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Of Love and Evil Review

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Of Love and Evil

Published: 30, November 2010

Author: Anne Rice

Book 2 of 2: The Songs of the Seraphim

Genres: Assassination, Christian, Fiction, Ghost, Historical, Jewish, Literary, Metaphysical, Mystery, Poetry, Psychic, Renaissance, Romance, Suspense, Theory, Thrillers, Time Travel, Vampire, Visionary


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Of Love and Evil Summary


The Review:

In Anne Rice's novel "Of Love and Evil," Toby O'Dare, a former hitman, is summoned once again by the angel Malchiah and transported back to fifteenth-century Rome, to the land and time of Michelangelo, Raphael, Pope Leo X, and the Medicis. To a period marked by high drama and strife in both the public and private spheres.

This time, Toby is in charge of investigating the case of Vitale, a Jewish man who lives in the house of Antonio, a wealthy gentile. Niccolo, one of Antonio's sons, is terminally ill and dying a slow, painful death, with Vitale suspected of being the perpetrator due to his Jewish heritage.

During this time, the home is also subjected to a powerful metaphysical disruption caused by an enraged dybbuk—a dislocated spirit, or "ghost" for want of a better phrase. It's up to Toby to solve these two puzzles, as well as the actual reason for Niccolo's sickness and the dybbuk's rampage.

It's tough to go much further with this review without revealing too much information. Anne Rice manages to integrate a fascinating mystery thriller into a masterfully crafted, dramatic tale with themes loaded with action, philosophical questions on life, love, spirituality, history, and prejudice, among the many captivating things you should know about this outstanding book. Her superb conciseness is much more visible here than in her second book about Jesus' early life, "Road to Cana."

The author skillfully creates a story with an honest tone that is authentically "biblical." Niccolo's connection with his brother is a significant theme in the story. Also, the would-be killer's technique of choice, poisoning, is an intriguing story device.

It takes a certain sort of killer to select poison as a method of murder, and it tells a lot about them. They don't suffocate their victim with a single, powerful blow or a knife to the throat, as they could. Instead, they systematically inject precise toxic quantities over time.

This not only provides the impression that the victim is dying of a long-term disease, but it also allows the killer to hide in the shadows and see the fatal scheme unfold. Few activities are more terrifying than this...

The concept that evil, or sin—severe wrongs performed against innocents, crimes, discriminatory deeds, and so on—leaves a permanent impression in Anne Rice's Angel Time, and especially here, Is a key aspect of the tale of "Of Love and Evil" from a conceptual standpoint.

There can be no atonement until and until the wicked deed is confronted, dealt with, and set right. The victim of the terrible deed lives on in unrelenting rage until there is closure and salvation.

This story's ghost, or dybbuk, is enraged. Is that ever the case! And with good cause. Redemption is something that must be gained. It can't just be given out without a plan. Only when justice has been served can there be any semblance of peace.

The strength of Anne Rice's works has always been her curious personality. Every one of her novels revolves around a challenging spiritual subject that she has been debating for a long time. "Of Love and Evil" poses an intriguing quandary that is central to Christianity.

What decides whether anything is a good or bad conduct now that we have this new Christian perspective? Could a loving deed that we feel mirrors the spirit of Christ, however, be clearly evil?

This book should appeal to anybody searching for an exciting mystery thriller with human characters who have true flaws, whether or not they are Christians. Furthermore, people of many religious backgrounds face the same spiritual issues as these characters. Christians, Jews, Muslims, Atheists, and Agnostics all think about the purpose of our lives.

Despite the fact that our positions appear to be solidified from the outside. We continue to have doubts about the opinions we thought we had established. I was divided between the questions as I read this book, but it's best if you read it first and then figure out the questions and answers for yourself.

This book, in my opinion, is a piece of art, but it is modern art, not a tidy picture, but wide strokes painted with feeling, around the narrative of a foiled assassination plan and an earlier century Jewish ghost, with an unexpected intrusion of the Devil. Toby of Angel Time continues to fulfill specific petitions for the angels as repentance for his prior existence as a mass murderer and executioner.

