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A review by caroline_carnivorous
The Complete Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
4.0
Just copying my reviews on the individual books here:
I've actually never read this before! Crazy, right? The movie has been stuck in my mind since I was a little girl, so it was WAY overdue that I read it. I liked it! In some parts it gave more inside and background story compared to the movie, and in some parts not. I have no idea what the next books are about, so I'll get started on that!
A very interesting read! You get to see the other side of the story. The first book was obviously just Louis' point of view, and now you get Lestat's - as well as other vampires'. There was a part where I felt it dragged on for a bit, but for the most part it was very entertaining. I loved the ties to mythology. I'm very excited to start the next one!
** spoiler alert ** I loved this one! It kept me excited and emotional basically throughout the entire book.
Fun twist: This book tells you that the past books are real. The books were actually published. Now Lestat has his own band, and tells everyone that he's a vampire.
In the beginning of the book we meet several characters that plan to go to Lestat's concert, and there is a lot of suspense and action. All the different POVs might slow it down a little bit, but it didn't really bother me. But I can see it might bother some!
I think the best part of the entire thing was learning the history of the mysterious ancients. I really thought Akasha and Enkil were positive ''things''! I was wrong. Akasha angers me a lot towards the end, I'm happy she's dead. Lestat's POV later in the book isn't very exciting though.
I'm going to give the movie a shot, just because I'm curious about how they made it. I KNOW I'm going to complain, but oh well.
Review of the movie on my blog: http://carolinesometimes.blogspot.no/2017/02/the-queen-of-damned-book-movie-review.html
** spoiler alert ** A very different story, but I liked it!
Lestat and David are very good friends now.
Lestat being Lestat, he decides to switch bodies (temporarily) with a mortal man, despite David's warnings. Of course he doesn't come back, and Lestat is stuck in the mortal body, completely confused, disgusted and not used to being human. He becomes seriously ill and is taken care of by a nun. Then he goes to hunt for the body thief. Luis and Marius won't help him, but of course David will. It's a very action-filled story, and keeps a relatively good pace to the end.
I've actually never read this before! Crazy, right? The movie has been stuck in my mind since I was a little girl, so it was WAY overdue that I read it. I liked it! In some parts it gave more inside and background story compared to the movie, and in some parts not. I have no idea what the next books are about, so I'll get started on that!
A very interesting read! You get to see the other side of the story. The first book was obviously just Louis' point of view, and now you get Lestat's - as well as other vampires'. There was a part where I felt it dragged on for a bit, but for the most part it was very entertaining. I loved the ties to mythology. I'm very excited to start the next one!
** spoiler alert ** I loved this one! It kept me excited and emotional basically throughout the entire book.
Fun twist: This book tells you that the past books are real. The books were actually published. Now Lestat has his own band, and tells everyone that he's a vampire.
In the beginning of the book we meet several characters that plan to go to Lestat's concert, and there is a lot of suspense and action. All the different POVs might slow it down a little bit, but it didn't really bother me. But I can see it might bother some!
I think the best part of the entire thing was learning the history of the mysterious ancients. I really thought Akasha and Enkil were positive ''things''! I was wrong. Akasha angers me a lot towards the end, I'm happy she's dead. Lestat's POV later in the book isn't very exciting though.
I'm going to give the movie a shot, just because I'm curious about how they made it. I KNOW I'm going to complain, but oh well.
Review of the movie on my blog: http://carolinesometimes.blogspot.no/2017/02/the-queen-of-damned-book-movie-review.html
** spoiler alert ** A very different story, but I liked it!
Lestat and David are very good friends now.
Lestat being Lestat, he decides to switch bodies (temporarily) with a mortal man, despite David's warnings. Of course he doesn't come back, and Lestat is stuck in the mortal body, completely confused, disgusted and not used to being human. He becomes seriously ill and is taken care of by a nun. Then he goes to hunt for the body thief. Luis and Marius won't help him, but of course David will. It's a very action-filled story, and keeps a relatively good pace to the end.