A review by brannonkirkhuang
Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice

2.0

You mean to tell me that the first 225 pages of this book take place before the ending of the last one??? And these pages have seemingly no bearing on the story except to establish that everybody is dreaming about two redheads? Then we finally get back to Lestat where the last book left off, which was seemingly at the start of a massive climax, and all the energy is just gone??? And the book thinks I’ll read it????

Edit: Ok, I did come back and finish this book, and I have to say, what a letdown. While the first two were so gothic, emo, spooky, and engaging, this one felt like a cheap avengers movie, with a “look, the whole gang is together” energy. A real drag to get through, even though it has some fun things to say (like, “kill all men” is FUN). idk if I’ll continue with this series beyond this.