Intriguing read for Halloween
Billie Jo Kubat
Issue date: 10/28/09 Section: Juice
Want a good book to read in the spirit of Halloween? Then I have a wonderful book for you. It follows the theme of vampires and is the third book in The Vampire Chronicles collection by Anne Rice. In the last two books, the tales of Louis and Lestat were the main focus, but in the third novel, the focus is moved to a number of different characters.
The Queen of the Damned is one of the longest books in The Vampire Chronicles collection. This book, like its predecessors, takes a lot of concentration. The Queen of the Damned has the greatest number of characters' and background characters' histories. One of the first pages in the book contains an index saying where each individual story is located.
I believe that this book could not have been written or told at the high level that Rice has written the other Chronicle books without telling the different histories. Each new character brings new questions and new interests that are woven into the stories. The characters that readers thought they understood show new sides that make readers think about their original feelings toward that character.
One thing needs to become clear right away: the movie is very different from the book. One of the differences is the number of characters. For instance, Armand and Louis are not in the movie, but they can be considered important characters in the book. The story told by the movie does not go nearly as in-depth as the story in the book. Also, the book explains the relationships differently and more profoundly than the movie does.
While reading this book, there are times when readers may feel as if they are walking beside the different characters. Lestat, Jessica (one of the new characters) and Marius go through many adventures throughout the novel, and the readers may experience the scenes with each character. You seem to grow as Lestat grows as a character. The feelings of stress and anxiety felt by the different characters feel like the readers' feelings.
The Queen of the Damned is one of the longest books in The Vampire Chronicles collection. This book, like its predecessors, takes a lot of concentration. The Queen of the Damned has the greatest number of characters' and background characters' histories. One of the first pages in the book contains an index saying where each individual story is located.
I believe that this book could not have been written or told at the high level that Rice has written the other Chronicle books without telling the different histories. Each new character brings new questions and new interests that are woven into the stories. The characters that readers thought they understood show new sides that make readers think about their original feelings toward that character.
One thing needs to become clear right away: the movie is very different from the book. One of the differences is the number of characters. For instance, Armand and Louis are not in the movie, but they can be considered important characters in the book. The story told by the movie does not go nearly as in-depth as the story in the book. Also, the book explains the relationships differently and more profoundly than the movie does.
While reading this book, there are times when readers may feel as if they are walking beside the different characters. Lestat, Jessica (one of the new characters) and Marius go through many adventures throughout the novel, and the readers may experience the scenes with each character. You seem to grow as Lestat grows as a character. The feelings of stress and anxiety felt by the different characters feel like the readers' feelings.
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