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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. LucidLove | May 31, 2009 |   In my opinion, the best of the vampire chronicles. (  )Gigiann | May 13, 2009 | Queen of the Damned picks up where The Vampire Lestat leaves off, introduces us to new and interesting vampires, and deals with the question of what happens when the Queen wakes. The Legend of the Twins is entrancing, and Rice unfolds the origin of vampires in a definitive manner. More backstory is given on all the major players, but enough is left unsaid to provide fodder for many more Vampire Chronicles. Also interesting was the introduction of the Talamasca, and meeting Aaron Lightner for the first time. I read the Mayfair Witches books first, so it was really nice 'seeing' him again here. The only thing I really didn’t like was Stan Rice’s unintelligible poetry at the beginnings of some chapters. (  )lilyfyrestorm | Dec 19, 2008 | 1  A mio parere il migliore della serie delle Cronache dei Vampiri, e anche l'ultimo che ho letto, poiché mi pareva una buona conclusione (secondo me dei successivi si poteva fare a meno). Vi compare il mio personaggio preferito, Khayman. IMO the best in the series of the Vampire's Chronicles, and the last one I read, as it seemed to me a good ending (I think she could've spared the others). Features my favourite character, Khayman. (  )Moloch | Nov 12, 2008 | Perhaps my least favorite in the series due to its choppy presentation of various seemingly unrelated (but of course are related) story lines. I must admit, however, that the stories involving Queen Akasha are highly entertaining. Appropriate for high school and beyond. (  )PigOfHappiness | Sep 24, 2008 | 0.030 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0345351525, Mass Market Paperback)Did you ever wonder where all those mischievous vampires roaming the globe in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles came from? In this, the third book in the series, we find out. That raucous rock-star vampire Lestat interrupts the 6,000-year slumber of the mama of all bloodsuckers, Akasha, Queen of the Damned.Akasha was once the queen of the Nile (she has a bit in common with the Egyptian goddess Isis), and it's unwise to rile her now that she's had 60 centuries of practice being undead. She is so peeved about male violence that she might just have to kill most of them. And she has her eye on handsome Lestat with other ideas as well. If you felt that the previous books in the series weren't gory and erotic enough, this one should quench your thirst (though it may cause you to omit organ meats from your diet). It also boasts God's plenty of absorbing lore that enriches the tale that went before, including the back-story of the boy in Interview with the Vampire and the ancient fellowship of the Talamasca, which snoops on paranormal phenomena. Mostly, the book spins the complex yarn of Akasha's eerie, brooding brood and her nemeses, the terrifying sisters Maharet and Mekare. In one sense, Queen of the Damned is the ultimate multigenerational saga. --Tim Appelo (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:24 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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I love the story in it, although I didn't like how easily Lestat fell into doing things he definitely shouldn't have been doing... (