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| Title | : | The Tale of the Body Thief (The Vampire Chronicles #4) |
| Author | : | Anne Rice |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 468 pages |
| Published | : | 2005 by Ballantine Books (first published October 4th 1992) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fantasy. Paranormal. Vampires. Fiction |
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Paperback | Pages: 468 pages Rating: 3.72 | 78385 Users | 1364 Reviews
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In a gripping feat of storytelling, Anne Rice continues the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles that began with the now-classic Interview with the Vampire. For centuries, Lestat—vampire-hero, enchanter, seducer of mortals—has been a courted prince in the dark and flourishing universe of the living dead. Now he is alone. And in his overwhelming need to destroy his doubts and his loneliness, Lestat embarks on the most dangerous enterprise he has undertaken in all the years of his haunted existence.Praise for The Tale of the Body Thief
“Tinged with mystery, full of drama . . . The story is involving, the twists surprising.”—People
“Rice is our modern messenger of the occult, whose nicely updated dark-side passion plays twist and turn in true Gothic form.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“Fast-paced . . . . mesmerizing . . . silkenly sensuous . . . No one writing today matches her deftness with the erotic.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Hypnotic . . . masterful.”—Cosmopolitan
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| Original Title: | The Tale of the Body Thief |
| ISBN: | 0345419634 (ISBN13: 9780345419637) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Vampire Chronicles #4 |
| Characters: | Lestat de Lioncourt, David Talbot |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best Horror / Dark Fantasy Novel (1993), Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Gay Men's Science Fiction/Fantasy (1993) |
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Ratings: 3.72 From 78385 Users | 1364 ReviewsCritique Regarding Books The Tale of the Body Thief (The Vampire Chronicles #4)
Lestat returns, in this the fourth novel in the Vampire Chronicles. Lestat, always one looking for trouble, always philosophizing, meets with a Body Thief: a man capable of switching bodies with other people, most of the time against their will. Lestat agrees to switch bodies with this Body Thief for one day, so that he can feel what it is like to be human again.As one expects, everything does not go as plan, and Lestat has to try and get himself out of the dangerous position he has put himselfThis book is very good. It is well written and packed of life reflections. There is no doubt that Anne Rice knows what she is doing.Particularly, I just dont think that this installment is at the same level as the first three books of this series. To me, this book seems to center more in introspections and rumination than in the actual plot. The storyline feels like an excuse for all the pondering, deliberating and meditating that the characters do. Dont get me wrong, it was very interesting, it
Revenge is the concern of those who are at some point or other beaten. I am not beaten, I told myself. No, not beaten. And victory is far more interesting to contemplate than revenge.It's weird re-reading this book in a good way. As a middle school brat I hated this book. It's full of long descriptions, winy vampires and humans, and a old man that somehow captured Lestat's attention. So why would anyone read this and think it's awesome? One tiny flame could make so many other flames; one tiny
I feel like my descriptor for this book, "The last time Lestat appears in a book that isn't terrible" is a bad description (because I liked Memnoch the Devil a lot--just not because of Lestat). It's just this is kind of one of those books that I like but there's nothing really awesome about it either. Interview with a Vampire and The Vampire Lestat are genre changing magnificent works of fiction. This is okay and has an interesting premise. It's okay. The first two were Raiders of the Lost Ark,
A good story - interesting and captivating - but it is safe to say that Lestat has to be the world's biggest moron to not see what happens coming. Also - I predicted one of the big "twists" at the end, but not the final one - so good on Anne Rice for that.There was one scene that probably didn't need to be written in complete detail, which knocked this down a star.I am still interested in seeing where and what Lestat gets himself into next.
I enjoyed Tale of the Body Thief more than any other installment of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles up to this point in the series. Unlike all of her other vampire novels, Rice doesn't spend half the book in flashbacks relating someone's history, and for that we are rewarded. More than ever before we are inside the mind of the vampire Lestat and can revel in his fiesty, pompous spirit and feel closer to him than ever before. I remember when reading The Queen of the Damned I was getting sick of
Bullet Review:Wow. What a serious waste of my time! I felt bad when I was bored with The Queen of the Damned, which I attribute to being Vampire Chronicle-d out, but I can't use that excuse with this book. I had quite a few months between "Queen of the Damned" and whatever THIS is.This book has a thread of a good idea - a being who can switch bodies and Lestat who wants to be a human again - and RUINS it with endless talking and thinking about the same points ad nauseum. Scenes that could have
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