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Blood Canticle [Large Print] (Paperback)

by Anne Rice (Author) "I WANT to be a saint ..." (more)

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Paperback: 525 pages
Publisher: Large Print Press; Lrg edition (September 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1594130450
ISBN-13: 978-1594130458
Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.4 x 2.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 740 g

Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #1,274,994 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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For her 25th fan-pleasing outing, Rice reunites some of her most popular creations and, for the first time since Memnoch the Devil (1995), lets the Vampire Lestat "write" the book. Taking up where last year's Blackwood Farm ended, the now-doppelganger-free Quinn Blackwood and Lestat save Quinn's true love, the witch Mona Mayfair, from certain death by making her an immortal. In his effort to attain sainthood, Lestat must deal with a lot of metaphysical angst. The opulent Blackwood estate and its spooky swamps, as well as New Orleans and a Caribbean isle, provide the settings for many elegant costume changes as the exquisite vampiric triumvirate gleefully suck several deserving victims dry and lay waste to dozens of a drug lord's minions. The vampirisation of young Mona, a true child of our times, gives Rice a dynamic new vampire personality with whom to play. Writing as if her blood-inked quill were afire, Rice seems truly possessed by her Brat Prince of darkness as she races through the story. She sometimes slights members of the vast supporting cast, both dead and alive, but neatly ties up all their loose ends. The complete unification of the Mayfair witch saga with that of the Vampire Chronicles provides either a befitting end or a new beginning for the Queen of the Vampires.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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The latest installment of the Vampire Chronicles continues where the last one left off. At Blackwood Farm the once evil vampire Lestat now effuses endless soliloquies on sainthood, delivered in a self-obsessed, simpering tone that makes his professed holiness all the more suspect. David Pittu projects both the self-absorption and detached narrative powers of Lestat in an effete tone that leaves no doubt as to the vampire's sincerity, or lack thereof. Pittu's portrayal of other male and female characters flows smoothly from one to the other and adds spice as called for by the text. His polished performance leaves no room for doubt as to who speaks, or what Lestat thinks of that speech. R.P.L. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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4.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable, Nov 12 2005

By	Elian_of_avalon (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood Canticle (Mass Market Paperback)

I found blood canticle enjoyable. Being an Anne Rice fan for years i was enchanted to find that she had mixed the world of the Mayfairs with that of the Vampires. It was only inevitable wasnt it. I found Lestat true to his grandizing plans only to end up the same. Always wanting to be more, but never wanting to change. I also enjoyed the whole Lestat Oncle Julian thing. I felt it was about time someone brought him down a peg. After all his mistakes he should learn not to meddle. I was also very pleased to see a resolution within the whole Taltos affair. If you have been keeping up with the Mayfair Chronicles you should be pleased to finally see an ending.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Tall Toes and Smoky-smoky, Oct 11 2004

By	ital_m_24 (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood Canticle (Mass Market Paperback)

I am a big fan of Anne Rice, have read all her books, blah blah blah. The bottom line is Anne Rice is ending her Chronicles with this? At least that's what I heard. I tolerated the disorganization and rambling about the Pope etc. because I was hoping for a great story. It never happens. The resolution is too rapid and clean. The characters, like others have pointed out, aren't consistent with previous books, even Lestat. I still love Anne Rice, would recommend this to fans, and would read anything she wrote.

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5.0 out of 5 stars SUPERB LISTENING, Jan 24 2004

By	Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

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Thanks to the accomplished voice of David Pittu the latest in the list topping Vampire Chronicles from Anne Rice simmers with suspense. The multi talented Pittu who excels not only as a voice performer but as actor, director, writer and teacher easily inhabits this world of vampires and witches. His reading is made all the more powerful by thoughtful use of pauses and inflections - superb listening!

With Lestat as the narrator "Blood Canticle" begins where "Blackwood Farm" concluded. The wicked one whom we all came to love is now, would you believe, a seeker of good - not just good but he aims for sainthood. Quite a switch.

Characters include many from Rice's previous works, all finely knit into the tale. Beloved of Quinn Blackwood Mona Mayfair returns to Blackwood Farm to die. Her demise is circumvented by Lestat who makes her vampire. Rowan Mayfair, a top neurosurgeon and witch, arrives intent upon seeing Mona. We will learn that she and Mona have much in common - all involving the murkily mysterious Taltos (an unearthly ancient race who resemble humans although not very much).

Ms. Rice seems to have had a fine time imagining "Blood Canticle," sparked by a kidnaping, rife with romance and adventure. Listeners will have a fine time, too.

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5.0 out of 5 stars SUPERB LISTENING
Thanks to the accomplished voice of David Pittu the latest in the list topping Vampire Chronicles from Anne Rice simmers with suspense. Read more

Published on Jan 24 2004 by Gail Cooke

4.0 out of 5 stars Different
Well, I read all the reviews here before I even opened the book. I was sort of expecting the worse. I think the major thing is that Lestat has changed, he changed in the novel... Read more

Published on Jan 5 2004

2.0 out of 5 stars Blood Canticle Bombs
Blood Canticle does not deliver. If you thought, as I did, that Blackwood Farm signaled the come back of the Anne Rice of old, you would be wrong. Read more

Published on Nov 12 2003 by J. Knell

2.0 out of 5 stars Not impressed
I believe this will go down as my least favorite of the Vampire Chronicles. How disappointing to find that the book held little interest to me after the first few chapters,... Read more

Published on Nov 2 2003