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Advantages: MUST READ FOR CHRONICLE FANS
Disadvantages: Length, if you struggle with detail.

This is the continued story of Lestat, one of the main characters of Interview with the Vampire. We also see other familiar characters in this story. To get more details of their lives throughout the Chronicles is a great plus for the fans. When Interview ended, I was wanting more, and this tale delivers! We get to see the acts of the Vampires, spanning their long lifetimes in more detail. Anne gives us just what we want. If you enjoyed the other ...
...fan of any one of the Vampire tales, then I do not recommend reading this book. But for the fan of Anne Rice, her Vampires or her Witch tales, then this is a great book to read. I have read it 3 times now! I am looking forward to something new in the vampire tales from Anne very soon! ... Read review

Advantages: A great story
Disadvantages: Rather long

In the typical Anne Rice style, this book is a page turner. Once I started it, it was hard to put it down. This book follows The Mayfair Witches and Lasher. I read it first and was a bit confused as to the story line, but as I got into the book, it made little difference that I hadn't read the other two before it. Though after reading this book, it made me want to read the other's before it. An ancient race of beings older than man. They breed in ...
...Taltos that the Mayfair witches met, and when he was distroyed, they assumed that he was the only one of his kind. But they were wrong, because there is another. Ashlar is legendary of the Taltos. He seems so innocent and pure, but he has done and suffered so much wrong in his time. He lives to serch for another of his kind. Ash is the last of his kind, a Taltos. This story is the not just Ashlar's story, but the stroy of all the Taltos. How they ... Read review

Advantages: Very interesting, good writing,well rounded characters, etc
Disadvantages: none

...book. It's a change from the vampire novels she usually writes with a twist; and each moment in the first section had me looking forward to the moment when Ramses would rise and make himself known to the outside world. The plot is interesting and it makes you melt away into the book as usual; as well as the characters are well rounded unlike many such books of its kind. It's not scary like Stephen King novels, jsut unusual and brilliant. PLOT: This ...
...originally intended to be the script for a movie is what I heard, until the makers of the movie decided to change nearly everything. It is about what happens when an archaeologist find the mummy, Ramses II and then after he dies, the mummy and the archaeologist's treasures are given to his daughter Julie in England who finds that the mummy comes to life to be a man. ... Read review

Advantages: Continued Tales of the Vampires!
Disadvantages: Long, drawn discriptions can be hard for some to read.

...meet Armand in Interview With the Vampire, his character is for supporting the main characters. Now we get to hear his complete story, in great, flowing, beautifully described detail. If you love all this detailed background and imagery, this book is a must read for vampire fans. If Interview was a great read to you, then you will LOVE this book also. However, if you found Interview to be too long and descriptive for your tastes, then this book will ...
...and gives much background on the characters and places they live and visit. So, for the fan of such writing, her tales are masterpieces. For those who have to trudge through all the details waiting for the action, read something else. I recommend this book to fans of Interview With The Vampire. You will enjoy the continued tales of the Vampires, I would also recommend Tale of the Boy Thief, and Servant of the Bones. ... Read review

Advantages: A must have for them who like the film/book interview with a vampire
Disadvantages: None, a beautiful written book, better than the first.

After both watching the film Interview with a Vampire then also reading the book. I wanted to know what happened next so baught the book The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice. I honestly believe that this book was better than the first and I actually managed to find out Lestas life. With so many twists and tales of other vampires and how they become within this one novel it is an increadible read and a book which i honestly could not put down, I read it ... Read review