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published
2005
(first published 1999)
by Alfred A. Knopf
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Hardcover
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5559609129
(isbn13: 9785559609126)
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Tired of the same old vampires? Check out Anne Rice's new race of undead bloodsuckers, independent of the Lestat series. Her alterna-vamp books began ...more
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Read in March, 2003
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...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...more
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Read in June, 2008
a branch off the regular series by Anne Rice, i decided to start reading with this book because first of all it was hidden deep inside the clutches of my closet, and secondly, i was bored. This book takes you through the journey of a young boy named Vittorio Rinanari, a wealthy boy who lives in a castle in Italy with his family. One day vampires attack the castle and kill his entire family but leave him, as a good bye Vittorio cuts off one of the vampires arms Ursula, later to be seen that she r...more
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Read in December, 2008
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Read in April, 2006
When the old ones stopped to earn money or author inspiration run out, the new generation was about to come. Anne Rice and her Vampiretrek has now new generation. Is it good or bad? Hard to say. Vittorio is sort of vampiric version of Romeo and his fangy Juliett. Anne Rice is obviously fascinated by the 15th century Italy and the artist there. The colourful life of Fillipo Lippi was one of main concern of the book, respective Vittorio's obsession. The moral dilemma and the ultimate question of r...more
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Not sure why this book was written but it redeems itself by telling such a colorful tale from a historical standpoint that it can be forgiven.
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Read in April, 2001
Not a bad read. But this is the worst book Ms. Rice has written that I know of (and I have read all of them, save one).
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Way too hard to say what I learned....Love the series...I recommend reading all in order! Very well written.
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One of the best Anne Rice books I read. Right up there with Memnoch and Servant of the Bones!
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"Twilight" ain't got nothin' on my girl, Anne Rice! What?
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Read in January, 2002
Una vez más, Anne Rice se sirve de uno de sus vampiros para que narre la historia por ella, pero esta historia, a diferencia de las anteriores, trancurre totalmente al margen de sus otros vampiros ya creados.
El protagonista de este libro, Vittorio, nos cuenta como transcurrió su vida en la Florencia de los Medicis y de como su familia sufre un trágico destino, dejando Vittorio de lado cualquier otra cosa que no sea la venganza.
El protagonista de este libro, Vittorio, nos cuenta como transcurrió su vida en la Florencia de los Medicis y de como su familia sufre un trágico destino, dejando Vittorio de lado cualquier otra cosa que no sea la venganza.
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Read in March, 2004
This was from a period when I was catching up on missed Ann Rice books. This was one from the, I suppose, abandoned New Tales of the Vampires. I tried to read it when it first came out, and it just didn't have the hold on me that the other Vampire books had.
Still, not a bad choice. It would have been interesting to see where a vampire with this particular gift would have fit in the rest of the story.
Still, not a bad choice. It would have been interesting to see where a vampire with this particular gift would have fit in the rest of the story.
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I don't think Vittorio's character is fully developed. I enjoyed learning about Renaissance Italy in this book, and I had fun with all of Rice's real historical people in this book. However, this book lacked the depth of her others. This is a doomed love story, but I simply did not feel for Vittorio and his Ursula the way I did the Mayfair couplings.
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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.
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hm.. was it armand or vittorio that i read? whichever it is, i remember picking up the book bc i felt like reading anne rice. i think i read it for one of those required summer reading assignments back in high school. remember a book about vampires that i enjoyed and i think it was this, but i'm not sure.
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Read in January, 2004
I wasn't sure how I'd like these "New Tales of the Vampires" books, but focusing on one vampire with no relation at all to the Vampire Chronicles characters helped make it a good short read. I liked all the details about Renaissance Italy in this one.
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I loved this book. As always, Anne Rice knows how to take one out of one's present time and catapult you into the world she has created. Anne's descriptive talent is incredible. She always makes me feel like I am a person in the room.
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Read in June, 2007
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nancy
just reread this book and loved it because it is a bit off the path of her standard Vamp books and reminds me of her glory days before her born again days. Now she's writing about Christ. Isn't the bible enough? Let us have our old Annie back!
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This is the tale of a young man with a crappy life and an even crappier after-life. There is love and mystery and death. Everything you could hope for in a book and exsistence. Oh and there are angels too and artists. Thats cool
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