Blurb
In 1976, a uniquely seductive world of vampires was unveiled in the now-classic Interview with the Vampire . . . in 1985, a wild and voluptous voice spoke to us, telling the story of The Vampire Lestat. In The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice continues her extraordinary “Vampire Chronicles” in a feat of mesmeric storytelling, a chillingly hypnotic entertainment in which the oldest and most powerful forces of the night are unleashed on an unsuspecting world.
Review
Book 3 of The Vampire Chronicles. I enjoyed this story more than the second one (The Vampire Lestat – TVL) and I like it just as much as I did the first book (Interview with the Vampire – IWTV). It picks right up where the second book left off. We learn about what happened before and after the concert to various vampires who has or will play a big part in Lestat2527s life. The Legend of the Twins is very interesting, and we get snippets of it in the ‘dream2527 from several points of views until the final explanation close to the end. Of all the characters, I would2527ve liked to learn more about Khayman; Marius2527s and Pandora2527s romantic relationship as vampires (because, so far in the series, vampires are seen as nonsexual creatures so how did Marius and Pandora fall in love?); and I wanted Armand to feel regret for how he manipulated and terrified Daniel Malloy for over a decade but Armand never did.
As with the other books, the description is over-the-top and so vivid I skimmed the pages until I found quotation marks. I don2527t understand why the author prefers to describe a couch or the shape of Lestat2527s mouth for several paragraphs but she says very little about what2527s actually important.
Though I2527m interested in the characters and would like to know what will happen to them in the future, I will not read anymore books in this series. I just don2527t like the style of writing, the format in which the chapters are laid out and the confusing timeline for each book. For example, in TVL, the concert starts in the spring but, in The Queen of the Damned, it starts on Halloween. Unless I misread something, this is a big timeline error.
I watched the movie, Queen of the Damned, after I read this book and now I no longer like the movie. They2527re totally different from one another. The book is better and more detailed while the movie cuts major characters like Louis and Armand, and the movie gives Lestat a girlfriend. So wrong!
3 Stars
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