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A review by trin
Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
Genuinely what was she on here. This is...so bad.
Do you want to hear the Bible retold, but worse? Do you want a cameo by Jesus, but he's an asshole? Do you want to hear the Devil/Satan with a Dumber Name monologue for hundreds of pages while Lestat does a subpar version of baby Daniel's "And then what?" which is mostly him gasping melodramatically? Do you want Lestat lapping up menstrual blood in a deeply unsexy manner?
Well you're getting them!
And then, <i>American Psycho</i>-style, the whole narrative loops around and means nothing.
1.5, because at least this did bring us:
--An extremely funny opening line ("Lestat here.")
--Lestat ruffling Armand's hair
--Lestat drinking from Jesus being a thing that happened
--The ending where Lestat sees his reflection in the window of a closed car dealership, aka the passage that sparked the feud between Anne Rice and the founder of Popeye's chicken. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/19/us/where-a-vampire-walked-tastes-clash.html">Please do yourself a favor and read about this</a>.
Do you want to hear the Bible retold, but worse? Do you want a cameo by Jesus, but he's an asshole? Do you want to hear the Devil/Satan with a Dumber Name monologue for hundreds of pages while Lestat does a subpar version of baby Daniel's "And then what?" which is mostly him gasping melodramatically? Do you want Lestat lapping up menstrual blood in a deeply unsexy manner?
Well you're getting them!
And then, <i>American Psycho</i>-style, the whole narrative loops around and means nothing.
1.5, because at least this did bring us:
--An extremely funny opening line ("Lestat here.")
--Lestat ruffling Armand's hair
--Lestat drinking from Jesus being a thing that happened
--The ending where Lestat sees his reflection in the window of a closed car dealership, aka the passage that sparked the feud between Anne Rice and the founder of Popeye's chicken. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/19/us/where-a-vampire-walked-tastes-clash.html">Please do yourself a favor and read about this</a>.