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Prince Lestat
(The Vampire Chronicles #11)
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The vampire world is in crisis – their kind have been proliferating out of control and, thanks to technologies undreamed of in previous centuries, they can communicate as never before. Roused from their earth-bound slumber, ancient ones are in thrall to the Voice: which commands that they burn fledgling vampires in cities from Paris to Mumbai, Hong Kong to Kyoto and San Fr
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Hardcover, 458 pages
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October 28th 2014
by Alfred A. Knopf
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”But wasn’t it what they all wanted? And what a dashing and beautiful figure Lestat was. The James Bond of the Vampires indeed.”
Disclosures:
1)I haven't read any of the previous entries in this series, so I went into this book without the *warm and fuzzy* feelings that die-hard fans of these books would do.
2) No, this is not my typical go-to genre of choice, but after all thepublicity stunts hoopla on the internet, I was curious and the library had a kindle copy available.
3) If Goodreads allowe ...more
Disclosures:
1)I haven't read any of the previous entries in this series, so I went into this book without the *warm and fuzzy* feelings that die-hard fans of these books would do.
2) No, this is not my typical go-to genre of choice, but after all the
3) If Goodreads allowe ...more

The Vampire Lestat has returned along with the other children of night! I immediately ordered an autographed copy from the New Orleans Garden district the moment I could.

To those who waited and those who are just starting their journey!

I must say I've never taken as long to read a book I was so deeply in love with as this. I knew that with each word I was that much closer to the end.
All that being said, PL is not written in the same format as Anne's previous Vampire Chronicles. This is written ...more

To those who waited and those who are just starting their journey!

I must say I've never taken as long to read a book I was so deeply in love with as this. I knew that with each word I was that much closer to the end.
All that being said, PL is not written in the same format as Anne's previous Vampire Chronicles. This is written ...more

A Voice has started invading the minds of vampires across the world – wheedling, threatening and begging, it is pushing them to do one thing – destroy their fellows
As the death toll mounts, Benji, vampire fledgling and podcaster, appeals to the elders of the vampire tribe to do something. Anything.
So do I. But then I’ve been begging for several books and they still haven’t done anything.
This book actually greatly exceeded my expectations. Of course, if you’ve read my previous reviews of the Vamp ...more
As the death toll mounts, Benji, vampire fledgling and podcaster, appeals to the elders of the vampire tribe to do something. Anything.
So do I. But then I’ve been begging for several books and they still haven’t done anything.
This book actually greatly exceeded my expectations. Of course, if you’ve read my previous reviews of the Vamp ...more

SPOILER ALERT:
I haven't looked forward to a book as much as this one in a long, long time, but I had some trepidation. I did not like her Angel Time novels nor her Wolf series (couldn't even get through them all, truth be told).
Prince Lestat might as well be titled "Lestat for Dummies," because it is so simplistic and unimaginative and just...mediocre. How does such a great author and imaginative mind turn so boring? I literally found myself yelling at this book: "STOP repeating the same thing ...more
I haven't looked forward to a book as much as this one in a long, long time, but I had some trepidation. I did not like her Angel Time novels nor her Wolf series (couldn't even get through them all, truth be told).
Prince Lestat might as well be titled "Lestat for Dummies," because it is so simplistic and unimaginative and just...mediocre. How does such a great author and imaginative mind turn so boring? I literally found myself yelling at this book: "STOP repeating the same thing ...more

As one who came of age whilst reading Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles, I readily embraced Lestat who, in my girlish esteem, appeared a flawed and endearingly romantic fiend maundering as only such a wildly exaggerated aesthete ought be given to do throughout his many mad escapades – and, oh, that unabashed brattiness! It is therefore with regret that I confess my opinion as an adult, which holds that both the series and its prodigious cast have lately fallen to encroaching decadence, what with th
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(upd: book now finished, for final thoughts scoll down)
I'm currently somewhere in the middle, my kindle app says 47%, Lestat's chapter after Everard.
And I have to say that I've never been this disappointed in a book.
I'm currently struggling to actually make myself finish this thing, having skimmed several immensely oring chapters.
This book is not worth your money, seriously. Especially if you're a fan of the chronicles, especially if you adore Lestat such as I do... don't do this to yourself. ...more
I'm currently somewhere in the middle, my kindle app says 47%, Lestat's chapter after Everard.
And I have to say that I've never been this disappointed in a book.
I'm currently struggling to actually make myself finish this thing, having skimmed several immensely oring chapters.
This book is not worth your money, seriously. Especially if you're a fan of the chronicles, especially if you adore Lestat such as I do... don't do this to yourself. ...more

