Memnoch the Devil: The Vampire Chronicles (Vol 5) - Anne Rice > Reviews

Advantages: Very satisfying and thought-provoking.
Disadvantages: A lot of info to take in and digest.

...questioned God's plan and also Memnoch fell in love with humanity, and wondered whether God realised the extent of what he made. According to Rice, it was Memnoch who orchestrated the coming of God to Earth in the guise of Jesus; and according Rice Memnoch will one day be allowed back to the arms of his maker. You see, Hell is a place of learning, it's a kind of cosmic painful university and when you graduate you get to go to Heaven. Rice's Hell is ... Read review

Advantages: A must for readers of Anne Rice
Disadvantages: A bit bored of the same thing during the middle of the book

This is the fifth book in Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles, and her favourite, so she says. I have to disagree, and say that the previous Chronicles were much better. I found myself bored halfway through, and just continued to read it so that I could get it finished. Lestat, our dark hero, after having survived the Body Thief (the fourth Chronicle), finds himself faced with his most amazing offer so far. To go on a tour of Heaven and Hell. ... Read review

Advantages: makes you think alot about theism and theology
Disadvantages: some readers may not like it if they do not have an interest theology

...told that his name is Memnoch the Devil and that he wants Lestat to join him and help him run Hell and that there is really a God. At first he refuses outrite but as per usual curiosity gets the better of him and thats when the story really starts. The story starts off quite slow at first with Lesat stalking his next victim,a middle age male who is a wealthy criminal, a thief who takes religious aftifacts in ordrer to past them on to his daughter.She ... Read review

Advantages: If you've never read Anne Rice it will throw you into the deep end
Disadvantages: It is a mind altering read

Memnoch the Devil was the first Anne Rice book I have ever read, and as i've said, it really does throw you into the deep end. We are thrown into the mind boggling world of vampires and body snatching from the very beginning, Rice drawing you into the romantic world of Vampires, blood and emotion. The first pages or so do what i now love Anne Rice's books so much for and that is setting the scene. She writes so beautifully about the haunts of ... Read review

Advantages: Well written
Disadvantages: none

This instalment of the Vampire chronicles finds Lestat in the hands of the Devil. To recruit him, no less! The Devil takes him to heaven, hell, gets him to meet God, and takes him to witness the crucifixion of Christ. This book is different from all the rest of the chronicles, dealing with and altering, the concepts of religion. Eventhough this is a work of fiction, it is definitely food for thought. Will Lestat chose to work in hell, or will he be ... Read review