Is the world damned? (Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice)

Member Name: Brooke3

Product:	Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice
Date:	28/10/08 (35 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great book

Disadvantages: You should read the other books first

Queen of the Damned in the the third book in the vampire chronicles and follows on from Interview with the Vampire and the Vampire Lestat. Queen of the Damned is my favourite book. I rarely read books more than once but have read this book a couple of times.

First of all the plot is great, although probably difficult to follow if you haven't read the the first two books, particularly the Vampire Lestat. The book is about Akasha, the first of the vampires and her plot to bring about world peace with Lestat as her consort. That sounds like a good and noble plan until you realise that her plan involves either killing or imprisoning all the men in the world. It's up to the vampires who she hasn't yet murdered (mostly because they are too strong for her to kill) to stop her.
I thought the plot was really original and unique and that Anne Rice executed it perfectly. I loved that we got to meet some of the older vampires who were surrounded by mystery in the other books. In this book you really get to know a lot more about the vampire world and the history of the vampires. If you haven't read the other books this might not be so good but because it's built up over three books it makes you feel really excited.
The plot is quite complicated but it just draws you in so well that you don't really notice. It's not difficult to follow even though it does jump from one person to another quite frequently so that you're never just following one person's story.
The book also gets you thinking a lot about ethics and world issue's like violence and poverty so although this book is fantasy it relates very well to the real world and highlights a lot of real life issues.
I couldn't put this book down. It's a real page turner and very exciting. I would recommend it to everyone.

Summary: A very interesting and enjoyable book