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The Tale of the Body Thief (Mass Market Paperback)

by Anne Rice (Author) "THE Vampire Lestat here ..." (more)
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It's been said that Vladimir Nabokov's best novels are the ones he wrote after starting a failed novel. Anne Rice wrote The Body Thief, the fourth thrilling episode of her Vampire Chronicles, right after she spent a long time poring over that most romantic of horror novels, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, to research a novel Rice abandoned about an artificial man. Perhaps as a result of Shelley's influence, The Body Thief is far more psychologically penetrating than its predecessors, with a laser-like focus on a single tormented soul. Oh, we meet some wild new characters, and Rice's toothsome vampire-hero Lestat zooms around the globe--as is his magical habit--from Miami to the Gobi desert, but he's in such despair that he trades his immortal body to a con man named Raglan James, who offers him in return two days of strictly mortal bliss.

Lestat has always had a faulty impulse-control valve, and it gets him in truly intriguing trouble this time. On the plus side, he gets to experience romance with a nun and orange juice--"thick like blood, but full of sweetness." But Lestat is horrified by an uncommon cold, and his toilet training proves traumatic. He's also got to catch Raglan James, who has no intention of giving up his dishonestly acquired new superpowered body. Lestat enlists the help of David Talbot, a mortal in the Talamasca, a secret society of immortal watchers described in Queen of the Damned.

The swapping of bodies and supernatural stories is choice, and there's even a moral: never give a bloodsucker an even break. --Tim Appelo



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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Another Dark Adventure In The Life of Lestat, April 1 2004
By I ain't no porn writer (author, "Crippled Dreams") - See all my reviews
I thought "Queen of the Damned" was a little boring, but I liked this next novel in the vampire chronicles. Good story. Especially the last part of this book was very suspenseful and fast-paced. Sophisticated readers will enjoy some intellectual dialogues in the story too. A keeper.

p.s. I much prefer Anne Rice's vampires to her witches and erotic fairytales.

David Rehak
author of "Love and Madness"

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2.0 out of 5 stars Something's Missing..., Jan 29 2004
By Preyanka (Bangkok, Thailand) - See all my reviews
I've been reading a lot of Anne Rice lately. And while I can't say I haven't been moved at some points, generally speaking, my experience has been one of frustrating disappointment. Anne has come up with these fascinating and alluring CONCEPTS--these vampires who travel through centuries, across myriad lands and a panoply of cultures, forging and breaking relationships with one another--and with mortals all the while--sounds like a great idea for a series of books, and it IS, that's what's sad.

Somehow she fails when it comes to actually writing about these characters. Something's lacking. I think it's her main character and narrator, The Vampire Lestat. In my opinion he's too whiney and weak to be the hero of the chronicles. He goes on and on at the end of "Body Thief" about how he simply cannot help but be gleefully happy--that it's in his nature and he cannot be depressed for long. This was flabbergasting because Lestat--mischievous though he might be, is ALWAYS upset about something. Rice seems to want Lestat to be viewed in a certain light, so she tells the reader what to feel, but Lestat's actions throughout the book do not SHOW this at all.

In the other books of the chronicles, such as in QUEEN OF THE DAMNED, when she deals with the relationship between Armand and Daniel, THEN it becomes hard to put the book down. But the rest of time, when we are going round and round in circles with Lestat, rather than feeling absorbed and entertained, I find myself hoping she'll write more about those OTHER things.

I haven't read MEMNOCH THE DEVIL, and to be honest, I am afraid to because I hear it's quite dreadful. What I can say is that I think QUEEN OF THE DAMNED was the best book of the chronicles so far, and I recommend it highly.

Rice is a master when it comes to descriptive language, that is for certain, and I agree with all the literary critics who have ever labeled her writing as being "lush" but unfortunately that doesn't make up for the feeling I get when I read Anne Rice, that she is WASTING these wonderful concepts, and that in someone else's hands they could truly come alive.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, but episodic, Jan 8 2004
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It is important to note that while this book is mighty interesting, it's much different then the first three. The first three seem like these big epic histories, but this is more of a melodrama. It's as if the vampire chronicles become a tv show and this is an episode.
It is, however, easier to get into. The plot is much quicker in this book then QotD, and because there is more action and less descriptive prose. Although, since it is Anne Rice, there is still a good amount of prose! It is definitely worth your time if you are able to overlook some especially sexual scenes!
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5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Ann Rice book of all time...!!
This is byfar her best that I've read. Great characters (as always), awesome storyline, and it keeps you enthralled until the very end...!! Excellent...!!
Published on Nov 11 2004 by Melissa

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoy, you should
Now, there are very clear words that will tell you whether you'll like it or not. Read the introduction it's all there. Simply, it's unlike the past three. Read more
Published on May 6 2004 by Ruben Valenzuela

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good.
I actually really liekd this book, I dont know the exact reason why...but I did. Maybe it was because it was a lot different than the first three, and more modern. Read more
Published on Mar 18 2004 by thecrowchicky69

4.0 out of 5 stars Not too bad
This book was definitely a little different from the previous three. But it was still charming in its own way. Read more
Published on Feb 21 2004 by Igor

5.0 out of 5 stars Still a Wonderful tale!
After Queen of the Damned, philosophical discussions have a tendency to wane on some people. I can defintely understand why, but give it a chance!!!!!!!! Read more
Published on Dec 6 2003 by Victoria J. Knoll

5.0 out of 5 stars my favorite in the series so far
i love all of the books by Anne Rice that i have read so far and this one is my favorite yet. this books isn't full of action but it does have lots of suprises and very good... Read more
Published on Dec 1 2003 by amybot4

3.0 out of 5 stars okay but nothing special
I loved Interview with the Vampire and liked the second and third books in this series, but this one was a disappointment. It's not an awful book. Read more
Published on Nov 22 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Another good story
While "Tale of the Body Thief" pales in the light of "The Vampire Lestat" and "Queen of the Damned" it still more than delivers the goods. Read more
Published on Nov 9 2003 by NorthofCB

5.0 out of 5 stars I thought it was good
Unlike the some others reviewers I feel that this was a well written book. I thought it had a much faster pace then The Queen of the Damned, I could not put down Tale of the Body... Read more
Published on Oct 17 2003 by S. V. Divelbiss

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME!!!
This is a wonderful story. I couldn't put the book down once I started it. I thought it was going to be a little slow but then it picked up and it exploded! Read more
Published on Oct 7 2003 by Christie Silvers

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