Dear Ms. Rice,

Either you gambled all your money away on online casino games or someone whispered in your ear about writing another vampire chronicle book. Either way you have lost your touch. THIS WAS HORRIBLE! Now that you got this crap out of your system, QUIT while your ahead.
P.S. I just came across this bullshit...you don't want people who hide their identities from reviewing your books. FINE. Be a BITCH! Shit, I don't need your crap ass books. Trust me I read this book, I checked it out at ...more

Either you gambled all your money away on online casino games or someone whispered in your ear about writing another vampire chronicle book. Either way you have lost your touch. THIS WAS HORRIBLE! Now that you got this crap out of your system, QUIT while your ahead.
P.S. I just came across this bullshit...you don't want people who hide their identities from reviewing your books. FINE. Be a BITCH! Shit, I don't need your crap ass books. Trust me I read this book, I checked it out at ...more

Having just finished Prince Lestat, I want now want to go back and reread The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned. When people ask about “favorite books,” “books that influenced your life,” “top 10 books you’d have on a desert island,” etc, The Vampire Lestat tops my list. But while my memory of it remains strongly positive, it’s been some time since I’ve actually read it. After finishing Prince Lestat, I wonder if my tastes have changed, or if Rice’s writing has changed. Unfortunately Pr
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When I saw that Rice was writing more in this series my first instinct was excitement, I so loved this series. My copies are so worn, spines cracked, to the point pages are close to falling out, pages yellowed and corners dog eared from being read so many times. My second thought on seeing an addition to this series was, it's been a long time, Rice found God and eschewed all of this, plus I had been dnf'ing her latest books, so I was leery, very leery.
After listening to 40% of the book I'm throw ...more
After listening to 40% of the book I'm throw ...more

I'm proud to say that I made it to a healthy half way point of 175 pages before giving up.
The final nail in this coffin (heh) comes from the realization that:
1. Nothing is happening.
2. All the vampires act the same, including speech patterns and overall demeanor, regardless if they are 3,000 or 50 years old. You know what would make an old vampire more believable to me? Really, really obscure knowledge. Quoting Shakespeare doesn't give me confidence that said dude has been around for thousands ...more
The final nail in this coffin (heh) comes from the realization that:
1. Nothing is happening.
2. All the vampires act the same, including speech patterns and overall demeanor, regardless if they are 3,000 or 50 years old. You know what would make an old vampire more believable to me? Really, really obscure knowledge. Quoting Shakespeare doesn't give me confidence that said dude has been around for thousands ...more

Prince Lestat is a love it or hate it read!!
I hated myself for not making this a DNF!!
This book droned on and on. It was slow and tedious. Each chapter focused on a different vampire and their personal story. I had to endure these boring tales, one right after the other. Boring tales of a voice talking to them in their minds. This voice was encouraging older vampires to kill off the younger ones.
There were so many vampires and stories, that I wondered of I would ever see Lestat again. He eventu ...more
I hated myself for not making this a DNF!!

