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The Vampire Armand Review

The Vampire Armand Review

The Vampire Armand

Published: 10, October 1998

Author: Anne Rice

The Vampire Chronicles, Book 6

Genres: Family, Fantasy, Fiction, Ghost, Gothic, History, Horror, Inspirational, LGBTQ+, Literary, Men's, Occult, Paranormal, Psychological, Renaissance, Saga, Spirituality, Thriller, Vampire


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The Vampire Armand Summary


The Review:

Anne Rice's The Vampire Armand explains to us how Armand became a vampire and why he committed the horrors he did to Louis and Lestat. If you appreciate the Vampire Chronicles and Anne Rice's works, you should not miss this opportunity to read it. To put it frankly, I'm not sure why this book received so many negative reviews. It was a fantastic novel that I thought was a worthy addition to the Vampire Chronicles. If you haven't yet read this novel, do it right now!

Armand is a genuinely interesting character, and it was excellent to discover why he was the way he was in this edition of the Vampire Chronicles.

This book covers so many of the voids left by the previous Vampire Chronicles, such as Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, Tale of the Body Thief, and Memnoch the Devil. The story opens in the present, with Lestat ruling the roost, and follows Armand's descent into decadence in his late teens, through his vampiric leadership in Paris, and ultimately back to the present, with a display of just how graceful and powerful he has become.

Above all, I feel that this novel best exemplifies Anne Rice's genre, topics, and writing style. With the storyline, twists and turns, and casual supernatural coincidences, Anne Rice has one of the most unique writing styles out there. I'm fascinated with her narrative abilities throughout the book.

This sixth Vampire Chronicle is all about Armand, and it starts with his desire to be near Lestat, who is now immobile on the chapel's marble floor. The scholar vampire, David Talbot, persuades Armand to narrate his narrative in exchange for his writing it down.

There is no experience quite like Armand's, which is completely engrossing and exhilarating throughout, with Armand sharing his own views with us. It takes us from the beginning, when Marius turned him into a vampire and named him "Amadeo," God's Beloved, to the previously unknown grotesque details of Claudia's last moments at his blundering hands, to the happy ending, when all his love is returned, by his Master, Marius, his companion, Louis, and his much-loved Lestat, and most importantly, by his "children," Sybelle and Benji, who love him like no one else has ever loved.

Armand is without a doubt one of my favorite characters in the entire series. This unfortunate character's life has been tormented, but he still manages to keep going. It's one of those rare novels that I can read again and again.

The narrative of Armand deserves your undivided attention! It's a narrative of a tortured soul trying to find its place in the world. It's an engrossing and profound story for people who can comprehend inner battles, love troubles, and tumultuous history.

Anne Rice devotes a significant amount of time to exploring Armand's connection with his Maker, Marius, set against the vibrant background of Renaissance Italy, particularly Venice. I wish she'd stayed longer, but that's just the greed in me that wants more from her on this topic and place. I was enthralled by all of the zeal and creativity... 

Anne Rice's pen brings Renaissance Italy to life, but that shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody who has read any of her prior books.

Some readers warned me that this book would be uninteresting and contain explicit themes. I believe these individuals are merely reading the words without understanding them in context. I'm also perplexed by the term adult because this book and the series were never intended for children. So why are people claiming it's an adult novel? 

This is now my favorite book in the series, and it deserves a lot more praise than it is getting!!


Final Thoughts:

The works of Anne Rice are transformative, deep, informative, and complicated. I like Anne Rice more than any other fiction writer when it comes to the Vampire Genre, perhaps with the exception of Daniel Quinn for fiction in general.

Her characters and interactions are so skillfully crafted that I have no doubt that she was listening in on these talks as they unfolded. Vampires from six thousand years ago to the "now," from all across the world, present readers with intriguing insights into histories and cultures that must have taken a lot of time and effort for Anne Rice to explore. As lyrical as that may seem, her works are romantic and gloomy, and they discover the spark of poetry in even the most stoic of souls.

It's a book worth buying and reading. This is a must-read for anybody who enjoys delving into the darkest corners of a character's mind.


