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The Queen of the Damned

Anne Rice

3.78 AVERAGE

mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Feels like every idea that popped into Rice’s head made it into the final draft. Framing narrative is very weak but the flashbacks are quite good.
adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

rip akasha… you would’ve loved modern feminism
dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

too bad, i was kinda vibing with Akasha's grand plan... 

Lestat had a brat summer before it was cool

jh25's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 10%

I lost interest.
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I enjoyed it but the cast of characters is immense and it drags on a little bit at times. Essentially just Lestat running off with Akasha (a radical feminist) and killing all men while the vampire avengers assemble in the background. The movie is horribly inaccurate btw but Aaliyah killed it.
adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Unfortunately, I couldn't get into it. The sheer amount of new characters was making my head hurt. So many subplots that it was difficult to follow the story. I used to enjoy the movie when I was a child, until I was told that it had barely anything to do with the book. So, I read the book and thought the movie might actually be an improvement. I know Rice is a great author and I'll keep reading her works, but this is not a book I would recommend.