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Dec 11, 2011

Suvi rated it:

First of all, Armand is one of my favourite characters. The way he showed himself in the first two books was utterly fascinating and captivating. Second, I'm confused why some people complain about the sexuality and erotic scenes with young boys. It may not fit to our culture but it should be remembered that times were different then and this book was about that time also.

Now, I don't know what went wrong but I didn't get the same feeling from this Armand's autobiography. Though More...

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Feb 02, 2011

Arya rated it:

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May 04, 2008

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Dec 17, 2011

Synergy rated it:

Upside: I have to give it to Anne Rice to be able to evoke such emotions as I felt/feel towards her characters. She develops them with painstaking detail that you can actually know them 'intimately'. In the case of Armand, I got to know him better and I more or less understood why he is the character that he is.
Let me side track a bit by saying that albeit this book is a bit stronger on homoeroticism compared to its predecessors, I think we have to be considerate of the context upon which More...

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Oct 27, 2011

María rated it:

Me gusta mucho como escribe esta autora y siempre disfruto leyéndola, pero hay un par de aspectos que me gustaría comentar sobre este libro en particular que lo han catapultado simplemente a las 3 estrellas.
Al principio me sorprendió que el contenido erótico es mucho más acusado que en los libros precedentes de las Crónicas Vampíricas, si bien esto no lo suelo ver necesariamente como defecto, en este caso ha hecho un uso tan profuso de ello que la historia en sí misma llega a verse relegad More...

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Mar 15, 2011

Kathryn rated it:

Overall, my favorite part of this book doesn't even begin until more than three-quarters of the way through. Armand has a VERY tragic story, and I do enjoy getting to see exactly how he became the immortal monster he is today. And Venice of any age is a great setting for a story. But so often things get bogged down in the details. Armand's love affair with Marius, his fight to keep from remembering his life as a poor Russian artist and Marius' fight to resist making Armand into a vampire too ear More...

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Jun 08, 2010

D. rated it:

the sixth instalment in my favorite series, The Vampire Armand stears away from the Vampire Chronicles' main character; lestat de Lioncourt and focuses on the secondary character Armand. The fleggling vampire david Talbot listens intently as Armand recounts his life, from his short life as a mortal to his 500 years of immortality as a child of darkness. He tells of how he and Marius are conected and how he came to be the leader of the same coven that nearly destroyed lestat.
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Apr 12, 2009

Rhiannon rated it:

I was given this to read by my friend Azhar, I hadn't read any of the series up to that point and I'd seen the film of Interview with a Vampire and hadn't been that impressed with it. To be honest, I wasn't expecting much, I wouldn't have picked this book up in a shop or library because its not my usual genre.

I have to say I was very impressed though, I've read this twice and I don't remember ever re-reading a novel. There isn't much of a story, but there wouldn't be really, its a bi More...

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Nov 24, 2009

Lisa rated it:

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Jan 24, 2012

David rated it:

What I got from this Novel, is that it is a book about Love, and secondary of Faith. Now u may be saying wait a minute, oh no, must of have been a pre-cursor to Twilight, (which BTW I have not read yet). This is hardly a book bout' "Puppy Dog" teenage love

Also I have noted some controversy amongst other reviewers about the elements of Homosexuality in this book. I, as a Heterosexual, was not offended by these passages, and thought they were portrayed rather artisticaly, a More...

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Aug 09, 2011

Lidia rated it:

Well, this is my second favorite book in the Vampire Chronocle series (the first is Blackwood Farm, then this, then The Vampire Lestat!). The reason I love this book is not only the character (Armand, who is without a doubt my favorite!! Sorry Lestat! You're second!), but also the fact that he dictates his story from when he was a boy and how he grew up for a few years in Venice, Itlay with Marius during the Renaissance. That time happens to be my favorite modern (1500's to present) historical t More...

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Jun 17, 2010

Chloe rated it:

I was surprised how much I liked this book...it's always SO hit-and-miss with the nutters Anne Rice, siiiiigh. anyhoo I got this baby on a whim since I realized I hadn't finished the original Vampire Chronicles Blah Blah that I had loved so much in my Impressionable Youth. Opened it up to browse a chapter before bed..aaaaand then it was 4:45am and I was six pages away from finishing.
Let it be know that Anne Rice, say what you will about her, writes SEXY. Like, hot damn. There was that s More...

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Feb 22, 2008

Vanessa rated it:

For me, The Vampire Chronicles are the be-all-end-all of vampire novels. And while I have my favorites within the series, I find myself comparing every other vampire novel I read to the entire set. So, if you want to discuss them, go ahead and send me a note. And if you're new to the vampire genre, you can't go wrong with Anne Rice. This one is my second favorite of the series.

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Jul 27, 2011

Karen rated it:

I have no words for how unendurably horrible and boring this book is. Armand knows only how to cry, beg people to love him and seemingly can't get his head around Christ. He is a pathetic wanker that can do nothing on his own, with an unhealthy obsession with Lestat...whom he both loves and hates. He's 17 when turned a vampire, but when he's 500 years old and still 17 in his head, all you want is to strangle him. Apart from that - the narrator being an idiot and a madman - the book lacks plot. A More...

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Aug 04, 2009

Jorge rated it:

Una historia aburrida, que no despega nunca quizás porque no hay un hilo argumental que lleve la historia, quizás porque los personajes son contradictorios, débiles y poco interesantes, quizás porque hay una combinación de todo esto. El conflicto religioso de Armand/Amadeo/Andrei no tiene ni pies ni cabeza y sus cambios de personalidad son tan violentos que resultan incomprensibles.
La única razón por la que le doy dos estrellas en lugar de una es porque Anne Rice sabe muchísimo de historia More...

