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Vittorio: The Vampire (New Tales of the Vampires #2)
by
Anne Rice
With Pandora, Anne Rice began a magnificent new series of vampire novels. Now, in the second of her New Tales of the Vampires, she tells the mesmerizing story of Vittorio, a vampire in the Italian Age of Gold.
Educated in the Florence of Cosimo de' Medici, trained in knighthood at his father's mountaintop castle, Vittorio inhabits a world of courtly splendor and country ple...more
Educated in the Florence of Cosimo de' Medici, trained in knighthood at his father's mountaintop castle, Vittorio inhabits a world of courtly splendor and country ple...more
Hardcover, 352 pages
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by Alfred A. Knopf
(first published January 1st 1999)
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That it I'm afraid. I'm finished with Anne Rice after following her since the first - there's only so much angst you can take before depression sets in.
Early Anne Rice novels, the first Lestat books in particular, carried you along in wonderment at a new view of the world, but that wonder has grown stale and stagnant, and lanquid posing while waiting for the next sexual frisson does not, for me anyway, make for interesting reading.
Wondering about your place in the world is all very well, but mo...more
Early Anne Rice novels, the first Lestat books in particular, carried you along in wonderment at a new view of the world, but that wonder has grown stale and stagnant, and lanquid posing while waiting for the next sexual frisson does not, for me anyway, make for interesting reading.
Wondering about your place in the world is all very well, but mo...more
With Pandora, Anne Rice began a magnificent new series of Vampire novels. Now, in the second of her New Tales of the Vampires, she tells the mesmerizing story of a Vampire in the Italian Age of Gold. Vittorio, educated in the Florence of Cosimo de' Medici, trained in knighthood at his father's mountaintop castle, inhabits a world of courtly splendor & country splendor & country pleasures-a world suddenly shattered when his entire family is destroyed in a bizarre & horrible act of vio...more
Set during the Renaissance in Tuscany, this is the story of Vittorio di Riniari, the son of a wealthy lord. Along with his mother and siblings, Vittorio enjoys a privileged life, and is sent to Florence to study and learn the finer gifts of life.
Then one evening in his sixteenth year, a man appears at the castle gates. Vittorio's father speaks with the mystery man and returns in an agitated state. He immediately sends guards to every tower and wall. He prepares Vittorio to leave the following m...more
Then one evening in his sixteenth year, a man appears at the castle gates. Vittorio's father speaks with the mystery man and returns in an agitated state. He immediately sends guards to every tower and wall. He prepares Vittorio to leave the following m...more
ISBN 0345422392 - Some books suffer, or benefit, from the book I read just before. Vittorio seems to be one of those, following Under the Tuscan Sun, one of the most deadly boring books I've read in a while. I dubbed Vittorio "Under the Tuscan Moon" since, ironically, it too is set in Tuscany. Beyond that, I don't think the pair have anything in common.
Vittorio is sixteen in 1450, when his entire family and everyone in his father's castle and the surrounding villages is killed by a groups of dem...more
Vittorio is sixteen in 1450, when his entire family and everyone in his father's castle and the surrounding villages is killed by a groups of dem...more
I just didn't like it as much as the original vampires. I missed the original characters, honestly. It just didn't feel complete without them, and I was almost expecting them all to appear behind every page. Sure, Vittorio was a good character, and the part about the angels was fascinating...but this book went more mature than my previous reads with Rice (Other than this one I've only read Queen of the Damned and The Vampire Lestat) and this is my personal taste...but I just wasn't a fan. Sure,...more
Vittorio the Vampire is the second (and final) book in the series "New Tales of the Vampires" by Anne Rice. It's different from the previous novel, Pandora. This novel has entirely original characters. Whereas Paganism played an important role in Pandora, Christianity is the focus in this novel.
And I think that's the part of the novel that shines. By this time in the series, the vampire thing is kind of old. I still enjoy the vampire aspect, but I found the angels in this book to be a refreshing...more
And I think that's the part of the novel that shines. By this time in the series, the vampire thing is kind of old. I still enjoy the vampire aspect, but I found the angels in this book to be a refreshing...more
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I probably got to page 43-50, and then started to jump around in the book, and decided to read the end of the book. Well the first couple chapters I was enjoying, when the character was talking about his about his life, but when his family was slaughtered, he goes out finding the Ursela, who had put the attack on his family, he finds her, is ready to take his revenge, blah blah blah, just to be made into a vampire, then falls in love with her. OKAY to me that is just weird, you fell in love with...more
Vittorio est un jeune noble qui partage son temps entre la Florence des Médecis et les terres de son père, dont le château domine la Toscane.
Une existence dorée qui lui permet de bénéficier de tous les attraits de la renaissance italienne, jusqu'au jour où sa famille est massacrée par une confrérie démoniaque.
Vittorio lui-même ne devra sa survie qu'à l'intervention d'Ursula, un vampire d'une stupéfiante beauté.
