In my last blog, I mentioned Interview with the Vampire as one of my favorite Southern Gothic books. So yeah, I’m an Anne Rice fan. And it’s been 11 years with 11 books in the series. What do I think of her newest release?
Ok, to start, I think there are two types of Vampire Chronicles books. The first type is a memoir about one of the characters (Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Vampire Armand, Merrick). The other type is “in which Lestat does something insane”. That’s really it. If you’ve read the books, think about it.
I’m right aren’t I?
Prince Lestat is the latter type. Through the years, Anne Rice’s fans have trashed her previous books on review boards when her stories began to sound like fan fiction and not like a serious actual book in the series. (Lestat joined an 80’s rock band?!)
But personally, I’m just enjoying the ride.
A lot of fiction I read is just for fun. Unless I read something that I believe legitimately hurts society with its message, I restrain from divulging into needless debate about something that’s just for entertainment. I save serious analytical debate for works I consider up to that par. Prince Lestat does have some crazy moments, but it has some great writing too. The characters are just as interesting as fans will remember, and the plot will throw you for a loop for about half of it until you can begin to connect the dots. It entertained the hell out of me, and that’s what it was supposed to do.
Four Tom Cruise’s out of five!
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