Advantages: A must for Anne Rice fans and fans of the Vampire Chronicles Disadvantages: A bit boring in the middle
...brings us a new character, Merrick Mayfair. The story of the Mayfair’s has already been written by Anne in her books: The Witching Hour, Lasher, and Taltos. The Mayfair’s are a long line of voodoo witches, both coloured and white, from New Orleans. As Anne herself lives here, she knows much about the voodoo background.
In this book, Merrick Mayfair is placed into the hands of the Talamasca (an organisation dealing with psychic investigations) ... ...if she is at peace.
Merrick agrees, and it is done. Louis has also fallen in love with Merrick, and she with him.
The beginning and ending of the book are very exciting, but the middle piece became a little boring. The beginning tells us the story of Merrick, how she came to be in the Talamasca, her first meeting with David since he has been a vampire, and how he asks her for her help in raising Claudia’s spirit.
The middle part has David ...
carolinesite 17.04.2001
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Advantages: Another excellent addition to the chronicles, Merrick is as real and flawed as all of Anne Rice' characters Disadvantages: None really
...an individual, human or immortal. Merrick comes across as a warm, charismatic, soulful young woman who has been damaged by her past and although she still struggles to come to terms with her own demons often hiding from them in a bottle of Bourbon, she has generally managed to turn these negatives into a deep concern and empathy for the suffering of others especially, in this case Louis who is still tortured by the death of Claudia. From her complicated ... ...which Lestat views her, Merrick stands very much at the centre of this story and we feel genuinely that Louis' survival is very much in the collective hands of his great friend and adversary, Lestat, wise David and the the hypnotic and compelling Merrick. The ending is almost inevitable but nonetheless satisfying. Merrick is a character that I very much hope we continue to meet in future chronicles. ...
wendy5177 31.05.2006
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With the splendidMerrick, Rice is firing on allcylinders, and this latest volume in the ... more
best-sellingVampire Chronicleshas all the elements that we expect from her: richly evocative use of locales; flesh-creeping horror (the squeamish should steer clear...
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With the splendid Merrick, Rice is firing on all cylinders, and this latest volume in the ... more
best-selling Vampire Chronicles has all the elements that we expect from her: richly evocative use of locales; flesh-creeping horror (the squeamish should steer c...
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