Synopsis:

“In the latest installment of The Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice summons up dazzling worlds to bring us the story of Armand - eternally young, with the face of a Botticelli angel. Armand, who first appeared in all his dark glory more than twenty years ago in the now-classic Interview with the Vampire, the first of The Vampire Chronicles, the novel that established its author worldwide as a magnificent storyteller and creator of magical realms.

Now, we go with Armand across the centuries to the Kiev Rus of his boyhood - a ruined city under Mongol dominion - and to ancient Constantinople, where Tartar raiders sell him into slavery. And in a magnificent palazzo in the Venice of the Renaissance, we see him emotionally and intellectually in thrall to the great vampire Marius, who masquerades among humankind as a mysterious, reclusive painter and who will bestow upon Armand the gift of vampiric blood.

As the novel races to its climax, moving through scenes of luxury and elegance, of ambush, fire, and devil worship to nineteenth-century Paris and today's New Orleans, we see its eternally vulnerable and romantic hero forced to choose between his twilight immortality and the salvation of his immortal soul.”


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Rating: 95/100
Recommended: 100/100 Yes.

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Memnoch the Devil Review

Memnoch the Devil Review

Memnoch the Devil

Published: 3, July 1995

Author: Anne Rice

The Vampire Chronicles, Book 5

Genres: Family, Fantasy, Fiction, Ghost, Gothic, History, Horror, Inspirational, LGBTQ+, Literary, Men's, Occult, Paranormal, Psychological, Saga, Spirituality, Vampire


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Memnoch the Devil Summary


The Review:

Anne Rice's Memnoch the Devil is, in my view, one of her greatest works in this series. She creates a breathtakingly gorgeous piece of literature and adventure that only she could bring to life. Some readers have criticized this work, however, I believe these critics read a completely different book than Memnoch the Devil.

With courageous and brilliant tales that are amazing in their depth and simplicity, she takes on all of Creation and its Creator. Our favorite Brat Prince is the ideal figure to carry such a heavy message, and he does so with style and emotion.

Except for cell phones and other modern advancements, the story is as relevant now as it was all those years ago. Anne Rice is a gifted writer, with a lush and vivid imagination that shines through in every word of this spiritual and historical trip.

I couldn't be happier with a novel and would suggest it to anybody who enjoys reading for both pleasure and education. It's one of my favorite books in general, as well as Anne Rice's. It's completely enthralling and thought-provoking.

I'd want to discuss the readers who disliked this book and the prior book in the series once more so that new readers may determine whether or not to read it.

Memnoch the Devil became the next book to read in this amazingly deep, rich, and complicated vampire mythology, just when I thought it couldn't get any deeper. I'd heard from some readers that the previous book in the series, The Tale Of The Body Thief, is when the series starts to go downhill and that this book is where it all comes to a halt and becomes nearly unreadable, and I used to be perplexed as to why these individuals thought the way they did, but now I believe I've discovered the answer to my suspicion that we didn't read the same book, but it's more than that, as I'll explain now…

If those critics were expecting a straight-up vampire tale, they were most certainly disappointed in that regard and if the very religious read this book and are the sort that can't separate their own views from reading a work of fiction, they were likely offended by it and would not appreciate it.

Memnoch the Devil is an unquestionably disputed work in that it examines the Christian religion, with Lestat as the main protagonist (I don't refer to him as a hero because he is an antihero.) who is confronted with his greatest moment of self-reflection and questioning of everything he has ever believed true in his two hundred plus years of existence as the Devil himself guides him through the stories of God, Jesus, Heaven, Hell, and creation.

Do I agree with the opinions in this book? Do I believe this book is a true revelation of what is going on in the spiritual realm? The answer to both of those queries is non of any ones concern but yes I have brain enough to recognize it is simply a novel like any other fictitious or fantasy book, religious or not.

I do believe, however, that Anne Rice crafted a profound work of fiction, one that, if one is open-minded enough, may instill in you a sense of creative wonder about how little we truly know about the afterlife, creation, how we got here, and other topics you may never have considered before. And to me, stories like that, are the most finely written works you can possibly read!


