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The Tale of the Body Thief (The Vampire Chronicles #4)

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In another feat of hypnotic storytelling, Anne Rice continues the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles that began with the now classic Interview with the Vampire and continued with The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned.

Lestat speaks.Vampire-hero, enchanter, seducer of mortals.For centuries he has been a courted prince in the dark and flourishing universe of the livin...more

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Published December 13th 1997 by Ballantine Books (first published 1992)

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Sep 21, 2012 Frank rated it 5 of 5 stars

The first Rice novel I ever read. I was in Bari, Italy, waiting for the ferry to take me to Corfu, Greece. I was reading a hideously boring Candadian novel, and the young lady in line next to me was reading The Tale of the Body Thief. We switched books. I had never heard of Anne Rice. I fell in love with the book. Soon after, when I was in Sorrento a few weeks later, I was searching for any Rice books I could find.

Her writing is lush. Reading this book was like wearing a mink coat inside-out i....more

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Jun 21, 2010 Stephen rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: sequels, fang-bangers, fantasy, 1990-1999

3.5 stars. Another solid chapter in one of the most iconic vampire series of all time. It is amazing that even after all this time (and the endless series of vampire novels) that this series still shines as one of the better ones. Recommended!!!

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Mar 02, 2010 Tamcamry rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

• I thought that this is by far Anne Rice’s best description of Lestat’s true character. Everything he did in this book was exactly what I would expect someone who is supposed to be so selfish and evil to do. Throughout the rest of the books Rice tries so hard to tell you that Lestat is really not good, that he can do evil things, and she tries desperately to make him into this anti-hero. This is the first book where I think she does a really good job of it. This makes me want to read more about...more

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Jan 20, 2012 Sofia Teixeira rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Esta obra é, sem dúvida, das melhores de Anne Rice. Pelo menos das que li até hoje. Lestat é uma personagem que ficará para sempre gravada na minha memória. Quando pensamos que ele já ultrapassou todos os limites que podia, enganamo-nos redondamente!

Lestat fartou-se de ser vampiro! E quando descobre a existência de um 'ladrão de corpos' não resiste à tentação de querer voltar a ser humano! De querer voltar a sentir a luz do sol no seu rosto, de sentir o sabor da comida e de fazer amor com um hom...more

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May 07, 2012 Anna Ligtenberg rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

ISBN 034538475X - Never having read any of Rice's Vampire Chronicles, I was happy to find that this book does stand alone - no previous knowledge required.

Lestat, almost a drama queen in his moments of self-loathing, is approached by a man named Raglan James, who proposes a trade. He will let Lestat be human again, something Lestat believes he wants, by swapping bodies. It is to be a short-term swap, and Lestat overlooks every sign that this could be a bad idea. His friends, human and vampire, w...more

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Dec 08, 2008 Kami rated it 3 of 5 stars

This one was took the series back up a notch for me. I was dissapointed in Queen of the Damned.

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May 05, 2012 Carlos Lavín rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, owned

I first read The Vampire Lestat quite some years ago, I was somewhere around 15 at the time. I must say I was delightfully amazed by this character, the sheer raw sensuality of his persona and of the way he conducted himself. Always wanting everyone to notice him, to fear him, to love him, and actually giving them all the tools required to do so.

The torture of immortality is always a floating theme in Rice's books. So is the appreciation of everything thats fragile and beautiful for that, all of...more I first read The Vampire Lestat quite some years ago, I was somewhere around 15 at the time. I must say I was delightfully amazed by this character, the sheer raw sensuality of his persona and of the way he conducted himself. Always wanting everyone to notice him, to fear him, to love him, and actually giving them all the tools required to do so.

The torture of immortality is always a floating theme in Rice's books. So is the appreciation of everything thats fragile and beautiful for that, all of the vampires' love for humans and their mortality being a clear example of this. This book, however, takes it a little bit further.

It wasn't just Lestat looking at mortals he fell in and out of love in a time lapse of 10 minutes, it was actually him living in man's flesh the fragility of it all. The torment of being an easy to break mortal, of having to actually do something with the short time span you get living. The anguish behind questions so fundamental like what can you do with your life to make it matter, how do you transcend, how to affect the big picture or does this big picture even matter at all.

