Memnoch the Devil

It amazes me that after the explosion in Cosmology during the 20th Century people think myths about an earth centered Universe are interesting. Ms. Rice's view of the Universe, and thus of God, is too small. Does anyone really accept these medival myths? Veronica's Veil, give me a break. God as a tricky old man with extraordinary powers, no body really believes in that God; he's much to small for the Universe we know.Rice realizes the big problem with the Pater Noster is why he allows the widespread suffering of our world. But she chickens out and doesn't deal with the problem. In reading this book I had an interesting thought: God, being omniscient, would be intimately knowledgeable about human suffering, he would suffer, too. Is he a masochist, or is Rice's vison of God too small? Humanity is crying out for a meaniful vision of God, but Anne Rice does not give it to them by chewing dried old cuds. However, as a fellow writer, I do admire Rice's skills with the language. Her picture of hell ruffled my feathers. She does, though, go too far when she has Lestat eat Dora's menstrual bloods. This was surely in bad taste(no pun intended); is nothing sacred these days?

This item was marked as new but arrived clearly used-it’s a first edition from 1995, the dust jacket was bent, and there was residue on the edges.

Maybe 1/8 of the book wasn't repetitive. The large section that I have separated from the beginning to the end is quite literally the same thing over and over about evolution and memnoch's belief in the human soul. Once, maybe 4 pages, he went to heaven. The rest was all junk that could have been summarized in 1 page. The end of the book had so much potential to be the whole book. It got exciting, then very sad because of the loss that Lestat went through when he came back from hell. Which he'll was written on less pages than heaven.It took me months to get through this because it was so boring that I kept putting it down and reading other books.I don't recommend it. I've read the first 5 books of the vampire chronicles and I don't think I'm going to subject myself to the last 5.

The story of Lestat over the course of his adventures through time cover a lot of terroritory. This one is exceptional as it covers Lestat meeting the Devil who tells his tale to Lestat, his beef with God and what happens to the damned.

I like some of her other works. This one was different for me.I am a christian with a very open mind and love different views. This got me thinking so much about many things . Her description and immersion into this experience is unlike anything I have experienced.I recommend this to anyone that loves the weird and the unusual. I also recommend it to any believer of any religion. This point of view around 'beliefs' really brought me to a new level.