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The Tale of the Body Thief

The Vampire Chronicles (Vampire Chronicles)

By Anne Rice

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| Hardcover | 9780679405283

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In another feat of hypnotic storytelling, Anne Rice continues the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles that began with the now classic Interview with the Vampire and continued with The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned.

Lestat speaks.  Vampire-hero, enchanContinue

In another feat of hypnotic storytelling, Anne Rice continues the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles that began with the now classic Interview with the Vampire and continued with The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned.

Lestat speaks.  Vampire-hero, enchanter, seducer of mortals.  For centuries he has been a courted prince in the dark and flourishing universe of the living dead. Lestat is alone.  And suddenly all his vampire rationale--everything he has come to believe and feel safe with--is called into question. In his overwhelming need to destroy his doubts and his loneliness, Lestat embarks on the most dangerous enterprise he has undertaken in all the danger-haunted years of his long existence.

The Tale of the Body Thief is told with the unique--and mesmerizing--passion, power, color, and invention that distinguish the novels of Anne Rice.

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    What can I say about the Vampire Chronicles? They were refreshing and new! That were exciting! That is, until this novel came out. The one pictures is a Knopf Canada first edition that I bought as soon as this novel was released. Unfortunately it was a mistake.

    I loved the first three nov ... (continue)

    What can I say about the Vampire Chronicles? They were refreshing and new! That were exciting! That is, until this novel came out. The one pictures is a Knopf Canada first edition that I bought as soon as this novel was released. Unfortunately it was a mistake.

    I loved the first three novels in the Chronicles, but this one is radically different. It takes place in the present time which isn't too bad. Lestat, becomes human once again and has quite an adventure.

    I felt like I was reading a Superman novel. Lestat was relegated to superhero status whom had just swallowed Kryptonite and lost all his powers. The love scenes in the novel we all guys! Not my fetish, I'd prefer not to hear about how my once favorite vampire would secretly love to sleep with his friends.

    Lestat and this novel got so wishy washy that it was the last of the Anne Rice novels I ever read, and I loved Anne Rice's previous works! Too bad.

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    CaptHowdy said on Sep 9, 2007 about the Unbound edition | Add your feedback

  • There's no vampire tale like the one told by Anne Rice, now I see it.
    Lestat is at its best and the ending reminded me that a little disappointment in victory doesn't mar a good story. One just can't get all he wants.

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    RubraAddicted said on Apr 19, 2012 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Still a clever book despite it not being my personal favourite of the series, again mainly about Lestat but this time spending most of his time not as a vampire.

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    xYoshiiiiox said on Jun 20, 2011 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • The third book "written" by Lestat is like the previous two (The Vampire Lestat and the Queen of the Damned): occasionally truly wonderful, but often annoying or boring. Anne Rice's vampires are my favourite kind and I really love reading about Lestat's various adventures, even though the plot is ve ... (continue)

    The third book "written" by Lestat is like the previous two (The Vampire Lestat and the Queen of the Damned): occasionally truly wonderful, but often annoying or boring. Anne Rice's vampires are my favourite kind and I really love reading about Lestat's various adventures, even though the plot is very predictable. The biggest problem lies in the narration – it gets so philosophical and deep in a way that is most of the time nowhere near interesting.

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    berserkasfuck said on May 4, 2010 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

  • My persoanl favorite out of the series, and in my opinion the one that can best stand alone. (Not having needed to read the rest) Would make a great movie, which is why I adapted it into a screenplay. (For my own amusement. But would be nice if Hollywood called for it-Ha!Ha!)

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    Musicvideoartist said on Jun 3, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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