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A review by thevampirelestat
Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
It is working on your body; it is working and working as fire works on the wood it consumes; as worms work on the carcass of an animal.
SIGH. Another banger unfortunately. I loved the vampire worldbuilding I think the entire concept of like The Vampiric Species being the vestiges of this single petulant spirit is so so so so so cool, Anne Rice you cooked on this front & many others. Really neat worldbuilding. I loved all the characters in here I found the random introduction of an ancient one named Eric to be, very funny. Let's get a THE VAMPIRE ERIC tale.
Lots of cool shit happening in here, more Armand which always tickles me silly, more Marius who outside of Lestat's googoo eyed idealization of him comes off as like a mopey teenager which is very funny to me. Maharet you're cool as shit. Jesse #YES. AKASHA YES. She's such a veritable fiend like ohmy gyadddd I fw her so much. This book is sooooo intriguing, also so #blessed to not be narrated by Lestat the whole time. Prose was as amazing as always no matter the narrator. Much gnarlier than TVL, I honestly liked it way more I wish I could give this like a 5.5 stars. Yet also, lots of weird shit here too and not in a good way
I am not sure if I will continue to read these books, I feel like I only have so much space in my body for vampiric antics and not much more of a taste for Lestat. The question remains of what more can you do to him, he is like The Vampire, but perhaps more pressingly--What more can you do to him that I will care about. But we'll see.
SIGH. Another banger unfortunately. I loved the vampire worldbuilding I think the entire concept of like The Vampiric Species being the vestiges of this single petulant spirit is so so so so so cool, Anne Rice you cooked on this front & many others. Really neat worldbuilding. I loved all the characters in here I found the random introduction of an ancient one named Eric to be, very funny. Let's get a THE VAMPIRE ERIC tale.
Lots of cool shit happening in here, more Armand which always tickles me silly, more Marius who outside of Lestat's googoo eyed idealization of him comes off as like a mopey teenager which is very funny to me. Maharet you're cool as shit. Jesse #YES. AKASHA YES. She's such a veritable fiend like ohmy gyadddd I fw her so much. This book is sooooo intriguing, also so #blessed to not be narrated by Lestat the whole time. Prose was as amazing as always no matter the narrator. Much gnarlier than TVL, I honestly liked it way more I wish I could give this like a 5.5 stars. Yet also, lots of weird shit here too and not in a good way
I am not sure if I will continue to read these books, I feel like I only have so much space in my body for vampiric antics and not much more of a taste for Lestat. The question remains of what more can you do to him, he is like The Vampire, but perhaps more pressingly--What more can you do to him that I will care about. But we'll see.