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Loading... Pandora (1998)by Anne Rice
None.  KarenIrelandPhillips | Aug 12, 2012 |  Pandora wanted to set the record straight about Lestat's version of what Marius said about her. She does so, but not much more was revealed to us about her thousand-year life than the beginning and her transformation into a vampire. She wandered Europe for centuries, but chooses to spend 400 pages on the first 35 years of her life. It was still interesting to read about, but I was hoping for more than a rehash of things we pretty much already knew. (  ) EmScape | May 22, 2012 | As with all the books of Anne Rice I've read, the feelings I had about this book were quite conflicting. I liked reading it. Especially since it was mostly set in Ancient Rome. But something about her books always irks me a little. I have yet to figure out what it is that rubs me the wrong way. (But make no mistake I still enjoyed reading it.) ( ) Moriquen | Sep 18, 2011 | The story of how Pandora became a vampire during the reign of Tiberius. The main body of the story was good, but the introductory chapter where Pandora narrates how David Talbot asked her to write down her life dragged a bit. The epilogue dealing with the 2000-odd years after she became a vampire was rather rushed and tended to hop about in a disconnected way so that I was often not quite sure when events were taking place. (  ) Robertgreaves | Sep 1, 2011 | A fantastic read on the story behind Pandora. It's a very quick read, and definitely worth it. I just wish Anne had written more in the "new tales." Aerow | Aug 15, 2011 | no reviews | add a review Is contained in13 Ann Rice: Exit to Eden, Feast of All Saints, Interview With the Vampire, Lasher, Merrick, The Mummy, Pandora, Queen of the Damned, Servant of the Bones, Tale of the Body Thief, Vampire Lestat, Vittorio the Vampire, The Witching Hour by Anne Rice LASHER/CRY TO HEAVEN/PANDORA/THE FEAST OF ALL THE SAINTS/THE MUMMY/MENNOCH THE DEVIL/THE TALE OF THE BODY THIEF/TALTOS/SERVANT OF THE BONES (ANN RICE NOVELS) by Anne Rice
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The research Rice put into this is sometimes obvious, but always interesting. The only fully formed character is the narrator, but there is a nice contrast between Pandora's thoughtful hedonism and Marius' almost stereotypically brooding vampire.
It's been years since I read Rice's vampire chronicles (and totally missed the last three or four books). I sometimes felt that the narrator was talking about events and characters I should know, but didn't, without the backstory necessary to understand the plot. (