O cool! Eventually I’ll get to that one.

Haha! Things just always turn out ok in the end for Lestat.

Hmm....I always saw at as Leatat's Devine Comedy......but your summary is better

As someone who loves paradise lost and a huge fan of Anne this does not remind me of paradise lost

Yes, Memnoch might have functioned better as a stand-alone metaphysical novel. Yet that begs the question: what KIND of metaphysical novel? It isn't something that, say, C.S. Lewis or Charles Williams would've written. It's way too bitter and satirical and it's very critical of God. The way it's structured, there must be a cynical and disaffected antihero to be tempted by the Devil's argument. For that, Lestat certainly fills the bill. There are no easy, black-and-white answers to the questions posed here. Is God really God and is Memnoch really the Devil or something else? By the end of the book Lestat and his friends end up as confused as ever about the final destination (if any) of the human soul. Lestat subsequently retreats into la-la land, and poor old Armand tries to off himself! Not exactly a happy ending. What strikes me about the Chronicles is that Lestat's long, unfolding story mirrors Anne Rice's own long, spiritual journey through life. In the early books Lestat mockingly calls himself "the devil" when actually he believes in neither God nor Satan. His atheism pretty much reflects how Anne herself must have been feeling in the wake of her daughter's death, back when she first starting writing about the undead. But by the second book Lestat becomes her mouthpiece in his praise of human creativity. There may be no real meaning in the universe but hey, artists, writers and actors can put it there for us. Marius, for example, "makes magic" through painting, and Nicolas and Antoine do the same through music. And ditto for Lestat himself, first as an actor and centuries later, as a rock star. During his debut concert Anne calls him a "Christ figure" to his fellow bloodsuckers. Devoid of her original faith, she now worships Art instead, like so many her own characters! But by Memnoch the Devil, she has come full circle, I think, and is expressing her own indecision about the Catholic Church. Should she or shouldn't she rejoin? The book neither proves nor disproves the validity of Christianity, leaving Lestat in a state of confusion (like Anne herself). Memnoch is a crazy ride and a very hard read. But in the final analysis, I think it has its place in the Vampire Chronicles because it's a major part of Lestat's spiritual evolution. Because like it or not, he "gets religion " here, even if he's being duped by an evil spirit and/or elaborate con! P.S. I both loved and hated this book!

If it's any consolation you've succeeded in being mildly irritating to me

These books are so bad its not even funny anymore

You’re not wrong!

Haha! It’s a real wild ride.

Seriously. It felt like a stand-alone book that got added to Vampire Chronicles last minute.

Aww thank you. The next episode on The Vampire Armand is coming soon.

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Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for watching!!! 😸

I’m continuing! I’m read The Vampire Armand this month. 😸

@@TheNaughtyLibrarian cheers. i hope you enjoy it. im not the most huge fan of it. i dont really like armand in general. But i really sets up learning more about marius, who is one of my favorites. as you'd imagine a 1000 year old vampire has some baggage lol

I just finished it on audio book....I read it 20 years ago, and it kinda changed my view of religion... But i'm watching reviews and apparently fans don't love it... I think it's at least top 3 vampire chronicle books

​@@mattronimusfiction should not change your view on facts

it felt a bit like a passion project for Anne where she needed to work out some religious trauma.

I'm only 4:00 in and I already agree

Yay! Thank you!

Haha! I’m still going to continue on with the series for now. At least until I run out of books.

Me too. I didn't even finish this one. I quite a little over halfway through this book.

The movie is kind of a mash up of both books to the point where it doesn’t really resemble either. Haha

Thanks for watching! My review of The Vampire Armand is coming soon.

I did love The Mummy! It’s like a really good romance novel! Anne’s vampire novels feel like she tried to be serious, but with The Mummy I feel like she was more indulgent ;)

I liked The Mummy too. It reminded me of the old Hammer horror movies I used to watch on Saturday afternoons. Fun and entertaining, and not to be taken too seriously.

I’m definitely intrigued!

She's not Akasha. She killed Akasha and took the spirit Amel into her own body making her the new Queen of the Damned.

I wasn’t expecting it to be amazing but it was so much weirder than I thought it would be.

@@TheNaughtyLibrarian Lol. It was wasn't it? I keep expecting it to get better. But, it went nowhere. She probably ran out of ideas.

He does that in Body Thief but only once.

@@TheNaughtyLibrarian ah ok. Yea, its been a decade since I read that book lol

I wish I meant historical blood. Haha

I’m working on finishing the whole series. It just takes some time since the books are super long and editing also takes a lot. Soon I’ll have a video out on the last book in the Mayfair Witches trilogy and then I’ll be back to Vampire Chronicles.