A Gothic Tale with A Modern Perspective

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	• The Vampire Lestat (Rice, Anne, Chronicles of the Vampires, 2nd Bk.) Anne Rice Ballantine Books, 1997 - 496 pages average customer review:based on 351 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Too bad I can only give 5 stars

I think I have read this book 4 times since discovering Anne Rice and it remains and will remain the best Vampire novel ever written. I know Interview With the Vampire came first, but we didn't really get a sense of who Lestat was in IWTV. In this, we get to live and breath Lestat. His character is intoxicating and everything you wish a character to be. He is evil, he is cruel and mischievous and he is also utterly charming. He plays the gentleman and kills without thought. There are no proper words to describe his character. But you will fall in love with him as soon as you read his 'autobiography'. I swear you will believe in vampires and you will believe that Lestat is really flesh and blood and writing his little heart out to all of us.
Truly, this is not the cliched vampire novel that can be seen and read anywhere. It is utterly original and dramatic. The words will enthrall you from the very first sentence. It is a long book but never feels boring or dragging. It is very descriptive and I woudn't have it any other way. If you wish to read about a young man who was brutally turned into a vampire against his will and goes on an extroadinary journey, then you simply must read this book. Give Lestat a chance, I assure you, you will not be dissapointed.

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My favorite of the series!

In this book, you get to learn of Lestat's past, and how he became a vampire. The writing style of this series (the first 3 anyway), is what makes them my favorite vampire novels.

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Lestat gets to tell his story.

Second in the Vampire Chronicles.

Lestat, the misunderstood vampire who created Louis in Interview with the Vampire, tells his own story here. We see, from Lestat's perspective, many of the same events described by Louis in the first book.

While recovering from Claudia's attack, Lestat rests underground for many years. He is finally drawn back into life in the 1980's. He is entranced by the music of a garage band named Satan's Night Out. He rises, introduces himself to the band, and promises them that they will soon be famous. He takes charge of the band and creates a barrage of music and videos while also writing a memoir. Lestat feels that Louis got many things wrong and he is determined to set the record straight. As Lestat recounts the story of his life, he also spills many secrets, his own as well as those of powerful vampires. Lestat's quest for fame might just bring him the recognition he deserves--and then some.

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A Gothic Tale with A Modern Perspective

The Vampire Lestat is an enigmatic, gripping character iconic of the modern era: a man, however immortal, searching for not only a meaning that does not exist but an origin that defies everything anyone's ever said. A paradoxical being, he murders shamelessly but will only kill the villain. He rebels and yet is the iconoclast of many. He is everything Louis said about him in Interview with The Vampire, but he is so much more.

Lestat is the most compelling antihero I've had the pleasure of reading in a long time, and his "autobiography" is a beautiful piece of literature.

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Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now Lestat is a rockstar in the demonic, shimmering 1980s. He rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his terrifying exsitence. His story, the second volume in Anne Rice's best-selling Vampire Chronicles, is mesmerizing, passionate, and thrilling.
"Frightening, sensual."
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

From the Paperback edition.

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