening mesmerize and captivate. Then we learn AKasha's plan. SPoiler: She wants to kill all the men in the world and figures that everything will be peaceful after that. Guess Mary, Queen of Scots and Margeret Thatcher were just waging wars and killing people because of male oppression. Soon every other character is reduced to sitting around a table holding hands and watching the proceedings. When the book hits this point, throw it in the fire. It's not getting any better

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Summary: Anne Rice's vampire magic culminates!
Review: Once again Anne Rice takes the faithful reader into her luscious world of love, evil, and death. With enough sub-plots to keep anyone glued to the pages, Rice whisks us away on a trip around the world and through time, continuing the adventures of Lestat, the Brat Prince, while expanding the vampires' world. Be prepared to be seduced into a dark intoxicating garden if you're a new reader, or to be drawn even deeper into the fatal spell if you're already a lover of Anne Rice's cratfully woven tales. Lestat is waiting

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Summary: Vampires DO exist! This audio book proves it...
Review: One gets the feeling of having unknowingly breached the threshold of Anne Rice's OtherWorld by simply inserting the first cassette into the player... Being uninitiated with Ms Rice's version of the UnDead (I know -- what rock have I been living under, right?) I have to admit that I was amazed with how the story drew me in and kept me captive. I found more and more reasons to stay in my car, making multiple trips, prolonging my travel time because I WANTED TO HEAR IT PLAY TO ITS CONCLUSION!!!! The performers did an exquisitely wonderful job and deserve accolades as much as the story does.

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Summary: Disappointing follow up
Review: Compared to 'The Vampire Lestat,' this story is not nearly as good. There are tons of random characters in this story that eventually come together and effect the story as a whole, but it gets confusing for quite awhile. Also, the ending of the book is a little disappointing. When the climax actually happens, you find yourself looking for extra pages. Is that all? It was kind of a let down, although Rice does a fabulous job in the sections where Lestat and Akasha are spending time together. I was really able to visualize the mass island murders. A good book, but not as good as her first two.

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Summary: GENIUS
Review: This fascinating story is about the origin of Vampires. Lestat discovers the Queen of the Damned aka Akasha, a beautiful woman who has a grand plan for the world. I really don't want to give away any more then that for it will ruin the story for you.
Believe me when I say that there is no comparison between the book and the movie because it is so different. The movie skipped over all of the important details about how Vampires came to be and that is what makes this book SO good.

Anne Rice is the master of creating theories about legends. Everything she writes is believable and you can really tell that she does her research well. I fully recommend this amazing book. Read it and treat yourself to a journey that you will never forget. It will change your view on the Vampire legend forever.



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Summary: A strong addition to the series
Review: Akasha, the first vampire, has awakened from her 6,000 year slumber with an apocalyptic plan for world peace, and Lestat is right there by her side. This novel is slow to get started, with too many characters and an unfocused narrative. It probably could have been shortened by about a hundred pages. After the rocky first section, though, the story takes form and things really pick up. There are three major threads to the plot. Akasha and Lestat travel the world, putting her terrifying plan into motion. Meanwhile, a group of vampires await her arrival in a remote mountain retreat, speculating on her motives and wondering whether they will ultimately be spared. Among them is Maharet, one of the first vampires, who relates the origins of all vampires and the nature of the special grudge that she and her sister hold against Akasha. An effective thriller and a worthy addition to the series.

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Summary: It's great..although it was rather...short of my expectation
Review: it's the ULTIMATE EXPLANATION to the world of Anne's Vampires. Lestat is writing the novel according to his own experience. however, during the later part of the novel the storytelling shifts from one vampire to the other. I don't quite understand the story of Kayman. is he the Vizer of Akasha and Enkil? Any clarifications from my fellow reviewers?..or is he just a character introduced, so that later there may be a "Vampire Kayman" in the series? the story is spectacular,worthy of its movie, the vivid images of anne rice's vampires flashing in my mind.the bad part was the climax. i thought climaxes should be VERY exciting. that lasted paragraph. WOW very exciting!..boring. BUT it's all praises for me!!!

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Summary: Well..
Review: I give it three stars for fantastic idea & characters... but it doesn't get all 5, because you know something's wrong when a series that used to be this deep, dark, beautiful piece of literature that reached to your soul starts reminding you of DragonBall Z at every turn. Sorry Anne, it really was a great concept, but the execution wasn't my favorite. ^_^; (not to mention: don't expect it to pick up where it left off in book 2. Y'know, when it just left you hanging & ringing with energy, & you couldn't wait to get to the bookstore/library/whatever? It dies down for a looong time before getting back to Lestat..) Maybe some of you will disagree with me, it's worth a read. :D