This book actually feels as an outsider looking into what it means to be human, to be fragile. To have human needs and to try and not find them disgusting. To be ever so confused as to what the best approach to this transcendance would be. It continually references parts of Goethe's Faust to keep on elaborating on to the questioning of the impossiblity that there is a god and a devil that actually exist as protrayed to us by religions such as the catholic.

The "action" part (it's a vampire book after all) did seem to take a bit of low profile role on this one, giving us entire chapters of Lestat in his human form talking to some other human, most notably Gretchen or David, trying to figure it just what it all means.

I understand some people that are going around saying it's a slow book. It is, very much so. And a lengthy one, I think it's as long as Queen of the Damned. I would, however, recommend not to let this move you away from this one, but to find the simple beauty of humans interacting that Rice presented us with The Tale of the Body Thief.(less)

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Dec 09, 2012 Barakiel rated it 3 of 5 stars

I love dark stories and I've heard all the hype about this series, but this wasn't what I expected. It was dark, yes, but in a devilish/occultic kind of way. Made me very uncomfortable as a "Christian" (I'll go with that title for the sake of argument).

That said, here are the pros and cons:

Pros:
1. Intriguing narrative that pulls you in
2. A thoughtful story with suspense and er, events (sadly, there's not much action)
3. An "evil" vampire's view of the world (though I expected more evil, he was m...more

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Jul 31, 2012 Inês rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: lido-em-2012

Se há livro que excedeu as minhas expetativas foi este! Gosto de ler histórias e livros relacionados com o mundo fantástico, mas perco a vontade quando começo a ver que tem nelas ficção a mais.

Este é o tipico livro que nas primeiras 100 páginas não deixam avançar com a leitura- descrições a mais, histórias do passado a mais, etc- mas depois dessas páginas a história torna impossível parar de ler.

A "História do Ladrão do Corpo" conta a história do vampiro Lestat que sempre teve vontade de voltar...more Se há livro que excedeu as minhas expetativas foi este! Gosto de ler histórias e livros relacionados com o mundo fantástico, mas perco a vontade quando começo a ver que tem nelas ficção a mais.

Este é o tipico livro que nas primeiras 100 páginas não deixam avançar com a leitura- descrições a mais, histórias do passado a mais, etc- mas depois dessas páginas a história torna impossível parar de ler.

A "História do Ladrão do Corpo" conta a história do vampiro Lestat que sempre teve vontade de voltar a ser humano, para poder desfrutar das sensações e experiências humanas, para poder andar durante o dia na rua sem ser queimado. Estava farto da vida de vampiro e chegou, inclusivé, a tentar acabar com ela- esteve um dia inteiro e mais algumas horas num deserto sob a luz solar- formaram-se queimaduras que lhe deixaram marcas severas mas nem isso lhe provocou a morte. Acaba por desistir de tentar terminar a sua vida quando conhece James que anda a alicia-lo para fazer uma troca de corpos. O acordo inicial seria que a troca duraria um dia e duas noites, contudo ao fim desse tempo James não volta para retomar o seu corpo e devolver o corpo a Lestat. O último fica então preso aquele corpo humano durante um curto período de tempo. Esse período revela-se muito importante na história uma vez que é aí que Lestat conhece Gretchen (uma freira que pediu um intervalo da sua profissão para ir ter as experiências que a vida lhe pode oferecer) e acaba por ter relações com ela e apaixonar-se com ela. Conta-lhe a história toda e promete voltar a ir ter com ela assim que recuperar o seu corpo. Quero também realçar a relação de Lestat com David Talbot que se revela ser uma amizade pura e verdadeira.

Enfim, nunca tinha lido nada desta autora, nem nenhuma história assim parecida e gostei muito. Fiquei fã de Anne Rice, adoro a forma com ela escreve (salvo algumas descrições demasiado pormenorizadas) e conta a história. Espero conseguir vir a ler todos os livros que pertencem á coleção "Obras de Anne Rice".

Aconselho a leitura, sem dúvida nenhuma!