Dès lors, il n'aura de cesse de venger les siens. Parti à la recherche des démons p...more
Une existence dorée qui lui permet de bénéficier de tous les attraits de la renaissance italienne, jusqu'au jour où sa famille est massacrée par une confrérie démoniaque.
Vittorio lui-même ne devra sa survie qu'à l'intervention d'Ursula, un vampire d'une stupéfiante beauté.
Dès lors, il n'aura de cesse de venger les siens. Parti à la recherche des démons p...more
I found that this novel was a bit of a disappointment. On the one hand, Vittorio is a deep character with enough angst coursing through his body he could put Edward Cullen to shame. Vittorio is angry, lustful, depressed, and confused as he moves throughout the story, and Rice manages to capture that rather well. However, many of the scenes are described rather dreamily. This could be on purpose, as Ursula seduces Vittorio, and we the readers are taken along for the ride. If so, then it is an int...more
Anne Rice'in yazdığı Vittorio nihayet okundu, bitti. 300 sayfa; geliyoruz gidiyoruz ağlıyoruz. Hala bi gıdım yol alamamışız. Kitap bitti de şükür dedim yaw. Anne Rice sen naptın bacım ? Patladım okurken, olacak iş değil :-( Rönesans İtalya'sını anlatıp durmuş, öküz can Vittorio'nun ağzından. Vittorio'da şeytan dediği Ursula'ya anında -cidden anında- nasıl kapılıyor anlamış değilim. Senin kardeşlerinin kafası koptu gözünün önünde... Ananı babanı tüm sülaleni gömdün bi destur de !!! Şeytan da şeyt...more
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This is a great novel!!! What I have learned is that by the love a person can be saved and by the love that very same person can be doomed and brought into the world of shadows and blood. Living forever and always remembering the sins is the greatest burden because there is no coming back. Vittorio's rage to revenge brought him into the hands of those who destroy and kill for living. Imagine yourself being in love with someone who saved only one life, yours. WHAT WOULD YOU DO??? Would you contin...more
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Gad, I wanted to give it a one-star but I realized I liked the book in its first few pages... I didn't know what happened there, but the plot got me so confused all of a sudden it nearly gave me a damn headache, so were the characters. One thing I hate when reading a book is that when the story gets terribly wrong, then I have to skip pages. It's frustrating, believe me, thinking I'm too dumb to fathom the story, and I'm losing grip.
This one is the first Anne Rice novel I was able to finish, but...more
I remember thinking the book was OK, hence the 3.0 rating. But nothing stands out for me. It's a typical Anne telling a vampire's story through his narration novel...again. The best part of the book is Vittoro hunting down those vampires that attacked his family as a kid. Then again, a teenager was a man in those days.Like Pandora, I'm bothered with this being a 'New' Chronicles because it truly just isn't a series. Unlike Pandora, Vittorio is separate from the other characters. But that means i...more
A birarre departure from the vampire universe Rice's fans have come to expect from her, this second entry in the New Tales Of The Vampires series is a biography of Vittorio, 16-year-old survivor of Tuscan massacre.
While not exactly slow or uninteresting, the book was difficult to read for the simple reason that the main character, while tragic (and, obviously, a vampire, which Rice fans will love anyway), is not particularly engaging, likeable, or empathetic.
A book to be read only by devoted f...more
While not exactly slow or uninteresting, the book was difficult to read for the simple reason that the main character, while tragic (and, obviously, a vampire, which Rice fans will love anyway), is not particularly engaging, likeable, or empathetic.
A book to be read only by devoted f...more
I was disappointed to read some reviews on this novel. I loved this book. All of you say its not like her other novels the other characters are not introduced. I think that us the best part about it that we have a different outlook from a new character that was brought up I'm the immortal life much different than lastat and Marius and so on. It takes you to a more gentle soul than any of her other characters . Ursula and Vittorio are just innocent children in a certain way back then and his seei...more
Even if Anne Rice did not put her name in bold on the front cover the writing style, slight insanity, and mysteries so elegantly defined is so unique to her alone.Combine that with her growing interest in European history and art and you have a book that is vivid and artistic in its own way. Whereas this book is not as fast paced or intense as her other greats like queen of the damned and body thief etc, the ideas it generates in this is quite fantastic although I must admit Vittorio was quite a...more
In this mesmerizing novel, the acclaimed author of THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES and the LIVES OF THE MAYFAIR WITCHES makes real for us the exquisite and otherworldly society of the eighteenth-century castrati, the delicate and alluring male sopranos whose graceful bodies and glorious voices brought them the adulation of the royal courts and grand opera houses of Europe, men who lived as idols, concealing their pain as they were adored as angels, yet shunned as half-men.
As we are drawn into their dark...more
As we are drawn into their dark...more
I am one of those who lost interest in Rice's vampires after QoTD, but the idea of a new story, in a new setting, intrigued me enough to dive back in.
The characters are familiar, even if Rice has given them new names; Vittorio recalls Lestat with the occassional strain of Louis. His lover Ursula is more of a mystery, a gothic, enticing figure in the shadows leading Vittorio forward.
