Memnoch the Devil Vampire Chronicles No 5
Memnoch the Devil Vampire Chronicles No 5
“STARTLING . . . FIENDISH . . . MEMNOCH’S TALE IS COMPELLING.”
–New York Daily News
“Like Interview with the Vampire, Memnoch has a half-maddened, fever-pitch intensity. . . . Narrated by Rice’s most cherished character, the vampire Lestat, Memnoch tells a tale as old as Scripture’s legends and as modern as today’s religious strife.”
–Rolling Stone
“SENSUAL . . . BOLD, FAST-PACED.”
–USA Today
“Rice has penned an ambitious close to this long-running series. . . . Fans will no doubt devour this.”
–The Washington Post Book World
“MEMNOCH THE DEVIL OFFERS PASSAGES OF POETIC BRILLIANCE.”
–Playboy
“[MEMNOCH] is one of Rice’s most intriguing and sympathetic characters to date. . . . Rice ups the ante, taking Lestat where few writers have ventured: into heaven and hell itself. She carries it off in top form.”
–The Seattle Times
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars great book
Anne Rice is an amazing author. She is so gifted. I’ve gone through all of the vampire chronicles, this is one of my favorites.
4 Stars A Reality Unlike Anything I Have Ever Read Before
In the dark futile recesses of my once lurid imagination there existed a place close to what Memnoch would describe as hell. I was fascinated by this character and the world he hid so easily in. This book gives a strong presentation of what I always enjoyed about Anne Rice’s novels. It envelopes the reader into the shadows of soggy street corners and mysterious silhouettes only to reveal a hidden underworld that makes even vampires cringe. Are we being inducted into an alternate theology or introduced to a feeling that can only be visited by our souls? That is up to the reader to decide. Either way, it was one of the few stories that truly pulled me from this reality and into another that appeared unlike anything I have ever read before.
1 Star tedious and unenjoyable
Being a fan of the other books in the Chronicles, this was especially disappointing. I found myself repeatedly glancing at pages ahead to see how long until the chapter ended so I could put the book down and take a break. As I read, I kept thinking to myself “blah, blah, blah….” You move from a gangster’s ghost blathering on about his life, to Memnoch doing the same with his “take” on Creation and the Fall. Neither character made me feel sympathetic or that either made a convincing argument in their self-justification. I typically re-read books later on, but I’ll be skipping this one when I re-visit the Vampire Chronicles.
2 Stars Poor Anne
I confess, I didn’t make it very far into this book. Anne’s battle with christian bs really shows with this entry into her once interesting if not fascinating vampire series. It’s sad how she regressed from her intriguing pre-jesus vampire mythology going back to ancient Egypt to the same old god devil jews and their damn bible Bermuda triangle. Oh well. Pandora I think came after this and is surprisingly good. Go figure. Now she’s all about the big J
1 Star Complete waste of time, utterly stupid…What a stinker!
I enjoyed so much Interview with a Vampire, The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned, yet when you read this book it feels as it was written by another person, not Anne Rice. If you treasure your time and money, don’t read this book, it is a complete waste of time. What a stinker!
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