This book droned on and on. It was slow and tedious. Each chapter focused on a different vampire and their personal story. I had to endure these boring tales, one right after the other. Boring tales of a voice talking to them in their minds. This voice was encouraging older vampires to kill off the younger ones.
There were so many vampires and stories, that I wondered of I would ever see Lestat again. He eventu ...more

Knowing when to stop can a blessing. A concept that seems to elude Anne Rice for many years now. Horrible novel, very poorly written. 80% is wasted on back stories that (to any Vampire Chronicle aficionado) reveal nothing new. The plot matches the writing. The portrayal of Lestat is just as alien as it has been in Blackwood farm and Blood canticle. I suggest to get a free copy off the internet if you want to subject yourself to yet another disappointment ala Rice.
Do not waste good money on this ...more
Do not waste good money on this ...more

What a lovely book. It's perhaps not as deep and thoughtful as Interview or Memnoch, but it's solid. Anne Rice has still got it.
It's been a while since I last read Queen of the Damned, but I never felt lost at any point in this book. It's like no time had passed and every character was just as familiar as they had been years and years ago when I had first gotten into this series.
I like the multiple voices. This book has the same structure as Queen of the Damned, which is nice because not only d ...more
It's been a while since I last read Queen of the Damned, but I never felt lost at any point in this book. It's like no time had passed and every character was just as familiar as they had been years and years ago when I had first gotten into this series.
I like the multiple voices. This book has the same structure as Queen of the Damned, which is nice because not only d ...more

Lestat, the blood-sucking anti-hero who made his first appearance in Interview with the Vampire almost 40 years ago and was played by Tom Cruise in the 1994 blockbuster film, returns in a frighteningly spellbinding mystery-thriller from the iconic author of over thirty novels, including the ground-breaking The Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice.
Though Prince Lestat is a stand-alone book, it may well be worth re-reading Anne’s earlier books like The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned in order ...more
Though Prince Lestat is a stand-alone book, it may well be worth re-reading Anne’s earlier books like The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned in order ...more

I thought I would give the book 5 stars. This book was, after all, a treat. I think all of us had accepted that Blood Canticle was the end of The Vampire Chronicles - the author herself certainly thought so at one point in time. But then the publication of Prince Lestat was announced and we all waited in anticipation for the book that would revive Lestat, and with him, the old cast of characters.
But the book was disappointing. After all the hype about the characters coming together again, the a ...more
But the book was disappointing. After all the hype about the characters coming together again, the a ...more

"For this you were born. And you are with us and one of us, and we are the people of the moon and the stars. We are not damned. We never were. Who under the sun had the right to damn any living breathing creature?"
After the death of Akasha, the vampire Queen, vampires old and young fled and became scattered across the planet. Leaderless, divided, they are like lost children. Lestat, the brat prince and rebel vampire has been avoiding others of his kind. Until he begins to hear a disembodied voic ...more
After the death of Akasha, the vampire Queen, vampires old and young fled and became scattered across the planet. Leaderless, divided, they are like lost children. Lestat, the brat prince and rebel vampire has been avoiding others of his kind. Until he begins to hear a disembodied voic ...more

If you're picking up this book hoping to meet the old characters you loved, spare yourself the trouble and put it back down. All the vampires I grew to care about as a teenager are only a shadow of themselves. The "crisis" is a slightly tweaked regurgitation of the plot in Queen of the Damned, and resolves somewhat lamely at the end. The switching perspectives between major and minor characters renders the narrative random and choppy. I guess if nothing else, this story serves as ample warning t
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This was dreadfully boring to read. Anne Rice loves to over describe the most mundane things. I did not notice it as much in her earlier novels, but in later novels, it is more apparent. This book is not an exception. I don't mind description, but Jesus Christ, can she allow a little wiggle room for my own imagination, please?
Prince Lestat features characters that I do not care about and some are given their own narratives. I am not a fan of jumping back and forth between narratives. Also, most ...more
Prince Lestat features characters that I do not care about and some are given their own narratives. I am not a fan of jumping back and forth between narratives. Also, most ...more

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2 1/2 Stars
This read has had over a week to marinate and while Rice's writing style has remained eloquent and descriptive, her brand still visible, the story itself was just not enough.
Lestat has calmed to the point where he now reminisces and is finding he is quite lonely.
I was dismayed when other characters from previous books made their unwelcome appearance and, to my ultimate displeasure, decided to stick around a bit and tell their stories.
This story talks a lot about Akasha, the queen, he ...more
This read has had over a week to marinate and while Rice's writing style has remained eloquent and descriptive, her brand still visible, the story itself was just not enough.
Lestat has calmed to the point where he now reminisces and is finding he is quite lonely.
I was dismayed when other characters from previous books made their unwelcome appearance and, to my ultimate displeasure, decided to stick around a bit and tell their stories.
This story talks a lot about Akasha, the queen, he ...more

