I remember an interview where Anne said she really only wrote Blood Canticle to give an ending for Ashlar & Morrigan from The Witching Hour series.

I cannot believe that you rated Memnoch as #12. It is so good, I loved it.

If you enjoyed Merrick, I suggest reading The Witching Hour and its Sequels Lasher and Taltos. Those books are about the Mayfair witches that live in New Orleans and they are very aware of the vampires and the Vampire Chronicles intertwine with the Mayfair witch series! They're phenomenal books

@seanjames1600

Ай бұрын

i listened to all three on audio...and didn't like it...just tooooo much incest...a little i might can tolerate, but this was just too over the top...

I'm only in book 2. But I have nothing for Claudia. She and Louis were too different. I don't think she should have treated Louis the ways that she did. IWTV never gave me a reason to love Lestat. But I never thought Louis was whiney, either. He was torn. He patiently handled his fellow vampires

I came to KZread looking for this I can't believe you just posted it!

Yes please do a deep dive of the vampire Chronicles

The Vampire Lestat Queen of the damned Blood and Gold Tale of the Body Thief,Merrick The vampire Armand I could go on about these fantastic books and characters all day here but one of the reasons Lestat is my favourite character is because he does the things that we dare not do,he's the type to clean the city of criminals and drug dealers and pretty much defies everything with pride even when he was captured by Armand's Devil worshipping vampires he completely shattered their old religion:“You will bring down the wrath of God on all of us with your defiance,” said the boy, the smallest of them, who couldn’t have been more than sixteen when he was made. “In vanity and wickedness you disregard the Dark Ways. You live among mortals! You walk in the places of light.” “And why don’t you?” I asked. “Are you to go to heaven on white wings when this penitential sojourn of yours is ended? Is that what Satan promises? Salvation? I wouldn’t count on it, if I were you.” that's what makes Lestat unique he does what he wants and even if he is in way over his head he still comes back even stronger than ever, he is what makes the thought of immortality or life in general general being one's own self without any care of what others think about you and that all starts off with him just being a side character in Interview to Prince Lestat years later Anne's brilliant mind and character will be forever in our hearts RIP Anne Rice and thank you for building character's that I feel as though I know them all well as old friends and I never tire of them 💙

She also wrote Vittorio the Vampire and Pandora. Lestat is mentioned briefly, so it is in that world. Other then that, more of a stand alone.

I’d have ranked 10 & 11 the other way round. Other than that I am amazed at how I agree with so much of what you say about them and why you order them as you do. Thanks for the video.

currently reading The vampire Lestat, and already loving the book series.

This is such a great video! I agree with many of your placements. The whole series is amazing. This video makes me want to read the series again!

I think most of Anne Rices fandom just... ignores the whole aliens from Atlantis thing...

@zachbrehany2253

5 күн бұрын

I mean, can you blame us? XD hey, if the star wars fan base only recognizes the first three films and ignores the rest, then we can ignore the atlantis and aliens.

I loved her Vampire books ...but I also loved her other books ,like Cry to Heaven , and Feast of All Saints ...........................and the Sleeping Beauty Series

Honestly, I don't even remember Memnoch the Devil. In fairness, it was a long ass time ago but I don't think I cared for it. Queen is the last one I remember.

I definitely agree with your opinion of Memnnoch the Devil. In my opinion, it was overly religious, and definitely seemed to express Rices newfound christian faith, which didn't fit in with the previous books moods and history. Her whole point of the story seemed to be "christianity is true."

Thanks for doing this video i recently read queen of the damned and i absolutely enjoyed it so far my favorite in the series i didn't enjoy prince lestat that much

Would you ever do videos on the wolf gift series or the mayfair witches books 🤔 i totally would love a review on queen of the damned and the body thief

Don’t forget, Anne Rice was Diabetic, since it may not hinders on her writing. But more of what she couldn’t keep track of what-went-where’s story and the last part of what she may have written also. Also, I love Blood and Gold! I’d read it twice and it gives a good amount of details of how he met the few people during his time as a vampire.

It's interesting to see everyone's opinions of the books; so many different interpretations. I loved, "Memnoch the Devil". Anne told me it was her, "...favorite child of the Chronicles".

Your top 5 are my top 5 but in a different order 😅

Realizing it is about an different group of vampires, but what is your opinion of Vittorio the Vampire?

2:40 i find several details in Ann Rice's books left unexplained. I haven't gotten to book 6 yet, but i still have at least 1 question from book 1 unanswered

Did I miss Pandora? Great video though and I agree wholeheartedly with the review. Trying to mix the Mayfair witches with the Vampire Chronicles was a strange move in my honest opinion.

@JessieDee13

4 ай бұрын

Pandora isn't considered part of the Chronicles, its its own thing, like a one off like Vittorio as well.

I find myself after reading them all always coming back to the first 3 books as there a masterpiece of literature I like alot of the following books in the series but my god ann what happened down the line alot of it was needles I loved the description of the first books in the series and even now I have questions that were never answered

I didn't even KNOW about the Prince Lestat with Atlantis book existed... and now I'm glad to never read it. I agree with your number 13 and 12 ... I really really tried to read the Mayfair Witches / Vampire books however just... nope... and Memenoch... wth? I read it because I loved this series however damn it was... a lot of nothing.

seeing as im a fan of randomly placed scatttered subjects the Lastat and atlantis one to me is a work of art based on the fact on how nutty. from the fact that atlantis was chose for a setting, who / wats living there, to Lastat almost getting abducted by aliens 😆 🤣 😆 🤣 🙃 😆 🙃 😅

I lost interest after the body thief so I'm always interested in someone else's view of these books

For you or anyone to get into trouble just for mispronouncing names is stupid to me/not the end of the world,anyway this is a cool ranking How about an origin story on the red haired twins?

Memnoch was great!

Love to read them but they are old an cant find them .

Yes bc I've never read the books

Loved these books as a teen and recently reread. The Vampire Armand is where I fell off, the Jesus stuff is too much for me 😮‍💨

Memnoch The Devil was a phenomenal book.. I don't know what you were reading 🙄

Hated Memnoch! Was the worst one for me.

Dude are you using AI? That's sort of a mood killer for me.

@VampireFolkloreVideos

6 күн бұрын

AI is very beneficial for what I need to display on screen. Artists charge a fortune and only give limited commercial use. I’ve had enough trouble with artists.. not doing it anymore.