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Aug 25, 2011 Andrés Laverde Ortiz rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: deliciosos, runas-y-grimorios

Leer sobre vampiros no es una nueva moda. Los vampiros no nacieron como una explosión de hormonas adolescentes, ni mucho menos del cine (aunque sea este el que nos haya dado las imágenes más vivas y majestuosas de ellos). Seguramente no muchos estuvieron de acuerdo con el ahora cliché del vampiro refinado y elegante que creó Polidori en su célebre relato “El Vampiro”, que luego pareció afamarse con la obra de Bram Stoker “Drácula”, inspirada en parte en la historia del conde Vlad Tepes. Pero juz...more Leer sobre vampiros no es una nueva moda. Los vampiros no nacieron como una explosión de hormonas adolescentes, ni mucho menos del cine (aunque sea este el que nos haya dado las imágenes más vivas y majestuosas de ellos). Seguramente no muchos estuvieron de acuerdo con el ahora cliché del vampiro refinado y elegante que creó Polidori en su célebre relato “El Vampiro”, que luego pareció afamarse con la obra de Bram Stoker “Drácula”, inspirada en parte en la historia del conde Vlad Tepes. Pero juzgar a un lector simplemente porque lee un libro de vampiros es otra cosa.

Terminé de leer la semana pasada “El Ladrón de Cuerpos” un libro que esperó muchos años para llegar a mis manos y que quise devorar desde que, casi de un tirón hace un par de años, terminé los primeros tres libros de la saga de ‘Crónicas Vampíricas’, me atrevo a decir, un clásico de la literatura contemporánea escrito por la muy preparada Anne Rice.

Me encontraba leyendo las últimas páginas en un Transmilenio en Bogotá, cuando una señora que se sentó a mi lado no pudo evitar leer la contraportada de mi libro. Entonces, luego de un bufido parecido al de los toros (caballos si se quiere) la señora me suelta: “¿qué pasa que todos leen de vampiros? ¿Ahora todos quieren ser vampiros? ¿se quieren vestir como vampiros? ¿Usted también quiere dar susto? ¿Salir medio desnudo a la calle?”. La señora se baja del transporte y sigue hablando sola… está bien, me soltó todo eso de medio loca, pero ¿no han ido demasiado lejos los últimos escritores sobre vampiros?

Si la señora y yo estamos de acuerdo en algo es en esto: los vampiros son hoy un fenómeno juvenil exagerado, que raya los límites de lo sensual para convertirlo en sexy (que no es lo mismo) y que, luego se convierten solamente en moda. No se imagina ella la cantidad de diálogos existenciales, descripciones fantásticas y trivialidades embellecidas que puede encontrar en los libros de Anne Rice, una experta en historia que además se toma el atrevimiento de crear vampiros “elegantemente sensuales” y no “vulgarmente sexys”.

Volviendo al libro, una continuación de la saga que empezó en “Entrevista con el vampiro”, continúa con “Lestat el vampiro” y “La reina de los condenados” hasta llegar al título que nos compete, lo que inicia como una discusión existencial sobre “lo moral” en la vida vampírica, nos pasea luego por interesantes teorías sobre la existencia del bien y del mal, de Dios y el diablo, hasta convertirse en una cacería llena de experiencias sin ningún tabú sexual ni moral y detalles tan bien descritos que se hacen casi perceptibles.

¿Vampiros que brillan y salvan adolescentes? No, nada de eso encontrarás en los libros de Rice, que explota la figura de Polidori y Stoker desde dentro, creando vampiros más introspectivos, reflexivos y, si se quiere, humanos, conscientes del error, la belleza, el caos y la divinidad, como no es imaginada desde Rimbaud.

Una obra muy recomendada para las tardes lluviosas de Bogotá, y hasta para los domingos asoleados en el parque. Una obra que se queda y no que pasa por moda. Una que debe leerse en presencia de todas las viejitas locas del país.(less)

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Jul 28, 2011 Jane rated it 5 of 5 stars

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. As an Anne Rice fan I was inclined to read this book (which I had previously entirely missed out in my reading) but I found that from the blurb on the back I was very disinterested and therefore it took me ages to get into it. Once I did however I found that it was exquisitely written and captivating much as I have come to expect of her novels.

