Vittorio the Vampire : New Tales of Vampires - Anne Rice Reviews

As I enjoyed "Interview with the Vampire" so much, I decided to carry on reading Anne Rice's vampire books and chose Pandora and then Vittorio the Vampire. Although I enjoyed Pandora, I don't think it was as gripping as Vittorio, and I have read this a few times without re reading Pandora. These books are both from ...  Read the complete review

Anne Rice creates a whole new story in Vittorio the Vampire. Although it's based on the 'Vampire Chronicles' and takes it's lead from them, this isn't actually a follow on so much as an original story based on the same concept. So although it's an advantage to know the previous books before you read this one - you really don't have to ...  Read the complete review

I have been following Anne Rice’s vampire novels for a couple of years now, and in all honesty I can say they are the best set of books I have ever read. Vittorio is her second to most recent vampire novel to date, and takes on a new direction to the others in that it introduces a completely new character who has little or ...  Read the complete review

This book doesn't have quite the same bite as Rice's Vampire Chronicles (pun intended). Vittorio is generally a much older vampire than Lestat and his companions. He comes from the time when the Italian city states were centres of trade and culture. The story concentrates on how Vittorio comes to be a vampire and is based almost ...  Read the complete review

I think that Anne Rice is a very misunderstood author. Her works explore things she's interested in on a personal level, which doesn't always appeal to her readers, who in turn get angry because a book isn't what they expected. Ms. Rice states right out in the beginning of the book that Vittorio is not about the vampires with ...  Read the complete review

Anne Rice has left the world of Lestat behind as she takes you to Italy and to the life, death and immortal life of Vittorio the vampire. As always Anne Rice vision paints a beautiful landscape for her characters to exist within. This though is not the best of the vampire books but at under three hundred pages is relatively quick read ...  Read the complete review

Described by the author, Anne Rice (of Interview with a Vampire fame) as her 'Romeo and Juliet' this story is part of a series of novellas about individual vampires. It is much shorter than previous works, which is a good thing in some ways. It is a tragic love story, simple, and very readable. There is no reference to the ...  Read the complete review

This book is the first by anne rice to introduce a completely new vampire into the chronicles with the focus entirely upon them. This is a much shorter novel than many of the previous novels, but it is euqally as good. It paints a sucinct and well told story of the young boy vittorio who was turned into a vampire in medieval Italy. ...  Read the complete review