The Feast of All Saints by Anne Rice Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Feast of All Saints
Book Review: My all-time favorite novel!
Summary: 5 Stars
Anne Rice has managed to write the best, most historically correct piece of historical fiction about the free people of color of Ante-Bellum New orleans that I have ever read. This coming of age story about a young man coming to terms with himself, his culture, and the world in which he lives is at times both beautiful and disturbing. Anne Rice has atrue understanding of these people and this period of New Orleans history which indicates hours of research. The characters truly come alive and the story is heartbreakingly real. You'll love it! You have to read it!Book Review: Nice background - but a slow-turner
Summary: 2 Stars
I usually have patience when it comes to reading works that require more effort than your average bestseller, but this was really pushing it. I read "Interview with a Vampire" which was a great mood piece. Anne Rice's use of description in that case really fit the story and made me enjoy the darker aspects of 19th century New Orleans and Paris. In this novel, Anne Rice's use of description really made the work seem bloated. It kept getting to the point where I was wondering when she would get the the real meat of the plot (if there was one). Her characters were interesting, especially Marcel, Anna Bella, Christophe, and his mother Juliet. But most activities involving these characters are interrupted by descriptive paragraphs on every flicker of emotion or curve of woodwork. I saw a TV movie based on the novel, which is what peaked my interest, but the writing style Rice used was more annoyingly descriptive than I expected. The stream-of-consciousness in the novel also made reading it difficult. I've read a few shorter novels using that style of writing, like "Mrs. Dalloway" , but in this novel of a little over 600 pages, it really tested my patience. This book could have really benefited from some considerate editing. If you're interested in the subject of the gens de colour of New Orleans (and willing to display more patience than I could gather)then you could check this out. This for me was disappointing considering how accomplished "Interview with the Vampire" was.Book Review: Perhaps my favorite novel.
Summary: 5 Stars
Anne Rice is one of the most talented authors writing fiction today. In this, the best novel she's written that I've read, she takes us on the journey of a young man, Marcel, into adulthood, a journey not unlike that taken by Dickens's Pip. At once a fascinating story and a poignant view of American history. This is a must readBook Review: Pure and simply... literature at its best.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is pure and simply literature at its best. To me, this is her best work ever, as much as everyone thinks Interview is... forget it. This is literature that will go down in history to be read by future generations. This is the piece of work that will stand out from all the rest of her work, in 100 years from now. It's a masterpiece. It's perfection.Book Review: THE FEAST OF ALL SAINTS
Summary: 5 Stars
As a native of New Orleans I'd often heard stories told about these free people of color, but until I read Anne Rice's THE FEAST OF ALL SAINTS, I never knew much about them. This book was so interesting that I've read it twice over the past twelve years since I first heard about it. Each time I've read it I enjoyed in more than the first time. This is the first and only book of Anne Rice I've read. I'm not into vampires, but I plan to read her most recent book about Jesus.