Synopsis from
Amazon:
Once an aristocrat in the heady days of
pre-revolutionary France, now Lestat is a rock star in the demonic, shimmering
1980s. He rushes through the centuries
in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his terrifying
existence.
His story, the second volume in Anne Rice's
best-selling Vampire Chronicles, is mesmerizing, passionate, and thrilling.
My review:
This
second instalment in the Vampire Chronicles is even better than the first. Most
of us are familiar with the story of The Interview with the Vampire and like
many others I already had a solid opinion on the character of the arrogant
vampire Lestat.
Well
this book changes it all. By going deep into his own beginnings, his
upbringing, family ties and his friendship with Nicholas, Lestat suddenly
becomes a human being first and vampire second. He is an intelligent, well
read, religion-confused young man when he and Nicki come to Paris and it’s
those characteristics that make him the perfect vampire.
He
didn’t ask to be one of them, he was carefully chosen for it. His journey is
colourful, painful and full of exciting surprises throughout the book and the
history of the first Drinkers of the Blood is brilliantly thought out.
Once
again Anne Rice triumphed for me. I just hope that one day this book will be
made into a great movie that Interview with the Vampire is.
My score: 5/5
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