Blackwood Farm: The Vampire Chronicles (Anne Rice)
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Blackwood Farm: The Vampire Chronicles (Anne Rice) description
In the past few years, many fans have sworn off Anne Rice, flinging her later novels against the wall with cries of "First draft!" and "Never again!" But these same fans may want to take a chance on her Southern gothic Blackwood Farm, a fast-paced and erotically charged, though uneven, novel of the Vampire Chronicles. Blackwood Farm has an unusual flaw: it isn't long enough. Many of its triumphs and tragedies demand more development than they receive. Motivations are sometimes unlikely or unexplained, and the ending is far too rushed. Blackwood Farm introduces Quinn Blackwood, the sexy, eccentric young gentleman who becomes both a vampire and the heir to the Blackwood estate. All his life, Quinn has been haunted by Goblin, a doppelgänger no one else can see--or believe in. But Goblin is real, and he is becoming maliciously tangible, strengthened by the blood that Quinn unwillingly drinks. Quinn's only hope of liberation from his increasingly dangerous doppelgänger is to find the legendary vampire Lestat. But Lestat has vowed to destroy any vampire who sets foot in New Orleans.... Blackwood Farm features characters from both the Vampire Chronicles and the Mayfair Witches series, but this self-contained novel makes a good entry point for newcomers to Anne Rice's fictional world (however, Vampire Chronicle virgins really should start with Interview With the Vampire, the first in the series and arguably the finest vampire novel of the 20th century). --Cynthia Ward |
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I adored this book.
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This is my first Anne Rice book, so I don't have anything to compare the story with. I bought Interview with the Vampire and tried to read it a couple of times and was having trouble getting into it (although I wil definitely give it another try now). When I bought Blackwood Farm, I didn't realize that it was part of The Vampire Chronicles. The Entertainment Weekly quote on the front about it being a ghost story was what attracted me.
I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a book so much. I absolutely fell in love with all the characters and I loved the story Quinn had to tell. I am a huge Stephen King fan, and I read a lot of Alice Hoffman and things of her ilk, as well as any memoir I can get my hands on. Something about this book was just so enjoyable to read. It was very different from my norm, but I am so anxious to read more about Quinn, Mona, and the Mayfair witches, as well as the earlier Vampire books, that I only wish there were more hours in a day to read. |
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