Complete Vampire Chronicles (Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the body Thief) by Anne Rice Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Complete Vampire Chronicles (Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the body Thief)
Book Review: Anne Rice gives us the vampire as tragic hero.
Summary: 5 Stars
The books in this series represent some of the most powerful
literature ever written. Anne Rice not only takes a standard
character stereotype, vampires, and gives them new
dimension, she creates an otherworldly realm for them to
inhabit and takes us there. These characters, instead of
being frightening, are sympathetic; I found myself not able
to shake a feeling of sadness at their fate and the pathetic
emptiness of their lives. I believe Ms. Rice was attempting
to shoot holes in our glorification of immortality, to make
us understand that living forever is simply not what we
believe it to be. To be ageless is not necessarily to be
timeless, as we see in poor Louis who can never quite manage
to adapt to his new surroundings as he trudges through one
decade after the next. These are tragic tales chronicled by
the creatures who must live them, to perhaps make us more
appreciative of the lives we have. She shows us a dark side
of vampires that no one has ever explored; the lost soul who
is forced to walk through history unable to make connections
with the living or the dead. Trapped, unloved and unable to
escape his fate, the vampire becomes a creature to be pitied,
not feared. I highly recommend these books, which should be
read in chronological order to perserve the impact.Book Review: Some of the most breath-taking books I've ever read!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Having been an avid reader of gothic type stories that center around vampires and the like .... I was absolutely captivated by Anne Rice's vampire stories.
"Interview with the Vampire" and "The Vampire Lestat" take you into the deep and mysterious world of the night creatures - vampires. The author doesn't just tell you a story, she brings you into the story to the point where you may find yourself compelled to go out and track down a vampire so you too could experience the sensuality and pleasures reserved for these night creatures. I am certainly on the lookout for a vampire!
"Queen of the Damned" presents a truly believable guide to how vampires came into existence. Again the story makes you feel a part of every high and every low throughout. And again the author has given her all to make the reader see and hear everything.
Each story had me entranced and unable to put the book down until I had finished it. Do yourself a favour and read these books - but be warned - you may start to have vampiric desires!
Book Review: spell-binding story weaving
Summary: 5 Stars
Anne Rice weaves a tale so spell binding that real time slips past as you are drawn into Lestat's world. Her books are impossible to put down and once you are finished reading, it leaves you thirsting for the next tale. One of the very few authors whose works I can reread and enjoy the second or third time as much as the first. The movie based on her work was but a pale imitation, like cubic zirconion to the real rock. Excellent reading value.Book Review: Tales of the timeless depth within humanity's soul.
Summary: 5 Stars
Anne Rice took her own life experiances, her vision, and an accute sense of humanity in all its glory and failings to weave a darkly romantic series. The Vampire Chronicles follows the immortal life of the Vampire Lestat, first allowing us to see him in the eyes of the world through Louis in "Interview with the Vampire" and finally bringing us to the truth with "The Vampire Lestat"
That was one of the most powerful methods of dispelling sterotypes that I've ever seen. In doing this Anne Rice has laid claim to our common feelings on the vampire in general as a vile beast and turned it inside out to show that common beliefs are not always the truth. This poked a spear into the rather automated nature of us all to catagorize things as one fact and fear or hate what's not understood. She dipped into our myths and legends to weave the story of origins (Queen of the Damned) and finally showed the frailties and yet subtle charm of being mortal (Tale of the Body Thief).
Lestat is more than the hero of these stories, he's our guide to the human mind. He pokes fun at our way of thinking with the express intent to shock. When Lestat easily became an idolized Rock Star in the second book, it was a splash of ice water but funny in a way. We do think like this. And that was the whole point. Each vampire was the voice of a generation and combined it created a masterful series that ripped open the shadowed soul of mankind, but left us with a smile of relief.
Book Review: This Chronicle surely will change your view about life...
Summary: 5 Stars
This Chronicle will told us about life and look it from the other side - the immortal side. The story is flowing and enjoyable and the magic of the character make this chronicle is worth to read more than once. The details are superb and the descriptions about places and characters are truly admirable. Read it and you will get another perspective about life....