Final Thoughts:

What I discovered about Anne Rice from my reading experience is that, in case you didn't know, she is mostly a romance novelist. For example, Anne Rice will devote three pages to what another author describes in a single phrase: "He entered the room."

In Anne Rice's novel, no one simply enters the room or does something in a single sentence; they open the door and the doorknob reminds them of something, a shape, the texture of the knob, or the sound the door will make. The velvety carpet they walk on transports them back to their childhood in France, complete with rich odors of burning leaves and pine in the room and its environs, and in many cases, a friend, a family member, or even a servant may be remembered at the same time.

Her descriptions are full-bodied, robust, and rich. Do you want to expand your vocabulary or discover new word meanings? Anne Rice has more to say and you’ll learn a lot just by reading her novels. It's exactly what I'm looking for from her, and she delivers. I enjoy her portrayal of the Devil as well as the narrative between God and the Devil.

Her descriptions of paradise and hell were particularly interesting. Memnoch is an intriguing character who makes you want to learn more about him. I liked him as a character and Anne Rice's account of the events leading up to his transformation into the Devil.

If you have any reservations about this novel, read it! You could find yourself as impressed as I was. I thoroughly loved this book, so much so that it may be my favorite in the series so far!


Synopsis:

“"STARTLING . . . FIENDISH . . . MEMNOCH'S TALE IS COMPELLING."
--New York Daily News

"Like Interview with the Vampire, Memnoch has a half-maddened, fever-pitch intensity. . . . Narrated by Anne Rice's most cherished character, the vampire Lestat, Memnoch tells a tale as old as Scripture's legends and as modern as today's religious strife."
--Rolling Stone

"SENSUAL . . . BOLD, FAST-PACED."
--USA Today

"Anne Rice has penned an ambitious close to this long-running series. . . . Fans will no doubt devour this."
--The Washington Post Book World

"MEMNOCH THE DEVIL OFFERS PASSAGES OF POETIC BRILLIANCE."
--Playboy

"[MEMNOCH] is one of Anne Rice's most intriguing and sympathetic characters to date. . . . Anne Rice ups the ante, taking Lestat where few writers have ventured: into heaven and hell itself. She carries it off in top form."
--The Seattle Times”


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Rating: 95/100
Recommended: 100/100 Yes.

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The Tale of the Body Thief Review

The Tale of the Body Thief Review

The Tale of the Body Thief

Published: 4, October 1992

Author: Anne Rice

The Vampire Chronicles, Book 4

Genres: Family, Fantasy, Fiction, Ghost, Gothic, Horror, Inspirational, LGBTQ+, Literary, Men's, Occult, Paranormal, Psychological, Saga, Spirituality, Vampire


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The Tale of the Body Thief Summary


The Review:

The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice reads almost like a mystery novel. It is not required to be a vampire enthusiast to enjoy it. It's a fascinating novel to read since nothing happens as planned. Every turn brings a fresh adventure. As you might anticipate, the characters are constantly changing as he flows in and out of several bodies, hence the title "The Tale of the Body Thief." It's amusing to read and not at all terrifying.

I read it in one sitting and didn't even realize it. My advice is to read it over the course of a weekend; because once you start, you'll feel compelled to finish it Then you want it to continue on forever, but fortunately, you can read "Memnoch the Devil" the next book in the series once you've finished it.

The tale is now centered on Lestat thanks to Body Thief. There isn't much interaction with other vampires. Other vampires are only warning voices that will be ignored in any case. Lestat's failure to learn from anything other than his own sorrow and peril is the subject of this narrative. It's also part of what makes the narrative intriguing because his weaknesses are responsible for all of the adventures and misadventures we're reading about.

The Tale of the Body Thief is a simple way to re-enter Anne Rice's vampire universe, as it does not need the readers to re-acquaint themselves with the large cast of characters from the previous works. Lestat is back in the spotlight, and Louis, a New Orleans bloodsucker produced by Lestat two centuries ago, makes an appearance, as does the spirit of Claudia, the vampire kid they created and then lost.

