The Vampire Armand (The Vampire Chronicles #6) - June 2015

[Savanes]

The Vampire Armand is the 6th book in the Vampire chronicles series.

The group is reading the series in preparation for reading the Horror Category Winner Prince Lestat later in the year.

Book Summary:
Armand until now has played a small role in the Vampire Chronicles. Here he assumes center stage, relating his five hundred years of life to fledgling vampire David Talbot, who plays amanuensis to Armand as he did to Lestat ... It's not just the epic plot but Rice's voluptuary worldview that's the main attraction ... Elegant narrative has always been her hallmark ... Rice is equally effective in showing how Armand eventually loses his religion and becomes "the vagabond angel child of Satan," living under Paris cemeteries and foundling the Grand Guignol-ish Theatre des Vampires. In the twentieth century, a rehabilitated Armand regains faith but falls in love with two children who save his life. By the conclusion of Armand, the pupil has become the mentor.

We will start reading as group on June 15.

Please use spoiler tags whenever appropriate. We wouldn't want to spoil the book for others!!

[Janina]

Already done with this one. I expected to like this more than the last ones as I was rather interested in Armand's background. I appreciate that she includes homo/bisexual characters in her works and I like the basic story told in the book. But, I find her writing very tedious to read. It's just so boring .. those endless descriptions and the religious questions. It could have been a great book if it had been written by someone other than Anne Rice.

So, I've concluded that I will only skim further books to see if anything changes until we reach the award winner. I still cannot see how any of her books could possible fit into the horror category. I'd classify it as religious erotica (sadly lacking Ralph de Bricassart).