This book focuses on Lestat and how he chose to face his undead existence until of course meeting with R...more

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May 21, 2011 Cyndy Aleo rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: vampires

Once upon a time, Anne Rice had an excellent series called the Vampire Chronicles. It began with Interview with the Vampire, where her "main" vampire, Lestat, is introduced, and continued her focus on the various adventures and mishaps of Lestat through this novel, The Tale of the Body Thief.

::: Oh, That Silly Lestat. There He Goes Again :::

The Tale of the Body Thief begins with the age-old question of the existence of God. Lestat, as usual, begins the narration, and the topic continues as he me...more Once upon a time, Anne Rice had an excellent series called the Vampire Chronicles. It began with Interview with the Vampire, where her "main" vampire, Lestat, is introduced, and continued her focus on the various adventures and mishaps of Lestat through this novel, The Tale of the Body Thief.

::: Oh, That Silly Lestat. There He Goes Again :::

The Tale of the Body Thief begins with the age-old question of the existence of God. Lestat, as usual, begins the narration, and the topic continues as he meets with the Superior General of the Talamasca, David Talbot. The Talamasca is a secret organization who studies all facets of the supernatural, from vampires to telekinesis, and David's friendship with Lestat is frowned upon by the rest of the group. Nevertheless, Talbot describes his own theory of a fallible God and a Devil who actually has the position in shifts with others, no one wanting to be the face of evil.

Lestat sees himself as a form of the Devil, becoming evil when his mortality was sacrificed when he was made a vampire. Of course, The Tale of the Body Thief will give Lestat the opportunity to change all that; a man capable of swapping bodies at will offers Lestat the chance to experience a mortal body again. Protests from Talbot and Lestat's vampire compatriot Louis (the protagonist of Interview ignored, Lestat makes the deal with the mortal, Raglan James, and almost immediately realizes that his usual impulsivity has led to what might be the permanent loss of his body. In the mortal body, Lestat is horrified by what he considers to be the foul side of being human again almost immediately, and while in the body, he becomes ill, gets drunk, has sex, and finally turns to Louis for assistance, begging to be remade as a vampire. Louis, of course, refuses, seeing Lestat's folly as a chance for redemption, and Lestat turns instead to Talbot to formulate a plan to regain his own body.

::: The Plot Thickens... And Goes Missing :::

As much as I love the Vampire Chronicles, I hate Lestat. When they made the movie of Interview with the Vampire with Tom Cruise playing the role, I was doubly annoyed, for a despised actor was playing a despised role. The arrogant, half-cocked antics of Lestat have always annoyed me, even when I loved the books, and The Tale of the Body Thief is no different. Both times I've read the book, I found myself wanting to slap Lestat silly for his stupidity, but without his stupidity there would be no book. None of the other vampires from the Chronicles would be so stupid as to hand over what is one of the most powerful vampiric bodies to a common thief, yet that is exactly what Lestat does, trusting that he won't be duped, even though the reader can see it coming from miles away.

Still, the book is an excellent read. The beginning sections with the theories of God and Evil are intriguing, and the mere concept of someone who has has preternatural powers for centuries reverting to the ordinary humanity he has forgotten was a fascinating read, and Rice provides the reader with a very realistic vision of what that might be like.

There are only two things that keep the novel from being truly superb. One is the addition of a nun Lestat meets in the hospital when the mortal body falls ill. While this interlude seems to be a vehicle for more discussion of morality, it seems beyond contrived (why would a volunteer nun take an ill man she doesn't know out of the hospital and bring him to her home?) and is just another excuse for Rice to add in one of her requisite number of sex scenes. The other is a feeling that somehow the question of whether or not there is a God got lost in the shuffle. After Talbot's description of "seeing" a conversation between God and the Devil in his past, I felt like by the end of the novel there might be some inkling of what this episode was, or some answer other than Lestat's own belief whether it was true. It all seems to rest in his contact with Gretchen, and it falls flat.

The Tale of the Body Thief, nonetheless, is an excellent and entertaining read. For once, Lestat gets a bit of comeuppance for his arrogance, although that never seems to slow him down for long. The Tale of the Body Thief is still one of the better books in the Vampire Chronicles series.