Following the near-apocalyptic events of The Queen of the Damned, Lestat appears to be unhappy and dissatisfied with his vampire existence, distancing himself from his fellow vampires. His only friend is the elderly mortal David Talbot, the leader of the Talemasca, a group dedicated to the study of the supernatural.

In this novel, we are reminded why Lestat is one of contemporary fiction's most recognized anti-heroes in the book's last chapter. A lot of this book is Anne Rice at her best, especially when Lestat and David have long discussions about God and the Devil, and the nature of good and evil. This is something Anne Rice is known for, and it's clear that Lestat is her alter ego, especially when he talks about what he's learned after two centuries of observation of the human condition. 

Her vampires truly have a wonderful gift of gab; it's one of her signature traits. Although the reader may not always agree with what Anne Rice is attempting to convey via her characters, it is always worthwhile to read. The other key to her vampire books' popularity is that she subtly makes the reader feel as if they are one of the gorgeous immortals themselves as if Lestat is interacting with one of his own kind when he speaks to them in the first person.

You can also see where and how the groundwork for 'Memnoch the Devil' and some of the subsequent volumes in the series is being laid down.

Spoiler Ahead: The next paragraph contains information that will reveal the novel's main plot.

Raglan James, a young guy who claims to be able to exchange bodies, approaches the lonely Lestat and informs him that he is actually a 70-year-old man who has purloined the youthful body he currently occupies after hijacking it in a British mental institution where it was in a terminal coma. James has a proposal for Lestat: they swap bodies for a few days, allowing Lestat to reclaim his humanity while James enjoys being inside the incredibly strong body of a vampire for a brief period. What's the worst that might happen? Despite Louis and David's warnings that this is the worst of all possible ideas, and the reader can also clearly see that James is bad news, but Lestat is intrigued by the offer.


Final Thoughts:

Anne Rice continues the Lestat narrative with another fantastic story. Intriguing, with suitable twists and turns that complement what we already know about Lestat while also revealing more about Lestat and his closest associates.

Although certain places may appear to be dragging in "unnecessary information," I loved the change of pace and atmosphere offered for the participants. Another winner in the end!

This is a terrific novel, as is any book by Anne Rice, one of my favorite authors. I've read everything she's ever written at least twice, and for me, she's the gauge against which all other works of this genre (Vampires) are measured. Apart from Bram Stoker's "Dracula," no other vampire tale I've ever read can compare to Anne Rice.

Her characters are almost believable, almost human, flawed...and without a sparkle in their eyes...thank you, Anne Rice, for being a part of my life for so long.


Synopsis:

““Anne Rice is our modern messenger of the occult, whose nicely updated dark-side passion plays twist and turn in true Gothic form.”—San Francisco Chronicle

In a gripping feat of storytelling, Anne Rice continues the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles that began with the now-classic Interview with the Vampire. For centuries, Lestat—vampire-hero, enchanter, seducer of mortals—has been a courted prince in the dark and flourishing universe of the living dead. Now he is alone. And in his overwhelming need to destroy his doubts and his loneliness, Lestat embarks on the most dangerous enterprise he has undertaken in all the years of his haunted existence.

Praise for The Tale of the Body Thief

“Tinged with mystery, full of drama . . . The story is involving, the twists surprising.”—People

“Fast-paced . . . . mesmerizing . . . silkenly sensuous . . . No one writing today matches her deftness with the [sensual].”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Hypnotic . . . masterful.”—Cosmopolitan”


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Rating: 95/100
Recommended: 100/100 Yes.

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The Ruins

Published: 18, July 2006

Author: Scott Smith

Genres: Action, Adventure, American Literature, Fiction, Horror, Literature, Men's, Mystery, Short Stories, Survival, Suspense, Thrillers


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The Review:

The plot is set in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. It is a survival horror in which people go to any length to conquer their environment and live.

I'll be really honest with the readers about this book since it isn't for everyone, and the reason is that it feels like a short tale was stretched into a whole novel. However, this is not the case, and the author intentionally wrote in this manner to prolong and lengthen the reader's dread and claustrophobic sensation.