Rice doesn't go too deeply into them, but lets the plot roll and the imagery flow into a quick read. This bothered...more
The characters are familiar, even if Rice has given them new names; Vittorio recalls Lestat with the occassional strain of Louis. His lover Ursula is more of a mystery, a gothic, enticing figure in the shadows leading Vittorio forward.
Rice doesn't go too deeply into them, but lets the plot roll and the imagery flow into a quick read. This bothered...more
Vittorio: The Vampire is the second novel in the New Tales of the Vampires series by the legendary Anne Rice. Honestly, I first read this novel a few years ago, but I fell in love with this story so much that I had to read it again. I've read some love and some hate reviews on this novel and honestly, I don't see why their would be any hate. Sure, everyone's opinions are welcome, but I personally think this novel turned me into a vampire lover. Yes, I know many will say, "Not her Vampire Chronic...more
Maybe it's just that I'm vampired out, but this story has nothing to do with the other chronicles. I'm taking a break from Anne Rice. I will not be reading Blood and Gold because it's all about Marius life, and I find that character deplorable on so many levels. Maybe I've reached my Vampire pinnacle? I don't know, but I'm not finishing this book and I'm not reading the next one in the series. The following two mix up the Mayfair Witches and Vampire characters and I will eventually get to those....more
This was my first foray into Anne Rice, and I have to admit, I was a bit underwhelmed. The vast majority of the story was dialogue and description, neither of which helped the plot along whatsoever. Toward the end, I started skipping last halves of paragraphs with no discernible negative effect.
I likely will not be reading anymore of Anne Rice. It's too bad, really, since she has so many books out that I could read. I could have been kept quite busy.
I likely will not be reading anymore of Anne Rice. It's too bad, really, since she has so many books out that I could read. I could have been kept quite busy.
Puterea de a suporta damnarea si alegerea ei in favoarea iubirii. Tineretea ascunsa sub secole, frica ascunsa in putere. Cand Vittorio se caracterizeaza ca fiind un personaj dual, care atunci cand ucide pentru a se hrani, vede lumina vietii stingandu-se in victima, nu se gandea doar la el - se gandea la orice om, la fiecare om. Eu ma gandeam la mine.
Bineinteles, am invatat de la aceste personaje. Am invatat sa iti ploate placea intunericul si totusi sa nu il cuprinzi (si invers). Si ca de aseme...more
Bineinteles, am invatat de la aceste personaje. Am invatat sa iti ploate placea intunericul si totusi sa nu il cuprinzi (si invers). Si ca de aseme...more
I skipped over Pandora, and read this #2 in the 'independent' vampire stories. I wasn't crazy about it, but I must say that it was refreshing for a while not to read about the usual cast we've grown accustomed to. I do like the setting of the book and the fact that it is a self-contained story, much like its protagonist and a few others claim to be also independent from the others. Vittorio is a likeable character, and for once, I truly believe in the goodness of his character and his desire to...more
This one was interesting mostly for the section where the main character is held prisoner along with dozens of other humans by a coven of vampires. The coven is basically "farming" the humans; keeping them barely alive with vampire blood mixed into their food, harvesting the ones who get too weak and turning the stronger survivors into vampires themselves. It's an odd concept. The rest of the book? Convoluted and boring.
I got halfway through it and it was fine up until the part of the whole Satan worshiping thing and then I got really annoyed and eventually gave up after that chapter.
Also I didn't understand the whole relationship between Ursula and Vittorio. It was weird and I just didn't find it very convincing.
And I came to the conclusion that vampires just don't work for me in books, or at least not as well as they work for me in movies. Case closed.
Also I didn't understand the whole relationship between Ursula and Vittorio. It was weird and I just didn't find it very convincing.
And I came to the conclusion that vampires just don't work for me in books, or at least not as well as they work for me in movies. Case closed.
While this book isn't the best of the Chronicles, it's a nice, light read. There's not quite as much angst here - you could say it's a 'lite' Vampire Chronicle novel. Some readers might be dissatisfied by it, but I honestly enjoyed it. I do wish that there would have been more insight into the vampire world, much like Queen of the Damned or Blood and Gold. Still, it's a decent read, with a rather nice vampire.
Excellent. Anne Rice depicts the true seduction and contagious nature of vampires in this novel. All the elements flow and weave an intricate web of deception leading towards Vittorio's ironic revenge. HIGHLY recommended for new vampire-lovers, veterans of the realm, and to all the normal people.
Twitards, put down the sparkling drama-queens and pick up a real vampire book.
Twitards, put down the sparkling drama-queens and pick up a real vampire book.
I enjoyed this book, the opening of the book hooked me completely. Vittorio has a dream a terrible dream which comes true.( not going further- no spoilers here) I like a beginning that is shocking and unexpected. The rest of the story was written wonderfully in my opinion. I would suggest to anyone who likes the writings of Anne Rice and hasn't had the chance to read it.
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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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“We all suffer under a curse, the curse that we know more than we can endure, and there is nothing, absolutely nothing we can do about the force and the lure of this knowledge.”
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