The Vamprie Chronicles
i think i've fallen in love with Ann Rice!!! =)
I bought the Volume I of The Vampire Chronicles last year, only because i happened to stumble upon it on a bookfare, and it was cheap. I've also, of course, heard of Ann Rice, and I guess I know her reputation to be a great writer.
So anyway, I bought the book, but I never gor around to reading it until last week. Maybe because I never believed in those tales and I've always dismissed them to be overly fictional and unprobable. I felt that my Christian faith would just fight with whatever twisted concepts the book presented. The title itself - The Vampire Chronicles - didn't exactly appeal to me. But then, I decided to read it, hehe, maybe because I was really hungering for a great, wonderful novel. Most of the stuff I have been reading the past year were spiritual books - not that I don't like those types of reads. I think it is absolutely important for a Christian to always have a Christian book beside them (in addition to the Bible, of course). But I've always loved novels, its my first love! Hehe, and since Christian books are all non-novels, i haven't really read a good novel over the past year. And when I read the Interview with the Vampire, I was completely taken off guard by the beauty of the book. It wasn't what I expected. And it wasn't just the story that captivated me, but it was how it was so beautifully written. I've watched the movie and I know the general story, but the novel was different... the words and sentences were just so elegant! Each sentence was so rich with words, but it wasn't gaudy or too much. It was just right. I think I'll buy the other books as well. Kim is right! I think I love goth now! =P
"It's an awful truth that suffering can deepen us, give us a greater luster to our colors, a richer resonance to our words. That is, if it doesn't destroy us, if it doesn't burn away the optimism and the spirit, the capacity for visions, and the respect for the simple yet indispensable things."
- Ann Rice, Queen of the Damned
I bought the Volume I of The Vampire Chronicles last year, only because i happened to stumble upon it on a bookfare, and it was cheap. I've also, of course, heard of Ann Rice, and I guess I know her reputation to be a great writer.
So anyway, I bought the book, but I never gor around to reading it until last week. Maybe because I never believed in those tales and I've always dismissed them to be overly fictional and unprobable. I felt that my Christian faith would just fight with whatever twisted concepts the book presented. The title itself - The Vampire Chronicles - didn't exactly appeal to me. But then, I decided to read it, hehe, maybe because I was really hungering for a great, wonderful novel. Most of the stuff I have been reading the past year were spiritual books - not that I don't like those types of reads. I think it is absolutely important for a Christian to always have a Christian book beside them (in addition to the Bible, of course). But I've always loved novels, its my first love! Hehe, and since Christian books are all non-novels, i haven't really read a good novel over the past year. And when I read the Interview with the Vampire, I was completely taken off guard by the beauty of the book. It wasn't what I expected. And it wasn't just the story that captivated me, but it was how it was so beautifully written. I've watched the movie and I know the general story, but the novel was different... the words and sentences were just so elegant! Each sentence was so rich with words, but it wasn't gaudy or too much. It was just right. I think I'll buy the other books as well. Kim is right! I think I love goth now! =P
"It's an awful truth that suffering can deepen us, give us a greater luster to our colors, a richer resonance to our words. That is, if it doesn't destroy us, if it doesn't burn away the optimism and the spirit, the capacity for visions, and the respect for the simple yet indispensable things."
- Ann Rice, Queen of the Damned
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