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Jun 16, 2010 Effie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Why did I like this book so much? Why is Anne Rice simultaneously a literary genius and batshit insane?
I shouldn't have liked this book, anyway; there were a lot of little things that irked me while I was reading it - but in the end, there I was completely engrossed again. Raglan is a kickass weirdo of a character (and her descriptions of his movements in the fantastically creepy lead-up to his introduction have stuck with me for half a decade now); she's still obviously a liiiittle bit too obs...more

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Sep 25, 2009 Lisa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Recommended to Lisa by: Jade Brelsford

Shelves: 2009, faves

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Another great book in the Vampire Chronicles, and possibly one of my favourites so far...

We already knew that Lestat is awesome; the petulant, selfish, petty and yet incredibly charming, intelligent and seductive vampire hero of the series, and through this book we must now add another descriptive - hilarious.

Rice solves the problem of having a near invincible hero through a concept that I thought worked incredibly well; by having him take part in a trade - his body for that of a mortal man, for...more

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Nov 13, 2011 Abby rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Jun 07, 2008 Artemisa rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: vampire-fantasy

I guess i spent so many time look for this book that I end up a little disappointed.

It has little vampire action to my taste.
I think that in my conception of the Vampire Chronicles universe is easier to believe in vampires than in soul migration.

I cant imagine Lestat as other than this bond arrogant French-American (I see him as a true immigrant).

But in the end it was a Lestat kind of story and it wasn't to hard to read.

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Oct 19, 2011 Vold Kira rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Amantes de Vampiros REALES

El Ladrón de Cuerpos se desvía un poco del tema principal de los vampiros. Aún así, mantiene las pasiones carnales y esencialmente humanas de Lestat, el Vampiro (sí, con mayúscula) por excelencia.
El ansia de Lestat por volver de nuevo a la vida mortal y abrazar de nuevo las virtudes y las ventajas de un cuerpo perecedero vuelve este libro en algo tan vívido y tan bien descrito que hace al lector tomar conciencia de cada una de nuestras funciones principales. La narrativa de la experiencia mortal...more

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Dec 03, 2011 Caitlin rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: vampires, anne-rice, series, read-in-2011, male-pov-all-or-part, i-own

I really like this book, it is from Lesats point of view and is interesting. Lesat is being followed by a man, a human man, who offers him a chance to be human again. Against his friends wishes he takes the deal which leads to horrible results. This book has some small problems, but the last chapters 32 and on really made me want to throw the book at the wall the first time I read it. Now I understand it but it still upsets me.

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Dec 19, 2011 Janet rated it 3 of 5 stars

p. 38 Re: Rembrandt's paintings of people: "the undeniable evidence that human beings are wholly unlike any other animal in the cosmos -- they are a precious mingling of the flesh and immortal fire."

p. 39 Re Angels: "we look to his portraits when we would know the divine in man."

p. 68 LeStat: I suspect death is awful. You just stop and there's no more life, and no more chance to know anything at all.
David: No. I can't agree with you there, LeStat. I simply can't. Somebody formed the fearful symm...more

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Feb 07, 2013 Al rated it 5 of 5 stars

In another feat of hypnotic storytelling, Anne Rice continues the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles that began with the now classic Interview with the Vampire and continued with The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned. Lestat speaks.Vampire-hero, enchanter, seducer of mortals.For centuries he has been a courted prince in the dark and flourishing universe of the living dead. Lestat is alone.And suddenly all his vampire rationale--everything he has come to believe and feel safe with--is call

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Dec 06, 2012 Genevieve rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Warning: If you're not familiar with any of the later books, there is a spoiler.

I loved it of course, the original quartet have never been deemed as anything less than worthy vampiric reads. One thing I didn't realize however when I was reading Pandora and started (but never finished) the Vampire Armand was that David was in a body far much younger than the age he was when he was born to the Dark Gift. Every time I've come across him in later books its been made clear that he was an English gent...more

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May 07, 2011 Kari rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was a reread, as I had the whole series at one point, yet I lent them out and never got them back. I love this series as it is a balance both of plot and character driven story telling, with a bit of the philosophical/spiritual thrown in, just to make you give pause and wait for the next great inspiration from within.

