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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
my ramses. i've been in tears for half an hour and i still miss him. :(
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Anne Rice you've done it again. You've taken "horror" literature to an all time low with this piece of work. American literature has struggled for international recognition over the years but when Anne Rice is hailed as a genius of the Gothic novel, it does disparage American literature rather than bolster the recognition it deserves. Anne Rice's writing borders on juvenile, take this classic piece from Part 2 Chapter 1:
“Batter down the door,” she whispered. “The virgin door. Open it, I am yours forever.”
He went through the seal.
Anne Rice is not a horror writer, she is a puerile Romantic writer, incorporating elements of the supernatural, and this novel is no exception to this. A mummy story a reader expects this:
Anne Rice gives us this rubbish:
In this novel Anne Rice uses Egypt as the location and it's history. The Egypt she portrays is a "tourist" representation, which is fine as the characters are generally "tourists", but the mis-representation of Ramses and Cleopatra shows her lack of knowledge of the historical significance of the pair. The use of fictional characters would be better as she can make up all the gibberish she wants to keep the story moving, otherwise she is showing ignorance with regards to Ramses and Cleopatra. It is neither well researched nor educated and that would be the fundamental elements to writing a historically set novel, and for Rice to receive accolades, shows the gullibility of her readers.
The story itself is mediocre at best with much of its plot being drawn from old classic movies such as the "Bride of Frankenstein", "Kharis the Mummy" series. Ramses has arisen from a slumber due to an elixir he took when he ruled Egypt. He arose before to counsel Cleopatra in her reign as Queen and developed an infatuation with her. In the present Ramses uses the elixir in an attempt to bring Cleopatra back from the dead, which works, but now she is a murdering zombie, and I'm not kidding, that is where Anne Rice took the narrative. Credit to anyone who managed to read the final 100-150 pages of this novel, when you would expect the thrills to occur, but it was tedious, uninteresting, and boring finale. Based on the previous pilfering of plot ideas, I was waiting for the "Phantom of the Opera" to appear.
I'm just surprised there haven't been a mega wave of "mummy novels" like there were when Rice wrote the Vampire chronicles, the likes of Charlaine Harris, Stephenie Meyer, Cassandra Clare, Richelle Mead etc etc.
But for myself and Anne Rice novels
“Batter down the door,” she whispered. “The virgin door. Open it, I am yours forever.”
He went through the seal.
Anne Rice is not a horror writer, she is a puerile Romantic writer, incorporating elements of the supernatural, and this novel is no exception to this. A mummy story a reader expects this:
Anne Rice gives us this rubbish:
In this novel Anne Rice uses Egypt as the location and it's history. The Egypt she portrays is a "tourist" representation, which is fine as the characters are generally "tourists", but the mis-representation of Ramses and Cleopatra shows her lack of knowledge of the historical significance of the pair. The use of fictional characters would be better as she can make up all the gibberish she wants to keep the story moving, otherwise she is showing ignorance with regards to Ramses and Cleopatra. It is neither well researched nor educated and that would be the fundamental elements to writing a historically set novel, and for Rice to receive accolades, shows the gullibility of her readers.
The story itself is mediocre at best with much of its plot being drawn from old classic movies such as the "Bride of Frankenstein", "Kharis the Mummy" series. Ramses has arisen from a slumber due to an elixir he took when he ruled Egypt. He arose before to counsel Cleopatra in her reign as Queen and developed an infatuation with her. In the present Ramses uses the elixir in an attempt to bring Cleopatra back from the dead, which works, but now she is a murdering zombie, and I'm not kidding, that is where Anne Rice took the narrative. Credit to anyone who managed to read the final 100-150 pages of this novel, when you would expect the thrills to occur, but it was tedious, uninteresting, and boring finale. Based on the previous pilfering of plot ideas, I was waiting for the "Phantom of the Opera" to appear.
I'm just surprised there haven't been a mega wave of "mummy novels" like there were when Rice wrote the Vampire chronicles, the likes of Charlaine Harris, Stephenie Meyer, Cassandra Clare, Richelle Mead etc etc.
But for myself and Anne Rice novels
Really kind of a 3.5. I enjoyed it (this was my second read through). End is a little floppy. Her son continued the series...I plan on looking those up.
My bookmark fell out, I dont want to reread to find where I was because it was incredibly dull so far. I'm done, did not finish.