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The Queen of the Damned
- The Vampire Chronicles, Book 3
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Series: The Vampire Chronicles, Book 3
- Length: 20 hrs and 3 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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- Melissa
- 09-03-12
Possibly the Best Piece of Vampire Fiction
I'm sure I'm not the only reader feeling stifled and spiritually depressed by the slew of modern "teenage" vampire fiction, which manages to reduce the intricate mythology of vampire fiction into cheap romances. If you feel the same, then you will probably want to thank the heavens for Anne Rice and her Vampire Chronicles. This, Volume 3 of the series, is perhaps the standout in a largely exceptional ouvre. Full of poignant and colourful characters, and weaving such complex and believable histories to explain the creation of the vampire race and the ties they have to their Queen, Akasha, this novel is truly a masterpiece. And Lestat may be the most bewitching vampiric character ever to grace paper. If you want to rediscover vampire fiction in all its glory, then this is a good place to start.
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- Harriet Jones
- 15-06-16
a+++
I loved it, thought it was bloody brilliant! love his voices, such a talented writer and narrator
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- Brett
- 22-05-16
fantastic story well read can't wait for book 4
Ann rice can do no wrong, she really has a beautiful way with here story telling.
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- stephen bibb
- 04-02-16
Best so far
Excellent book ! hope all the other books in the series come to audible
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- amanda
- 19-08-15
A favourite of mine
I can't tell you how many times I have listened to vampire lestat but I never get board with it.
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- Kathy
- 19-09-19
Rambling
Disjointed with no discernable story just a sequence of ramblings. More like a reference book that didn't transition to an audiobook
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- M. J. Laskin
- 23-08-19
Not as good as earlier work
Whilst the performance of Simon Vance is quite good the novel itself is too long too wordy and not terribly well written. It is an easy listen but the narrative is a verbose predictable beach read rather than literature. Stick to the first two books in the series which were inventive and amusing.
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- Kristie
- 10-05-18
a great listen
loving this series of audio books, i would definitely recommend them to anyone who is interested in supernatural fiction
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- p3pp3rp0t
- 20-01-21
really enjoyable.
I read this years ago and have decided to work my way through the vampire chronicles, as good I remember, I'd forgotten the small poetry pieces from Stan Rice which are very good. I must have a look at his work. really well read. excellent overall.
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- Mr A Wetherall
- 12-11-20
Great follow up to the Vampire Lestat
The 3rd part of the vampire chronicles lives up to the standards of the previous novels but has a more philosophical tone.
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- Thomas J. Foote
- 02-01-16
Concludes book 2
I found some parts fairly slow, but if you want to enjoy some of the other books you need to read this one. Tale of the body thief and memnoch are both amazing, so you don't want to miss out. Maharet's tale is probably my favorite part. If you're like me, you're reading this for lestat. This book is topically about him, but we hear from several different vampires who seem for most of the book to be doing their own thing. I'm still scratching my head over why Anne Rice included Pandora in this book.
Simon Vance reading the vampire chronicles has been some of my favorite listening since I've started using audible and I find its an excellent way to pass a shift. I strongly recommend any Simon Vance/Anne Rice combination on Audible.
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- Jose M.
- 27-01-16
Excess fat around a weak frame
I loved the prologue and epilogue, yet struggled mightily not to abandon this book and endure to the end. Books shouldn't be endured. There are moments where I felt like yelling 'Get to the point!', and far too many 'weepings' and nostalgic yearnings from a plethora of flat characters that cripple the pacing. Finally, The way Akasha's threat is 'solved' seems comically rushed and anticlimatic. What a pity. I enjoyed the narrator though.
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- Sephethus
- 26-06-12
Simon Vance is Perfect for This
Where does The Queen of the Damned rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
The queen of the damned ranks quite high in the audiobooks I've listened to so far, though I can't put a number on it.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Though I do love the main character, Lestat, my favorite characters in the first three of the Chronicles are those with the most depth and curiosity. I love Armand and Daniel, I love Marius, Claudia and Louis as well.
Have you listened to any of Simon Vance’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Yes I've listened to his narration of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy and it is excellent. My only contention is that he has not narrated the rest of the series. They should be reproduced, unabridged, with Simon Vance as the narrator.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
There were many, but mostly it was the stories of the vampire origins as well as the philosophical conversations about mortality. It was also all the loving, nearly erotic relationships between the male vampires. Marius and Lestat, Daniel and Armand.
Any additional comments?
The first three books of the Vampire Chronicles should be at the top of any list of great vampire stories. Though I do like Charlaine Harris' vampire series, no one can top Anne Rice in this genre. Her writing is full of beautiful verse and deep philosophy. They remind me of Dostoyevsky's Brothers Karamazov in some ways, though less boring.
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- Jeh
- 09-03-14
A painful listen.
I had tried to read this series years ago as so many people had. Otho h but good things to say about Anne Rice, but I could never get into the books. The writing style was just to flowery for me and I kept finding myself irritated as it took so long to get to the point..... Of anything.
Consequentially, I avoided the Audible series until I noticed it was read by Simon Vance. I thought he did an outstanding job in the "Master and Commander" books and I listened to them back to back from 1 to 21.
When "Interview" came up on special I gave it a shot and followed it up with "Lestat". To me the only thing that kept me going in the series was the reader SimonVance and about 1/2 way through "the Queen" I'm about ready to just give up and ask for a refund.
Initially the plot was interesting enough to want me to find out how it ended, but I'm at the point I don't care. It's almost like reliving those old educational movies from HS that were done in the 50's.
I've listened to almost 150 books from Audible since I joined about 3 years ago and even doing the entire Jack Ryan series from start to finish (250+ hours) I was entertained but this feels like work.
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- DizzyCaffeine
- 06-07-20
Slow
I went into this audiobook straight after The Vampire Lestat. The narration is still on point, and Simon Vance is wonderful. The book, however, is a slow, plodding, meandering mess that tested my patience by the end. I don't know - I guess it's worth listening to if you love the Vampire Chronicles, but this is a bad book with good moments and good characters.
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- DAM@AZ
- 01-05-15
History Lesson
If you have ever been curious about the origin of Vampires this is the book for you. The author is very detailed as to how vampires came into being. If I didn't know better I would say that the author was a real VAMP. Enjoy.
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- frumblebuck
- 12-01-16
Fantastic performer
The narrator does an excellent job of capturing the dark, exotic ennui of Anne Rice's vampires without being cheesy. The plot struggles to get going from time to time as Rice lingers on her vampire's side stories in an almost fan-fic fashion, but it always picks up again. A few quotable nuggets of philosophy are to be found as well. Lovely to listen to!
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- Jenn
- 21-06-20
dam citations
the citations in the book killed emerson. there was some type of update that got rid of most of them however there still prevalent throughout. very distracting to an otherwise great book.
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- Josh
- 05-05-20
Not as gripping as the previous titles.
I am enjoying this series, however this story didn't quite capture my attention as well as the books preceding it. I usually finish a story every month if not anxiously waiting for credits because I couldn't put it down. I would recommend starting at the beginning of the series if you're in search of a Vampire Chronicles book to listen to.
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- joshua
- 02-08-15
never fails....
It was an amazing listen as always....love me some ann rice. can't wait to hear what the next book has in store!!!
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