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Summary: Still waiting for the return of the old Anne Rice...
Review: What can I say...once again I am left waiting for another Anne Rice vampire series novel that I can really sink my teeth into. The last three novels have been dissappointing to say the least. In all honesty, 'The Vampire Armand' is somewhat more entertaining than 'Memnock the Devil' or Pandora and that is not giving it a lot of credit. I must say the section of the tale pertaining to Armand meeting Marius and how Marius eventually transforms him into a vampire was not bad...it wasn't riveting...just not bad. The rest of the tale was nothing worth remembering. I am a big fan of Anne Rice and I am always look forward to her next novel; however, the last three novels only convinces me to wait on the paperback edition next time.
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Summary: I love this book!!
Review: I really enjoyed this book, I did not put it down from the time I bought the book!! I would really insist on buying it. It is the first Ann Rice book I have ever read, and I loved it and plan to read more. Ann Rice seems (to me) to appeal to the younger audiences, I for one am apart of that audience, I would give more stars if I could. my advice get this book!!
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Summary: Nice fluff reading - but then, that is what I expected
Review: I have been reading over the other reader comments and I am a bit surprised. For me, reading Anne Rice is a delve into a forbidden sensual world that allows me to escape into something that I will never know in this reality. It is entertainment, a good quick read, an exciting story. I am not looking for anything too deep, and perhaps that is why I wasn't disappointed with this latest effor, "The Vampire Armand." It was exactly what I thought it would be - it tied in elements from the other cronicles (which if you haven't read them, you are really missing a lot of the point of this book), explained the history of the character and why he is what he is and why he has done the things he has, was incredibly sensual and didn't really make me think too hard to learn any great life lessons, but did allow me to go on a wonderful journey for a short time. Lighten up, people! If you are looking for something deep and intricate on the lessons of life, you are reading the wrong author! Anne - thanks again for a wonderful tale.
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Summary: The fight against good and evil
Review: I thought the book was great. Armand had many things on his mind such as after he was turned into a vampire was he/ should he be a good creature or a bad one. His debate on this matter makes us as human kind reflect on our actions of the past and makes us see our true nature. After he is stolen from his master he comes across many other questions that he can not answer. He will come to answer these questions when he is wiser. It is an interesting book about truth and religion and it is spiced up by the creatures of night.
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Summary: seductive
Review: A wonderful seductive book on how a vampire deals with his spirtuality, you will not be able to put it down!
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Summary: Great Story, Great Sex, Great Research, Great Surprises
Review: Andrei, Amadeo, Armand. A Great book for a great character, full of power and full of misterious threads inside his soul. a survivor. a must for every chronicle reader. two thumbs way way up for anne rice
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Summary: Anne Rice Does It Again
Review: Rice stays true to her formula, though shows some measure of restraint in spending only the first 23 pages rehashing her previous novels. Not surprisingly, then, rewrites and self-references appear here and there throughout the rest of the book, which is short on plot and long on story. When Armand returns to his parents, there is genuine emotion; but the rest of the writing is cold and distant as the vampire world.
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Summary: Give it up, Anne. You should have quit when you were ahead.
Review: I forced myself to read Pandora because I've always read the Vampire Chronicles and especially enjoyed the first two. Even after wishing I'd never read Pandora, I gave this one a try because I remember and had liked Armand. I pushed through 140 pages and quit. I quit the series. It is boring, long-winded with no plot movement whatsoever. Oh, well. Had to end sometime.
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Summary: A poor novel considering Anne Rice's previous works
Review: As Armand was my favorite character, I was overjoyed to hear that Anne Rice had written a novel solely on him. After reading the book, however, I wish I never had.My first complaint is that throughout the book I found myself stop reading and think "That character wouldn't do that". The characters did things that, from what I've learned about their personality in other books, they wouldn't do. For example, I found Marius turning Sybelle and Benji into vampires completely against his previous actions. He bemoaned the fact he never should have made a vampire as young as Armand, 17, and then he makes a 12 year old vampire? And then Louis allowed him to do this after he saw what happened with Claudia, another child vampire. I couldn't swallow that. I felt like the author was pulling their strings to make them fit the story instead of letting the characters guide the story. The continuity of the book in the series was very poor as well. There were conflicts with her earlier novels everywhere. The example that first comes to mind is that in TVA, Armand says that he managed the Theater of the Vampires but in Queen of the Damned, he was unable to do so much as understand a zipcode. I felt little or no sympathy for the characters. Armand was not the alluring devil with an angel's face as he was in previous novels, but an oversexed brat. I felt he got what he deserved when the englishman attacked him. Benji and Sybelle, while described thouroughly, held little relevence to the story. Benji could have been a dog and Sybelle a trained monkey that could play the piano and they still could have fulfilled the roles the played in TVA. The worst problem is the complete lack of tension in the novel. In TVA, I already knew everything that happened to Armand from Rice's earlier novels. Instead of adding any new concepts or storylines to the book, she takes what has already been told and stretches it to fit nearly 400 pages. I already knew that the Children of Darkness were going to abduct Armand and then Lestat would eventually destroy his coven. While in Interview and TVL, I knew the main characters would live through the book, I didn't already know the conflicts of the books and how the conflicts were going to be resolved. The only way the storyline in the book could have seemed fresh was if the reader had only read Interview with the Vampire and none of Anne's other vampire novels. Another point that bothered me was her resurrection of Armand from Memnoch. While I didn't like the fact that she killed him off, that doesn't necessarily mean I think she should bring Armand back from the dead. And if she felt that it was necessary, at least it could have been a plausable way. My recommendation, if you're in the bookstore and you see The Vampire Armand for sale, buy something from the Mayfair Witches trilogy instead.
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Summary: I was dissapointed too far out
Review: I am an Anne Rice and hope to continue to be one. But this book and Violin are testing me. It was quite difficult for me to finish!!!
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