Vittorio, the Vampire

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  Not Anne Rices' masterpiece. I have appreciated both setting (Florence) and time (the Age of Gold of Cosimo De Medici rule on the city), nevertheless in my opinion the story is quite odd and confused. The coming on stage of the angels is out of place and misleading; all the questions and suffering a ... (continue)

  Not Anne Rices' masterpiece. I have appreciated both setting (Florence) and time (the Age of Gold of Cosimo De Medici rule on the city), nevertheless in my opinion the story is quite odd and confused. The coming on stage of the angels is out of place and misleading; all the questions and suffering about supernatural, magic, God and the conflict between Good and Evil as seen through vampire's eyes are not as vivid and bleeding as in other books (I am thinking of "Memnoch the devil" or "The vampire Lestat" and the like). A nice intriguing vampire story, nothing more, nothing less, but unable to move and touch the soul.

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  ISBN 0345422392 - Some books suffer, or benefit, from the book I read just before. Vittorio seems to be one of those, following Under the Tuscan Sun, one of the most deadly boring books I've read in a while. I dubbed Vittorio "Under the Tuscan Moon" since, ironically, it too is set in Tuscany. Beyon ... (continue)

  ISBN 0345422392 - Some books suffer, or benefit, from the book I read just before. Vittorio seems to be one of those, following Under the Tuscan Sun, one of the most deadly boring books I've read in a while. I dubbed Vittorio "Under the Tuscan Moon" since, ironically, it too is set in Tuscany. Beyond that, I don't think the pair have anything in common.

  Vittorio is sixteen in 1450, when his entire family and everyone in his father's castle and the surrounding villages is killed by a groups of demons and he swears he will find a way to avenge their deaths. Ursula is among the demons and is, in fact, the one who spares his life. This is hardly the gift it might seem, as Vittorio sets out to learn more about these creatures. Ursula's developed feelings for the young man and he soon feels the same, a diversion he doesn't really need. Having convinced a pair of angels to assist him in wiping out this nest of vampires (a name he's not familiar with at the time), Vittorio gets his vengeance but finds himself unable to kill the woman who twice saved his life. When she repays his gratitude by turning him into one of them, he begins to live a life he finds loathsome - and it gets worse.

  For the second time, I've picked up a Rice novel that doesn't require any knowledge of the rest of her books. This is probably a double-edged sword, because I don't get the feeling that this book represents the best Rice has to offer but, on the other hand, I do like that I can read it without feeling lost.

  I did have a hard time buying Vittorio's feelings for Ursula. He knows she was among the group who killed his loved ones, he clearly doesn't value his own life now and is willing to die to avenge those deaths - so why he would feel gratitude that she saved his life is beyond me. Worthy of the short time it takes to read and FAR better than that Tuscan Sun book, Vittorio's story is far more human a tale than you might expect.

  - AnnaLovesBooks

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  AnnaLovesBooks said on Apr 4, 2009 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Mass Market Paperback 304 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0345422392
• ISBN-13: 9780345422392
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Pub date: Feb 27, 2001
• Dimensions: 1097 mm x 710 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette and Others
• In other languages: other languages Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español

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