Apr 18, 2009 08:42 AM
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I have been a Vampire Chronicles fan since the birth of Interview with the Vampire was published some years ago. Since then, my tongue has tasted some of the most elegant, concise, and tasteful literature ever to be written. Sadly, however I was not impressed with the story of Pandora.
Despite the fact that Rice's narrative is eloquently vivid and deliciously enthralling, the plot of Pandora's life seems a statue to be worshipped, versus a person to empathize: all in all, I was not impressed; in fact, I found myself digging through it mirthlessly-and much to my dismay.
The tale seems to be a walk into the realm Anne Rice's preternatural world, only to fall as the Roman Empire inevitably did. It sadden me deeply to read this tale, because I know Rice is capable of better work.
Strongest points in the novel are not reached until the story's end, as Rice flaunts her historical scholarship and religious philosophy-which I have admired as one of her most flattering traits, as it possess a sort of admirable audacity rivaled only by Jane Austen and other thinkers of this sort.
Overall, I was disappointed.
