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Loading... The Tale of the Body Thief (Rice, Anne, Vampire Chronicles, Bk. 4.) (original 1992; edition 1997)by Anne Rice
Work InformationThe Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice (1992)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Oh Anne Rice... How deliciously dark and mind boggling. After the dismal experience of trudging through Queen of the Damned, it took me a while to pick this one up. It didn't take long before I got sucked into it and I ended up really enjoying it. Maybe its a little bit more on the guilty pleasure side, but still a pleasure ;) ( ) Okay, yes, Lestat is super whiny and it's annoying as hell. But I can live with that, since it's also kind of a core point of his character that he always wants what he can't have, especially if it's dangerous. What I could not deal with was him being constantly distracted by the stupidest things. I mean, David (whom Lestat allegedly loves deeply) is here coming up with plans and doing all the work and Lestat goes from "I want my body back and will do everything in my power, this is my only goal" to "So... can we have sex now?" several times in five minutes. I blame lack of editing. I blame lack of editing for a lot of things in this book. Because it is an intriguing story, the characters are great, it's something fresh and new and a great book to write after the first three in the Vampire Chronicles. The story is very urban fantasy, in a good way, I like the antagonist and I love everything with David in it. Lestat is not only whiny, but an immense a**hole at times, but since he never was a likeable protagonist, so that's fine with me. I love the fact that he wants to be human at all costs and then absolutely hates it, not out of glee, but because I find it a believable reaction from a being that is so absolutely removed from being human and enjoys it. There are a lot of meaningful conversations in this book, as always with Anne Rice, but also a lot of back and forth and repetitions of the same thing over and over, so it could definitely have benefited from some editing. And it could have been a lot shorter. All in all, in my "great and possible several years-long re-read of the Vampire Chronicles and maybe the Mayfair Witches completely out of order", this book ranks below "Pandora" (the first book I re-read, this being the second) because of lack of editing and focus. Next up: Memnoch the Devil The fourth Vampire Chronicles book is as far as I ever intend to go, and boy is it a doozy. Lestat is quite possibly the dumbest immortal alive, and would 100% fall for email scams about bitcoin. It's a fun romp through the brat prince realising that actually, no, he does NOT want to be human again, and causing problems for all his loved ones along the way. no reviews | add a review
Is contained in10 Anne Rice Books: Interview with the Vampire, The Feast of All Saints, Tale of the Body Thief, Lasher, Taltos, Servant by Anne Rice 5 Titles in Vampire Chronicles By Anne Rice - Vampire Lestat - Tale of the Body Thief - Queen of the Damned - Merrick - by Anne Rice 9 Book Collection of Anne Rice: The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, Interview With The Vampire, Memnoch by Anne Rice Interview with the Vampire / The Vampire Lestat / The Queen of the Damned / The Tale of the Body Thief / Memnoch the Devil by Ann Rice Collector's Set (5-Paperback Books): Taltos, The Tale Of The Body Thief, Queen Of The Damned, The Vampire Lestat, Interview With The Vampire by Anne 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 / The Tale of the Body Thief / The Vampire Lestat / Vittorio the Vampire / The Witching Hour by Ann 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 Interview With the Vampire / The Vampire Lestat / The Queen of the Damned / The Tale of the Body Thief / Memnoch the Devil / The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice Interview With the Vampire / The Vampire Lestat / The Queen of the Damned / The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice Anne Rice 3 Pack- The Tale of the Body Thief / Memnoch the Devil / The Vampire Armand (The Vampire Chronicles, 4, 5 & 6) by Anne Rice Has as a reference guide/companionAwardsDistinctions
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HTML:NATIONAL BESTSELLER â?¢ In another feat of hypnotic storytelling, Anne Rice continues the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles that began with the now classic Interview with the Vampire and continued with The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned. Lestat speaks. Vampire-hero, enchanter, seducer of mortals. For centuries he has been a courted prince in the dark and flourishing universe of the living dead. Lestat is alone. And suddenly all his vampire rationaleâ??everything he has come to believe and feel safe withâ??is called into question. In his overwhelming need to destroy his doubts and his loneliness, Lestat embarks on the most dangerous enterprise he has undertaken in all the danger-haunted years of his long existence. The Tale of the Body Thief is told with the uniqueâ??and mesmerizingâ??passion, power, color, and invention that distinguish the novel No library descriptions found. |
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