Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice

4 reviews

nytephoenyx's review against another edition

informative mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

Queen of the Damned is not a story that allows the reader to spectate while the characters have adventures - the reader instead stands back and listens to the characters as they discuss histories and current events. In that way, Queen of the Damned is a critically acclaimed info dump.

The story is interesting, but I find the delivery shallow and lazy. It’s consistent with the rest of the Vampire Chronicles - I think I forget in between reads. Anne Rice holds the standard to which vampire books are held (Anne Rice and Bram Stoker) but while the imagination is there, the technique is lacking. If you’re interested in the origin of Rice’s vampires, Queen of the Damned delivers the story like reading a Wikipedia article. But you do get the history of the creatures. So there’s that?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

calcified_boner's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

the devil's minion chapter ily 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

jackbifrost's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction and Rape

Minor: Abortion

parttimerarebookdealer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Grief