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The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice

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sinsin's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

4.0

meganlee007's review against another edition

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5.0

Excellente. Picked this up after 2 years and just as good as I remembered. Great writer.

burksandcaicos's review against another edition

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3.0

Akasha's death was trash in the book, but Lestat and Jessie were trash in the movie so I lose either way.

cheyannets's review against another edition

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2.0

I first read this book at 14 and it had been my first in the series. It bored me and confused me and that impression stayed with me. Then now, reading the first two in the series and now this, I still found it a little boring, but a lot of parts did redeem it for me.

My issue with this book is I simply don't like Lestat all too much. I find it really irritating how everybody loves him, how perfect he is (BUT OH HE ISN'T PERFECT!!! BECAUSE HE BREAKS RULES!!!), and so it's a lot of suffering to put up with him. But I know this is an unpopular opinion and of course with how adored he is even in our world, of course he would take up so much space in this story. But why is everybody so obsessed with him? We just don't know. I know I don't get it. Rice's writing doesn't help me either. It tries very hard to be Good and it isn't bad, but the amount of trying to come off as Beautiful Prose grates on you. There's something endearing about it, though.

However, the stories from everybody else made this better. Anne Rice can make really interesting characters, such as the relationship between Daniel and Armand. I couldn't put the book down at their parts and also at Jesse and Maharet. Their parents alone won the book over for me. Even Akasha was an interesting character.

A lot of things in this book are not my cup of tea and that's okay.

giovianna's review against another edition

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5.0

this book is absolutely incredible!!!! i love akasha SO MUCH!

eeriemusick's review

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

juliasalazando's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

leannaaker's review against another edition

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This book fills in the gaps in the history of how vampires came to be at all. It tells the story of Akasha and Enkil, and the other elders: Khayman, Mekare, and Maharet. We connect past with present as Akasha is awakened by LeStat's boisterous concert in San Francisco.

However, Akasha's awakening throws what we think Akasha should be against what she is and what she plans to do, now that she has awakened.

As always, this is a masterpiece of character development, and a reflective person could undergo a great spiritual search from reading this book...if he/she was so inclined.

goofybeast's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

4.5

jelliestars's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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