I find Lestat to be an emotionally charged, dashing devil, and all though he is impulsive, selfish and a right royal brat you cannot help but love him, cry both with and for hi...more

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Sep 17, 2012 Carolina rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Originally posted at: A Girl that likes Books

I had high hopes for this book. I really like Anne Rice and the 3 first installments of The Vampire Chronicles didn’t disappoint me, even with the awful adaptation to cinema for The Queen of the Damned. Sadly I was disappointed, and how.

The premise was really good. Lestat, after his encounter with Akasha is now powerful beyond limits, and he is starting to get bored with his unstoppable, immortal existence. Then someone appears in his life, someone w...more

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Jan 13, 2011 Austin James rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: horror

I just finished "The Tale of the Body Thief," the fourth book in Anne Rice's "The Vampire Chronicles." I liked this one better than the previous book, "The Queen of the Damned".

It was fast paced and had everything you would expect from an Anne Rice novel - sensual descriptions, a focus on aesthetic beauty, unconventional theological arguments, and some of the best anti-heroes in modern literature.

It was different from the other books because this was the first one to take place in modern times t...more

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May 19, 2013 Loredana Gasparri rated it 3 of 5 stars

I forgot how "exhausted" the vampires by Anne Rice are. Lestat de Lioncourt is an aesthete, bored with his immortal life, haunted by the "ghosts" of past vampires like Claudia, the young "daughter" he created many years before, who was sentenced to death. He has no peace for this. He walks through his current life, feeding upon humans (the killers and evildoers, above all), feeding no interest for anything. All of a sudden, a weird human being intrudes into his eternal life, making a weird propo...more

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Sep 06, 2010 David rated it 2 of 5 stars

Not a good book from a rather pathetic series.

What's the problem with the series?

Well, the stories themselves are good, if cliche now (the Romantic Gothic), but their execution is turgid, without humor, episodic, meandering, filled with discursive asides of superficial myth and philosophy....a personal search for meaning is evident in the series, and her other books as well, that culminated with her embrace of Catholicism.

But I want to finish the series in the same way that I staggered through t...more

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Oct 17, 2010 SmarterLilac rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Nov 28, 2012 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: supernatural, vampire

You can't really go wrong with Anne Rice. She has such a beautiful way with words, which is somewhat hampered by her inability to stay away from long winded musings on God, eternity, the human soul, etc. Sometimes that is interesting, sometimes I want to fall asleep.
This installment took me a bit longer to get into, but once I did, I was IN. As with most great series, the first was the best, and the rest can never quite match it. However, every book since Interview with the Vampire has been wor...more

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Nov 02, 2011 Raquel rated it 3 of 5 stars

I absolutely loved the ending to Queen of the Damned. Now, I wonder if I should have stopped reading The Vampire Chronicles then.

The Tale of the Body Thief is told by The Vampire Lestat, Rice's famous "brat prince". After the events of the last novel the few remaining immortals have disbanded and he now wanders the earth alone, again. He has befriended David Talbot, of the Talamasca, and constantly offers the old man the Dark Gift, which he always refuses. Depressed, lonely, and constantly haun...more

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Oct 21, 2012 Jaime added it

I wish I did, but I don't find Lestat charming in this latest chapter in the Vampire Chronicles. I suppose that it has finally forced me to admit that of all the vampires painted in these stories, it's Louis who I would want to break bread with and talk about his stacks of books and his stubborn love of life. Lestat's capriciousness just doesn't make sense to me -- he is too old and allegedly too powerful a vampire to be outwitted even momentarily by someone like the James Raglan character in th...more

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Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien) is a best-selling American author of gothic, supernatural, historical, erotica, and later religious themed books. Best known for The Vampire Chronicles, her prevailing thematical focus is on love, death, immortality, existentialism, and the human condition. She was married to poet Stan Rice for 41 years until his death in 2002. Her books have sold near...more

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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)

The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)

The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, #3)

The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)

Memnoch the Devil (The Vampire Chronicles, #5)

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“Revenge is the concern of those who are at some point or other beaten. I am not beaten, I told myself. No, not beaten. And victory is far more interesting to contemplate than revenge.” — 33 people liked it

“So we reach into the raging chaos, and we cling to it, and we tell ourselves it has meaning, and that the world is good, and we are not evil, and we will all go home in the end.” — 30 people liked it

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The Tale of the Body Thief (The Vampire Chronicles #4)

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