I said several times that I'm a big fan of Anne Rice and all her Vampire Chronicles but to be totally honest, with after her return to the vampires I felt a bit disappointed. I think this novel is very entertaining but for my taste, the genre has too much of "thriller" and too little of "terror" and I've hardly seen any trace of the decadent romanticism of Anne Rice earlier works.
Spanish version:
En varias ocasiones he dicho que Soy gran fan de Anne Rice y en especial de sus cónicas vampíricas, p ...more
Spanish version:
En varias ocasiones he dicho que Soy gran fan de Anne Rice y en especial de sus cónicas vampíricas, p ...more

Mar 13, 2014
Tammy Cordeiro (devadasi7)
marked it as to-read
YES!!!!!!!!!!! ANOTHER VAMPIRE CHRONICLES NOVEL!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles and Lives of the Mayfair Witches, the first three books of The Vampire Chronicles, together with books such as The Vampire Armand and Blood and Gold, and the first two books of the Mayfair Witches have always been my all time favorite, but this one...this Prince Lestat is just a big no-no.
But at first, I was okay with this book, we get a brief reminder of the history of the vampires, we get the mysteries of The Voice and the young vampires around the wor ...more
But at first, I was okay with this book, we get a brief reminder of the history of the vampires, we get the mysteries of The Voice and the young vampires around the wor ...more

Nov 04, 2014
Susana
marked it as hell-to-the-no-begone
Can I just say how much I love sparkly vampires?
Because I do! :)
Oh, and unicorns...unicorns are cool...

I KNEW IT!!
Also:

I was trying to make a point with this....*tries to remember*
I KNOW:
I will read almost anything, but I won't ever, ever read Anne Rice. ...more
Because I do! :)
Oh, and unicorns...unicorns are cool...

I KNEW IT!!
Also:

I was trying to make a point with this....*tries to remember*
I KNOW:
I will read almost anything, but I won't ever, ever read Anne Rice. ...more

Let's start by saying that I was torn between rating 2-3 stars.
I love The Vampire Chronicles as a whole, yes there are a few books in the series that aren't as strong as the others but as a whole Anne Rice has created a world and feel that redefined vampire fiction.
Unfortunately this book doesn't feel part like it's part of that world (much like Blood Canticle and Blackwood Farm). The vampires in this book, Lestat included, feel neutered and a bit flat.
The introduction of many new and secondary ...more
I love The Vampire Chronicles as a whole, yes there are a few books in the series that aren't as strong as the others but as a whole Anne Rice has created a world and feel that redefined vampire fiction.
Unfortunately this book doesn't feel part like it's part of that world (much like Blood Canticle and Blackwood Farm). The vampires in this book, Lestat included, feel neutered and a bit flat.
The introduction of many new and secondary ...more

FINALLY!!! The master storyteller returns! OMG! When I saw this, I nearly fainted. Anne Rice SINGLE-HANDEDLY changed the scope of vampire fiction. I for one am so sick of the virus-vampire/zombie-vampire stories, I don't know what to do. This has been one of the best days. Saw Dawn of the Planet of the Apes earlier and then I come home to find this out. Great Day. The ONLY thing that could make it better is if the Rapture was to occur.
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Man I used to love the Vampire Chronicles. Bought almost everything single book, and truth be told desperately wanted to be a child of the night myself (and this was well before Twilight came out, please). Although I felt the series petered off towards the end I remember them fondly and honestly thought they were to be no more.
So yeah, imagine my reaction when I saw this book on a shelf. Another one? I couldn't wait to get my hands on it!
At first it seems pretty darn good. Lestat's voice was cle ...more
So yeah, imagine my reaction when I saw this book on a shelf. Another one? I couldn't wait to get my hands on it!
At first it seems pretty darn good. Lestat's voice was cle ...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
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