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Perhaps her best work	Customer Rating:
This is likely the best book Anne Rice has written which, in the opinion of some, isn't saying much. I found it compelling and intriguing. I very much enjoyed it and it's predecessor's deep and fascinating history woven through our own reality. I could have done without the rock star things (or the movie)

Philisophical, but thrilling to the last page

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This novel has a lot of philosophy to it that really makes it, not just fun to read, but memorable. I read this book over a month ago and yet I'm still thinking about certain moments and certain questions. The book hits the ground running, right from the start there's blood, lust, and "rock and roll" as Ann (and people from past decades) call it ;) If you were charmed by Louis and Lestat, it'll be difficult to not fall in love with a couple of new characters including a brave and clever archaeologist with powerful psychic abilities named Jesse. And Daniel, Armand's beautiful companion who recorded Louis' story in IWTV. I wanted to give this book a 4.5, but since I can only give it a 4 or a 5 I rounded it up. The reason I don't think it deserves the full 5 is that the climax didn't end up being as climactic as it could have been. The Queen of the Damned is simply built up too much as being too powerful for there to have been any good ending. and for all her thousands of years, she certainly comes across as very childish and simple-minded and it seems odd to me that she is so different than every other vampire in the story, ancient or fledgling. In fact all the remaining vampires end up appearing more unison and similar than you would ever expect. It's as if they're all different parts of the same person. But perhaps they are all different parts of the author, battling out these philosophical questions through these characters. Regardless, you're going to want to read this book for yourself. If you've ever enjoyed an Anne Rice book before, you're going to enjoy this one.

I didn't care for the anti male slant of this book.

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The whole "all men are evil" nonsense just doesn't do it for me. I may be a tad oversensitive but its how I took the book. The story is decent, the characters are well thought out, the story itself is long and a little tedious, but I'm glad Akasha gets hers at the end of the book. This book is better than "Lestat" Most of the "rock star" nonsense is absent. I'd say if your new to the Vampire books, then start with "Interview", I wouldn't say this is required reading. It has some interesting parts, but on a whole, the series is starting to get bogged down with too many characters, too many story lines and the already mentioned, male bashing.

The Queen is not as helpless as she seems.	Customer Rating:
Third book in the Vampire Chronicles. Lestat is back, narrating another book and breaking more rules. Lestat traces his vampiric roots back to ancient Egypt and we meet the first vampires, now as still as statues, seemingly unaware of the world around them. Lestat wakes Akasha, the Queen of the Damned, and sets an ancient prophecy in motion. Marvelous!

Sensouous, yet....

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The brat prince is back with a second memoir, the third in The Vampire Chronicles series. The tale is as compelling as ever, as sensuous, but I found this book to be a little more... disjointed than the others, possibly because of its 3rd person narration throughout most the first two thirds of the novel. Brilliant tale despite the confusion of the various, oft seemingly pointless, narrators on the first read. Strikingly different from Interview with the Vampire and The Vampire Lestat, nevertheless The Queen of the Damned is worth the read if you're a fan of the series. If not...