foxrain reviewed Queen of the Damned (Anne Rice) by Anne Rice (Vampire Chronicles (3))
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2 stars
Much of the time, this book was quite boring. There were a couple of hundred pages of some alright stuff, but I think I've had enough of The Vampire Chronicles now.
I wasn't the biggest fan of the frame story – again. Although it made sense logically, it felt forced and clunky, especially in the beginning. I also didn't like Stan Rice's poems AT ALL.
Maharet and Mekare's story is good, and Jesse's. The ending was good as well.
The other characters were quite meh. Akasha was very annoying. Her philosophy was something else; e.g. "A male is an aberration and a matter of function." (368) Akasha and Lestat's dialogue was long-winded and needlessly convoluted.
Meh.