The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice

The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
Ballantine Books, ISBN 0 345 35152 5
Price paid: 0,50$

The following review come from a series of books I have already read, eons ago. Seeing them for cheap, I have decided to give them a second glance and review them.

The Queen of the Damned is probably my least favorite book of the series in terms of quality and plot. While Memnoch the Devil was simply awful for linking Lestat to God and Satan (or at the very least, giving him as much importance), QotD is a wacky superhero adventure featuring vampires. That is basically it. Lestat becomes all powerful and as arrogant as it is inhumanly possible. All the other vampires gang-up and cannot do anything useful.

We are also given an origin story of all vampires which, while fitting, ends up being disappointing. Part of the mystery of vampirism, seen through the first two books, was the fact that no one knew of the origins or how long this had been going on. The source now given and the sheer amount of vampire deaths in the book, this story served nothing more than to cause a major reboot of the series and realign all remaining vampires and their positions. It upset me at the time.

Is it worth a dollar?

No. I would normally go so far as to urge you to watch the movie instead but the movie was even worse. This book is a waste of time.