All of this could only make sense in the hands of a writer like Anne Rice. As far as I can tell, she's been decoding vampires for years, so the realm of Angels and Demons appears to be a natural progression.

She leaves us hanging at the conclusion; just as Toby is about to go to confession and have a lovely reunion with God and his Catholicism, a link from his CIA days emerges as a young stranger asking inquiries - the end!

This is the most apparent lead-in to a sequel I've ever seen, yet it works - I was waiting for the third chapter, but it never arrived; at the very least, the tale was finished.


Final Thoughts:

Anne Rice's books never fail to put me in a trance while I'm reading them or after I've finished them. The want to keep reading her writings usually strikes you like a sudden longing for a cup of hot coffee or a piece of rich chocolate.

Her books are braided into a complicated web of gorgeous design that includes multiple important spiritual truths on every page.

Her latest installment “Of Love and Evil” in the "Songs of the Seraphim" series sticks to the tried-and-true format of her previous works. This isn't meant to be construed as a critique. Her combination of intriguing writing, first-person viewpoints of a solitary personality, and rich historical settings, in fact, brings her books to a very high degree of excellence.

I've read all her books and her works leave a mark of enormous fascination that is impossible to remove. Instead, the reader is only interested in reading the next book in one of her numerous series or conducting a study into some of the fascinating historical, spiritual, or philosophical issues discussed in her writings.

Yes, it was a tiny book, but it was to the point with no fillers, and I was surprised by some readers who were unhappy with the size. I'm not sure what people want; if Anne Rice writes a thousand-page book, they don't like it and complain that it's too lengthy; if she produces a short book, they complain that it's too short; please just make up your minds.


Synopsis:

“The second book in this nationally bestselling series is a gripping metaphysical thriller in which angels partner up with assassins, from the author of Interview with the Vampire.

Barely recovered from his previous divine mission, former contract killer Toby O'Dare is once again summoned by the angel Malchiah to investigate the poisoning of a prominent nobleman and stop the haunting of a diabolical dybbuk. Together, they travel back to fifteenth-century Italy—the age of Michelangelo, the Holy Inquisition, and Pope Leo X—and this time Malchiah has Toby pose as a lute player sent to charm and calm this troublesome spirit. But Toby soon discovers that he is in the midst of plots and counterplots, surrounded on all sides by increasingly dangerous threats as the veil of ecclesiastical terror closes in around him.”


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Rating: 90/100
Recommended: 95/100 Yes.

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Blood Canticle Review

Blood Canticle Review

Blood Canticle

Published: 28, October 2003

Author: Anne Rice

The Vampire Chronicles, Book 10

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


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Blood Canticle Summary


The Review:

Anne Rice's Blood Canticle has both merits and flaws, depending on who is reading it. Lovers of the Vampire Chronicles and the Mayfair Witches, particularly fans of Blackwood Farm, will enjoy Blood Canticle. However, there are some major annoyances along the road, which, again, are dependent on the reader and those random readers who picked up this book and started reading without realizing that it is not a stand-alone novel and must be tackled after reading the other volumes in the series.

Anne Rice is a powerful writer with three big gifts: number one, she understands how to tell a narrative and spin a plot, number two, she develops vivid and intriguing characters, and number three, she is a great wordsmith with a rich and appealing writing style.

If a reader is really religious and/or thinks against what the characters and Anne Rice are saying and thinking about, all three of her strengths might be perceived as faults in this novel.

This novel blew me away, especially Lestat's constant evolution and desire to be good while being pulled to evil. What a satisfying conclusion. The meeting of vampires and witches is fantastic. I liked how it began up immediately where Blackwood Farm left off, and how it was told from Lestat's point of view.

I loved his genuine modern voice, the fact that he was repeating the narrative in less formal terms, and the fact that he seemed to be up to speed with the current world despite being a couple of hundred years old at this time.

