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A review by dc7
Vampirul Vittorio by Laura Stroe-Botorcu, Anne Rice
1.0
Unfortunately this is by far Anne Rice's weakest vampire novel and it can safely be skipped as it has nothing to do with any other book in the Vampire Chronicles.
In this novel Vittorio di Raniari tells his life story and explains how he became a vampire. He was once a young nobleman in Renaissance Italy when his entire family got wiped out by vampires. He wants to get revenge, but falls in love with the vampire Ursula and eventually becomes a vampire himself.
It is positive that in this novel Anne Rice avoids telling the same story again, only from a different perspective - a major problem in her other books, which are often only just retelling the same story from a different point of view. Vittorio is a completely new story, BUT: the characters are flat and strangely unlikable (not intentionally), the relationship between Vittorio and Ursula is completely unbelievable, as are Vittorio's countless religious visions. In contrast to her other novels - especially those written from the perspective of the vampire Lestat - all suspense is missing here and the plot drags and drags. Massive pacing issues.
Anne Rice tried to bring something new and fresh to her vampire chronicles but unfortunately it just didn't turn out well. Even the interesting philosophical discussions can not save this book. It is her worst vampire novel to date. If you know the vampire chronicles, you can safely skip this book, the vampires from their other novels (e.g. Louis, Lestat, etc.) do not appear here, the plot of the other books is not discussed, nothing happens that would be new, important or interesting in this context. In other words: you don't miss anything. If you don't know the series, I can highly recommend "Interview with a Vampire" as a starting point.
In this novel Vittorio di Raniari tells his life story and explains how he became a vampire. He was once a young nobleman in Renaissance Italy when his entire family got wiped out by vampires. He wants to get revenge, but falls in love with the vampire Ursula and eventually becomes a vampire himself.
It is positive that in this novel Anne Rice avoids telling the same story again, only from a different perspective - a major problem in her other books, which are often only just retelling the same story from a different point of view. Vittorio is a completely new story, BUT: the characters are flat and strangely unlikable (not intentionally), the relationship between Vittorio and Ursula is completely unbelievable, as are Vittorio's countless religious visions. In contrast to her other novels - especially those written from the perspective of the vampire Lestat - all suspense is missing here and the plot drags and drags. Massive pacing issues.
Anne Rice tried to bring something new and fresh to her vampire chronicles but unfortunately it just didn't turn out well. Even the interesting philosophical discussions can not save this book. It is her worst vampire novel to date. If you know the vampire chronicles, you can safely skip this book, the vampires from their other novels (e.g. Louis, Lestat, etc.) do not appear here, the plot of the other books is not discussed, nothing happens that would be new, important or interesting in this context. In other words: you don't miss anything. If you don't know the series, I can highly recommend "Interview with a Vampire" as a starting point.