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Jun 07, 2007

Greg rated it:

This is where I stopped in the series. Anne Rice had the habit of making all her characters extremely homo erotic from the beginning, but I could deal with it because the stories were excellent. I had to draw the line at this book though. Reading about ancient vampires giving and receiving head from little boys is not my idea of entertainment.

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Dec 22, 2007

Meirav rated it:

I wish I hadn't bought that book. Anne really screwed up this opportunity to shed some light on a key character in her Marius-Lestat arc but she blew it. If only his years at the cult would have been more revealed, and the two orphans from WTFland would have been removed the book would have become a wonderful piece of fiction.

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Apr 28, 2010

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Aug 20, 2008

Wendy rated it:

Another in depth book about Armand, one of the characters in the vampire series for Anne Rice. Excellent, in depth, book that explains his wonderful character, that the other books just touched upon. Great read.

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Nov 23, 2011

Teresa rated it:

After reading Memnoch the Devil, I kind of took a break from the Vampire Chronicles. I was beginning to get tired of Rice's writing. However, I decided to pick them back up and I was not disappointed. I really enjoyed The Vampire Armand. I found his backstory extremely interesting and Rice's writing was superb. My only complaint is that I would have liked to see some more Lestat, and this is only because I love his character. I love that these vampires are real vampires, don't get me wrong More...

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Mar 14, 2009

Gregory rated it:

In having read The Vampire Armand, I feel a great sense of vindication for having subjected myself to reading Memnoch the Devil. Rice has redeemed herself in my eyes with this installation, which is now one of my top three favorites from the Chronicles.

I was weary at first because Armand had never held much of my interest before this, but this autobiography has added much meat and context to the character of Armand and, truly, to the Chronicles as a whole, as well.

With th More...

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Aug 11, 2011

Jason rated it:

Had this sixth installment of Rice's Vampire Chronicles been first or second I would have given it a higher rating. But the truth is that we have already had two books (three if you include Talbot's story in 'Tale of the Body Thief' derived from a different book) take the path of revolving around a character Anne has created in her first book, and tell their story from being turned to the dark side and how they have roamed the earth. She does the usual fanastic job of tossing the reader into h More...

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Mar 14, 2010

Andrew rated it:

To be honest not my favourite of the Vampire Chronicle series as I seem to prefer the more narrative stand alone tales such as 'Tales of the body thief''memnoch the devil' or 'queen on the Damned'..Interview with a Vampire excluded I find the 'origins' type tales kind of go over similar territory and although there's little doubt they are well written I think they stand more as links to a mythology than really add anything 'meaty' to the series...that said I have a few more to go yet!!
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Jul 29, 2011

Titus rated it:

Three words: Repetition, repetition & repetition. Having read all the previous chronicles, this reads like another Lestat story decorated with different tourist guide -type descriptions of 'exotic' locations and dead philosophers and artists. It has none of the charm of the original 'Interview' or the epicness of 'The Queen of the Damned'. Another tortured-soul vampire? Been there, done that. Sorry, it was a disappointment. (Although way better than the appalling armchair-theology-disguised-as-a More...

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Aug 08, 2011

Slee rated it:

When I first attempted to read this book, I took it back to the library the next morning after only having read about a third of the book. The librarian asked me if the book was "that good." I sighed and said, "I wonder if she's getting paid by the word these days."
Sadly, Rice's typically lush wording came across as needlessly verbose. The prose was too dense for me to ever feel fully inside the story.
As a result, it was many years before I could pick up the b More...

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Mar 02, 2010

Tamcamry rated it:

• At first, this book was very difficult to read. Anne Rice was originally known for her erotica, and this book I think she was trying to recapture that. Roughly the first one hundred pages of this book are about Armand and his various sexual exploits. Now, I don’t really think of myself as a prude or anything, but this was constant. Sometimes I think all the sex got in the way of the story. At any rate, by the time Armand becomes a vampire the book does pickup. Overall, it isn’t a bad rea More...

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May 01, 2009

Mark rated it:

This was the last book I read in the vampire chronicles as I felt with the vampire Armand the series had slipped too far into homo erotica and further away from a strong story.

As other reviewers have noted The Vampire Armand crosses a line, the previous chronicle books had sex as part of the narrative pushing the story along, not just there to invoke shock and challenge the readers sensibilities.

The quality just seems to fade in this book away from the excellent writing o More...

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Aug 07, 2011

Karolina rated it:

Honestly, a little too graphic for my taste. It was just too much. Vampires are suppose to be mysterious, supernatural, and - yes - very sensual, but in a more seductive and somewhat restrained way. What I like about Anne Rice's books in general is that there's plenty of love and sexual tension, but it is usually vibrating beneath the surface. When she lets it all run free the characters lose their appeal. As that wasn't enough, the story as such gave me nothing. Armand as a main character gave More...

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Jan 31, 2011

Cheryl rated it:

i gave up on her vampire books with this one. I found her other books so much better. The witches, Taltos, i even enjoyed some of the erotica better then her vampire books. i haven't looked at anything new since the disappointment of Armand. Don't get me wrong, some of his story was interesting but as a whole, she can go on and on about nothing. Almost 20 years later since her first and i haven't re-read any of her books except for the first two vampire ones.. This may be the only authors who bo More...

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Jun 05, 2010

Spaceferret rated it:

I was good up to about a quarter of the way into the book where suddenly all plot and personality of beloved characters fell to pieces and into a train wreck of a novel. I didn't finish the whole thing because I couldn't bring myself to watch as the corpses of perfectly good characters where poorly forced around the novel. After finishing Armand's origins just close the book, put it down and walk away. After reading what I did of this book I had to go into a detox using Let The Right One In t More...

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