Anne Rice and her particular writing style, as well as her voice, are always in character. She leads us through the corridors of her main character's mind and soul so fully that the reader becomes buried in the pages, entirely ignorant of time. She is fantastic, and this novel captivates in the same manner that her other Vampire Chronicles and Mayfair Saga books have. I suggest it to anybody looking to escape into a wonderfully painted fantasy world that appears genuine enough to reside outside your door every time the sunsets.

While typing these lines, I realize what a genius our late great Anne Rice was when she intended to write this and any other book, and in the following few paragraphs, all the fans will say yes and maybe even non-fans and haters will say yes also.

Warning: There will be spoilers ahead. I'm about to explain why this book is amazing, not horrible, as some readers believed. I can see why some readers aren't fond of it. This is not the Lestat they were expecting. The narrative is written in a unique way. And none of the companions we've grown to know and love, such as Louis, Armand, and Marius, are present.

But, if you go back over the whole Vampire Chronicles series, you'll see that this novel was bound to happen. Lestat aspires to be a saint, as he tells us nearly from the start. He talks about it as if he didn't have anything else to be except a saint. This isn't the same Lestat we've seen in previous Chronicle volumes. That Lestat was seen as a villain or an antihero. 

However, keep in mind that Lestat's statements appeared in just four of the prior nine volumes. In Interview with the Vampire, Louis shared his story, Armand told his, David informed us about Merrick, Marius finished his narrative in Blood and Gold, and Quinn Blackwood told us about Blackwood Farm. When these individuals spoke of Lestat, they didn't use his words or his mannerisms. Since Memnoch the Devil, Blood Canticle is the first novel to employ Lestat's own words.

And why wouldn't he have altered his tone of voice throughout that period of time? Lestat is the one who, following Marius' lead, always found a way to blend in with the times he was in. The novel finishes with... as one of the sentences. Isn't that how people communicate these days, with Internet chat and email? Why should it surprise us that Lestat is the one who is doing it?

Consider what he stated in the Chronicles about his desire to be a saint: "We don't actually change as we get older. We are simply becoming more and more like ourselves "... Reread The Vampire Lestat if you haven't before. Lestat has aspired to be a saint since he was a child. His earliest ambitions and wishes would undoubtedly return stronger than ever as he grew older and became more himself.


Final Thoughts:

Anne Rice provides another fantastic novel, as she usually does. I couldn't stop reading it till I completed it. I would suggest this book to any Anne Rice fan, as well as anyone who is interested in vampires and witches. But I'd recommend they start with the Mayfair storyline, The Witching Hour unless you're a book addict like me, in which case you can't go wrong with Lestat's storyline, The Vampire Chronicles, and start with Interview with the Vampire.

Blood Canticle has a great tale, it's a great read, and it's really faithful to the Lestat we saw in The Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, and Memnoch the Devil. This character has matured with the times. He's not the same anymore, having re-adjusted to his new surroundings.


Synopsis:

“Fiery, fierce, and erotic, Blood Canticle marks the triumphant culmination of Anne Rice’s bestselling Vampire Chronicles, as Lestat tells his astounding tale of the pleasures and tortures that lie between death’s shadow and immortality. . . .

Surrounded by its brooding swamp scape, Blackwood Farm is alive with the comings and goings of the bewitched and the bewitching. Among them is the ageless vampire Lestat, vainglorious enough to believe that he can become a saint, weak enough to fall impossibly in love.

Gripped by his unspeakable desire for the mortal Rowan Mayfair and taking the not-so-innocent, new-to-the-blood Mona Mayfair under his wing, Lestat braves the wrath of paterfamilias Julien Mayfair and ventures to a private island off the coast of Haiti. There, Saint Lestat will get his chance to slay his dragon. For Mona and the Mayfairs share an explosive, secret blood bond to another deathless species: a five-thousand-year-old race of Taltos, strangers held in the throes of evil itself.”


