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Title: The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice ISBN: 0-345-38475-X Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.92 (156 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Another genius novel
Comment: The talented Anne Rice has done it again, the fourth addition of the vampire chronicles is excellent. The modernized vampire Lestat de Lioncourt embarks on yet another journey, this time he meets up with the crafty Raglan James, who offers Lestat the chance to be human again by switching bodies . Lestat considers this offer and tells his mortal friend David Talbot about it. David knows about Raglan and warns Lestat against it, explaining that he is an untrustworthy man. Naturaly, Lestat doesn't listen . Although it was agreed that it was a one day switch, Raglan runs off with Lestat's body for nearly two weeks. During this period Lestat discovers what it is like to eat, think, and yes even defecate like a human again. It all disgusts him greatly
The only part of being human he does enjoy is being able to wander about in daylight once again, and for the first time, make love to a women, and almost a man as well. With the help of David, Lestat is able to track down Raglan, and reclaim his body becoming once more The Vampire Lestat.
This book is amazing, pulling the reader in almost immediately. Being able to be inside the mind of this uncanny creature that ceases to amaze the people he comes in contact with, and the readers who enjoy this book, is such an adventure. With a suprise ending, this book about such a believable and realistic character is a thrill rid from cover to cover. Reading the first three chronicles will help understand the book even better, and each will leave you thirsting for more!
Rating: 5
Summary: Still just as wonderful!
Comment: Anne Rice continues her saga with the same colorful images and characters from her first three books. Lestat, wishing for just awhile to become human again, trades bodies with a mysterious man. But what he finds is far from the sunlit paradise he expected. Instead, he ends up with surprises he didn't expect....and a disaster befalls him when the human in his vampire body runs rampant across the globe.
I laughed at Lestat's struggle with being human, then nearly cried at the sacrifice Gretchen tells of. (I am a pianist myself, understand.) David is still his stubborn self, but with a well-written twist that chilled me to the core when I read it. This book really covered all the bases of emotions. And the descriptions are vivid enough to make me feel as though I really am in Miami; an $8 vacation, so to speak.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who had read the others. I only hope that Memnoch the Devil will continue this trend.
Rating: 4
Summary: Anne Rice's fourth entry in the Vampire Chronicles ...
Comment: ... features vampire legend Lestat returning to spin THE TALE OF THE BODY THIEF. This time the troubled ex-rock star has switched bodies with a mortal who's more than he seems. THE TALE OF THE BODY THIEF was the first novel to show that Anne Rice was becoming weirder. She can still write beautiful novels; and yet they become more erotic and sensual every time. BODY THIEF comes nowhere near being as good as her first masterpiece, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, or the sequels, VAMPIRE LESTAT and QUEEN OF THE DAMNED - but TALE OF THE BODY THIEF is interesting and enjoyable. Anne Rice fans shall be pleased; otherwise, your opinion of the novel may be less good. As a warning for non-fans, let me tell you the themes the book is divided in to:
1. Lestat whining.
2. Lestat's attraction to an older man.
3. Human love.
4. God and the Devil: religion.
5. More Lestat whining.
If that list looks fine to you, go ahead and enjoy it. Whether you do or not, one thing is certainly pleasing:
Lestat lives!
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Title: Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice ISBN: 0345409671 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 28 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice ISBN: 0345351525 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 13 September, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Vampire Lestat (Vampire Chronicles, Book II) by Anne Rice ISBN: 0345313860 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 September, 1986 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Vampire Armand (The Vampire Chronicles, Book 6) by Anne Rice ISBN: 0345434803 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 03 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice ISBN: 0345337662 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 13 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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