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The Tale of the Body Thief (The Vampire Chronicles, #4)
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This was by far my favorite book in the series. I did like the previous ones but this one finally sold me on the character of Lestat. To be honest, I wasn't too impressed to see that he'll be the main character of the series as I couldn't connect with him at all in the beginning. It has gotten better since I heard his side of the story but I've become a fan after this book.
'The Tale of the Body Thief' added quite an element to the classic vampire lore for me. At least I haven't read a book about a vampire turning human again yet. You encounter the topic of longing to be human again a lot. There's a certain romanticizing to the human state because of the longing to be 'normal' again. I can relate to Lestat's fascination a lot - thus making it even more interesting to see how this newly acquired state will work out for him.
Yes, he's a flawed character. Many turns and twists of the story were easy to spot and more than once you wonder how he could've gotten himself into this mess. I lived the path the story took and although I was disappointed with the ending (just not what I expected) I'm excited for the next book.
'The Tale of the Body Thief' added quite an element to the classic vampire lore for me. At least I haven't read a book about a vampire turning human again yet. You encounter the topic of longing to be human again a lot. There's a certain romanticizing to the human state because of the longing to be 'normal' again. I can relate to Lestat's fascination a lot - thus making it even more interesting to see how this newly acquired state will work out for him.
Yes, he's a flawed character. Many turns and twists of the story were easy to spot and more than once you wonder how he could've gotten himself into this mess. I lived the path the story took and although I was disappointed with the ending (just not what I expected) I'm excited for the next book.
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July 30, 2016
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July 30, 2016
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March 5, 2017
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March 5, 2017
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March 5, 2017
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March 12, 2017
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25.0%
March 15, 2017
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34.0%
March 26, 2017
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Finished Reading
April 16, 2017
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February 15, 2018
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Apr 05, 2017 05:35AM
I really enjoyed this series up to this book. I found that the rest of the series didn't really live up to the beginning. But that was when I was rather young, so I am not sure I would still agree with that assessment now. But I hope you enjoy the rest of the series! Lestat is a very fun character.
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Karen wrote: "I really enjoyed this series up to this book. I found that the rest of the series didn't really live up to the beginning. But that was when I was rather young, so I am not sure I would still agree ..."I'm familiar with the story of book 1 for a while now (thanks to the movie) and parts of book 2 and 3 were rather tedious in my opinion although I liked the overall books. I hope the series will continue to be great as I have high expectations now but I know that this means I might be up for disappointment as well.
I'm not sure if I would have liked the series this much if I read it at a much younger age. It's not really the kind of book I would have read 10 years ago but maybe it suits me now a lot more.
