The Vampire Chronicles 03. The Queen of the Damned

The Vampire Chronicles 03. The Queen of the Damned

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In a feat of virtuoso storytelling, Anne Rice unleashes Akasha, the queen of the damned, who has risen from a six-thousand-year sleep to let loose the powers of the night. Akasha has a marvelously devious plan to “save” mankind and destroy the vampire Lestat—in this extraordinarily sensual novel of the complex, erotic, electrifying world of the undead.
 
Praise for The Queen of the Damned
 
“Mesmerizing . . . a wonderful web of dark-side mythology.”—San Francisco Chronicle
 
“With The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice has created universes within universes, traveling back in time as far as ancient, pre-pyramidic Egypt and journeying from the frozen mountain peaks of Nepal to the crowded, sweating streets of southern Florida.”—Los Angeles Times
 
“Imaginative . . . intelligently written . . . This is popular fiction of the highest order.”—USA Today
 
“A tour de force.”—The Boston Globe

Book Information

Main Genre
Novels
Sub Genre
Miscellaneous
Format
Paperback
Pages
490
Price
11.00 €

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5

Die Königin der Verdammten = Anne Rice ♡

4.5

The first half dragged a bit, but the second half was amazing as the first two books have been! Beautiful, poetic language and scenery and so much depth and interesting world building. But because the first half dragged, it’s not a 5 star read. I still really enjoyed it tho

3

Eigentlich schon ein moderner Klassiker

Halten wir fest: Ich bin seit Anfang der 90er Fan der Vampire Chronicles. Halten wir auch fest: Anne Rice war (meiner bescheidenen Meinung nach) nie wieder so gut wie in "Interview mit einem Vampir". Ich war trotzdem überrascht, wie gut mir gerade der erste Teil dieses Romans gefallen hat. Dann nahm das retardierende Moment stark zu, weil sie Dinge erzählte, die wir schon wussten. Und schließlich endete alles nach viel philosophischem Überbau in einem ziemlichen Antiklimax, bei dem zehn Charaktere wortwörtlich um einen Tisch herumsaßen und redeten. Aber ihre Vampire sind sexy. Da kommt keiner so schnell ran.

5

The brat prince 2.0

Sehr ähnlich zum Vorgänger „Der Fürst der Finsternis“, die Handlung schließt direkt daran an und wird spannend fortgesetzt. Es wird zunehmend dramatischer, die Handlungsstränge führen zusammen… das Ende ist wunderschön und ein richtiges „feel good“-Finale, wenn auch der vorherige Kampf recht vorhersehbar war.

4

"I'm a perfect devil. Tell me how bad I am. It makes me feel so good." Though he can get on my nerves with his constant weeping and sulking and his constant drama, I'm definitely Team Lestat

5

Nach diesem Buch will man mehr lesen.

5

Ich liebe die Bücher der "Chronik der Vampire" einfach. Nachdem ich sie in meiner Jugend gelesen ist es so schön, all ihre Charaktere wieder zu treffen.

4

“Behold. The Queen of the Damned.” After a terrible first book and still bad but now it’s camp second book this was really really good?!? It was well written, it had a really interesting novel structure, it had heart wrenching metaphors AND it had *the* devil’s minion chapter??!!!! 95% of my quotes are from this chapter because it is insanity on indescribable levels What do you mean the cuck chair is CANON?! What do mean the greatest love story in this series starts with Armand saw-trapping Daniel for a week and then stalking him for years?! What do you mean Armand gaslights and mind controls him so much that nothing brings him an ounce of joy till he “voluntarily” comes back home?! And the entire time Daniel is just the most down bad person you’ve ever seen in your entire life. “Daniel stared hard at the creature before him, this thing that looked human and sounded human but was not. There was a horrid shift in his consciousness; he saw this being like a great insect, a monstrous evil predator who had devoured a million human lives. And yet he loved this thing. He loved it not because it looked like a gentle, thoughtful young man, but because it was ghastly and loathsome, and beautiful all at the same time.” And after all of this Armand answers Daniel’s “I love you” with “Are you certain?”. Get the fuck up Armand! You’re currently being his sugar daddy with his own money!!! But somehow this still doesn’t scratch the surface of the nature of their relationship, because nothing is as insane as devil’s minion… It is perfect, it is the purest form of heartbreak. I can’t even describe the levels of tragedy that are interwoven in their feelings for each other, I’m just completely insane about it. “There is nothing I can do to make you want to live, isn’t that so?”

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