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

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Blood and Gold Review

Blood and Gold

Published: 16, October 2001

Author: Anne Rice

The Vampire Chronicles, Book 8

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


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Blood and Gold Summary


The Review:

In Anne Rice's Blood and Gold, vampire Marius tells of his origins in ancient Rome, how he came into possession of and bore the burden of caring for Those Who Must Be Kept, Akasha and Enkil, the vampire mother and father, and how he braved to live among humankind and give birth to his protégé Armand until catastrophe intervened and he was nearly killed. This is a fascinating tale that spans ages and is still relevant today.

Marius is a historian, a student of mankind, and he reveals his pain as he struggles to make sense of eternal ties.

A fantastical narrative told through the perspective of Marius, probably the smartest immortal, from the period of the Roman Empire through the Renaissance and well beyond. Vampires, history, and wonderful literature! There's something for everyone here.

Several notable new characters are introduced. Thorne, who is as much a warrior as Marius is a wizard, is the most prominent of them. He appears to be deceptively straightforward and direct, yet he is actually more sophisticated and strong than one might imagine.

Since Lestat's rock musical era, the chapter about Marius' encounter with the lovely and dangerous Eudoxia is the finest chapter in the chronicles. If you enjoy The Vampire Chronicles but have recently been disenchanted with them, this one will rekindle your interest.

For lovers of the Vampire Chronicles, this is an essential must-read. This provides all of the backstories of Marius's torturous "life," as well as a comprehensive picture of his connection with Pandora. In some ways, this feels like a thorough summary of the events of all the preceding volumes, but in greater depth.

The basic premise of Blood and Gold, like with any connected series of novels, is that we learn more about things we've already seen. Marius has come several times in previous books, each time providing us with just a bit more knowledge. Through his eyes and words, we see him and the world around him this time. More personalities are introduced along the way, others are defined, and interests are piqued.

Anne Rice's ability to fuse the same stories from different perspectives is not only intriguing but also refreshing, characters I believe I am familiar with but I am not. I don't comprehend actions that I believe I understand.

Her artistry is made possible by her workmanship, which is never clichéd and never draws attention to itself at the expense of her work. "There's that favorite term or phrase," I never find myself uttering. Her urge to brag about how smart she is never takes me out of the moment because she never shows off; instead she is the blank canvas on which the artist has painted. Despite the fact that I am oblivious of her existence, I am always grateful for it. Anne Rice's work has never disappointed me.


Final Thoughts:

Blood and Gold by Anne Rice is an excellent novel, particularly for history students and people interested in historical knowledge. It gives you all you need to know about Marius of Rome, from his turning through his exploits throughout Western civilization's history. When I read it, I could clearly envision myself in Rome at her heyday, as well as experiencing the tragic chapter of the city's invasion and sacking by barbaric invaders.

Some readers who simply read to keep track of how many books they've read as a fashion statement, similar to owning a certain phone or brand, may believe it's the same as other novels in the series or that it's boring because they can't see beyond the words they're reading for the sake of reading and counting the books and pages.

Anne Rice does an excellent job of taking the reader through key historical events via the eyes and mind of a vampire. Really highly recommended as always with any Anne Rice novel.

Anne Rice did a fantastic job of immersing you in the narrative. She was always meticulous in her research and produced a very graphic and experiential book about everyone and everything they encountered. She completely immersed you in the narrative, and I learned a lot as well. This is both educational and entertaining for any historian.


Synopsis:

““Anne Rice writes with her usual erotic and historically evocative flair. (People)

Once a proud Senator in Imperial Rome, Marius is kidnapped and forced into that dark realm of blood, where he is made a protector of the Queen and King of the vampires - in whom the core of the supernatural race resides. Through his eyes, we see the fall of pagan Rome to the Emperor Constantine, the horrific sack of the Eternal City at the hands of the Visigoths, and the vile aftermath of the Black Death. Ultimately restored by the beauty of the Renaissance, Marius becomes a painter, living dangerously yet happily among mortals, and giving his heart to the great master Botticelli, to the bewitching courtesan Bianca, and to the mysterious young apprentice Armand. But it is in the present day, deep in the jungle, when Marius will meet his fate seeking justice from the oldest vampires in the world....”


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

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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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