The characters to me were kind of realistic and felt like stupid people who made wrong decisions after wrong decisions and that is what makes it even harder to read, especially if you know someone who is actually like any of these characters in real life. You don’t want to be with anyone who is like that and reading about that makes it uncomfortable to read knowing something bad is about to happen and that is why some readers don’t like such a suffocating style but for others that is what a master class horror book has to offer.

If you read a hundred pages and felt bad then understand one thing and that is, the next two hundred pages are going to feel even worse or at least the same so why not continue because that is what this book is all about, an experiment in horror storytelling that has its own style of horror and the enemy is actually the nature but ancient nature that the modern world has not seen for centuries.

I wanted to give more points and recommendations, but I know many people won't like that, and if someone who is claustrophobic or not into this type of survival horror, reads this book on my advice, he or she may believe I'm not rating honestly.


Synopsis:

“Trapped in the Mexican jungle, a group of friends stumble upon a creeping horror unlike anything they could ever imagine.Two young couples are on a lazy Mexican vacation–sun-drenched days, drunken nights, making friends with fellow tourists. When the brother of one of those friends disappears, they decide to venture into the jungle to look for him. What started out as a fun day-trip slowly spirals into a nightmare when they find an ancient ruins site . . . and the terrifying presence that lurks there.”

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Rating: 85/100
Recommended: 90/100 Yes.

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Greenlights

Published: 20, October 2020

Author: Matthew McConaughey

Genres: Memoir, philosophy, poetry, Biographies, Religion & Spirituality, Men's, Self-Help


This is the first book written by the already famous and established artist Matthew McConaughey and it is not just for his fans. I think everyone needs to read this because it is a mash-up of many things and styles, he tells us about his life, his stories, his views and basically it is a man’s story that every man must-read. The reader is going to get a lot of lessons about life from this adventure that is an actual life story of the author.

For a long time I never even noticed who is the man on the cover of this book and what it is all about because I thought it is some politician and never read the name of the book and author until I was told by a friend to check this book.

I loved the adventurous life story about a man and his dog that was traveling and going on expeditions instead of living like other Hollywood celebrities. I think he is very open and admits a lot of stuff that many may never even talk about.

I know some people may hate it to the point of not even finishing it because of the way the author told the truth about his childhood and the things he was taught to do, I am a very open-minded person and I can understand that but some people don’t get it, because they never lived a life like that, so only hate it if you never lied, cheated or did nothing wrong in your life or your parents never fought. I think I already gave some points from the book by discussing this matter so no more spoilers.

I loved the audio version a lot because it was narrated by the author himself and you are going to love it also. I am sharing the link to Audible and if you are a new member, you can get the audio of this book for free with a free one-month trial of audible.


Synopsis:
“#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Over two million copies sold! From the Academy Award®–winning actor, an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN

“Unflinchingly honest and remarkably candid, Matthew McConaughey’s book invites us to grapple with the lessons of his life as he did—and to see that the point was never to win, but to understand.”—Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

I’ve been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud. How to be fair. How to have less stress. How to have fun. How to hurt people less. How to get hurt less. How to be a good man. How to have meaning in life. How to be more me.

Recently, I worked up the courage to sit down with those diaries. I found stories I experienced, lessons I learned and forgot, poems, prayers, prescriptions, beliefs about what matters, some great photographs, and a whole bunch of bumper stickers. I found a reliable theme, an approach to living that gave me more satisfaction, at the time, and still: If you know how, and when, to deal with life’s challenges—how to get relative with the inevitable—you can enjoy a state of success I call “catching greenlights.”

So I took a one-way ticket to the desert and wrote this book: an album, a record, a story of my life so far. This is fifty years of my sights and seens, felts and figured-outs, cools and shamefuls. Graces, truths, and beauties of brutality. Getting away withs, getting caughts, and getting wets while trying to dance between the raindrops.

Hopefully, it’s medicine that tastes good, a couple of aspirin instead of the infirmary, a spaceship to Mars without needing your pilot’s license, going to church without having to be born again, and laughing through the tears.

It’s a love letter. To life.

It’s also a guide to catching more greenlights—and to realizing that the yellows and reds eventually turn green too.

Good luck.”


Rating: 90/100
Recommended: 100/100 Yes.


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