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3.0 out of 5 stars
Haven't we heard most of this before?, May 27 2004
This novel is about Marius, my favourite vampire. Although I have quite a few problems with this book, it was still okay to read. The problems were these:
1) most of the story line has already been told in the previous books; 2) I'm tired of all the vampires loving all the humans and always crying at the slightest provocation. They are becoming a bit too wimpy for me. Marius most often alternated between being sad and being shocked (is that the limit on vampire's emotions?) What was also very irritating was the mention of other stories (previously untold) that Marius says that happened to him but he is not allowed to talk about them by the author. Instead, Anne Rice rehashes old plots. A bit boring. Another irritating thing was the fact that after introducing a new and interesting vampire Thor (to whom Marius tells his story) she hardly gives us any insight into him. Not only that, but because we don't know much about Thor, the ending of the book makes no sense whatsoever, since it involves him and his history with his maker, the ancient vampire Maharet. To sum up, a bit disappointing but okay. I say okay because I'm a big fan of Anne Rice (so I can take a lot of maudlin stuff from her), however, a casual reader would probably be irritated by this book.
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by Anne Rice
by Anne Rice
by Anne Rice
by Anne Rice
by Anne Rice
