Sixteen-year-old Vittorio, sole survivor of a violent massacre at his father's Tuscan hilltop palazzo, escapes to the Florence of Cosimo de Medici seeking vengeance. He has been saved from death by a mysterious woman, only to find himself at the mercy of demonic and bloody nightmares.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As with all Anne Rice novels you expect a certain quality about the story and it was there, though that was about all you got. The story begins with good intentions, the majority of the story is written about Vittorio before he was given the dark gift. It may sound bad, but it was quite refreshing for Rice to create a story away from all the vampires in the other stories, hence when Lestat mentions about the presents of others in Queen of the Damned we finally find out one of these, though the door is still open for more.
I, and most other readers would agree, that this is by no means Rice's best work, yet, a good story nonetheless. A worthwhile read for any that are interested in vampires, even if no other stories from the chronicles have been read as no prior knowledge is required to fully understand and appreciaite the story. A Good Read, but by no means the best!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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As with all Rice's novels, once begun, it's impossible to put down. Vittorio is more a recollection of the classical wonder of Renaissance Florence than simply the tale of a vampire. Rice captures the beauty of an age through the life of the vampire with astounding detail. As with "Pandora", we are entranced and transported into the history of the character, and with beautiful prose and factual evidence, the book - as with all her novels - is simply a joy to read.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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The problem I find with Anne Rice's work is that much of it refers to other novels, which does give the Vampire Chronicles depth and continuity, but can be bewildering. This particular book is an entirely independent vampire novel, which is one of it's strongest points. It has ideas not covered in Rice's other works but more importantly it contains one of her strongest invocations of a time period. If you want a book that is descriptive, with a dynamic righteous hero (in the end you'll wish he hadn't been turned) then Vittorio is the Vampire for you.
Basically a great stand-alone novel by Rice, with one of the best good vs evil themes she has written.
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Rice...balls
This is the first of Rice's vampire chronicles I have read and does not bode well for the others. Set among Renaissance splendours the tale of a vampirised nobleman is tedious and... Read more
Published 13 days ago by barbicandy
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love vampires
great story and characters. Anne rice at her best. can be read on it's own. still waiting for more books in this series but looks like she went in a different direction with her... Read more
Published 1 month ago by M. Wass
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A Good Book...
As usual, Anne Rice writes the best stories and I am a huge fan. This story was no exception although I have to admit that I found the book rather smaller than her previous books... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Azariah
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Angles and demons on the streets of Florence
I like Anne Rice and so it was with interest that I picked up this novel. I am afraid to say that I ended up feeling confused. Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2011 by Book Maven
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Annother five star book.
Anne Rice has to be one of my favourite authers of all time, ever since seeing the "Interview with the vampire" movie (incidentaly my favourite movie) i have been slowly going... Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2011 by FUTURESTARdelux
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A new direction. I like it.
Vittorio the Vampire is kind of in a new direction compared to the other novels as Vittorio himself has no knowledge of the world Lestat and Louis and Co. live in. Read more
Published on 9 July 2010 by Tohru
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Cure for insomnia
I have read a few of anne rice's books and this is by far the worst. Like many of her books it is bogged down by over flowery prose describing artistic detail ad nauseum. Read more
Published on 7 Oct 2005 by genejoke
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Fantastic, compelling and simply wonderful
It took me many months to pluck this book from my bookshelf. Admittedly I am an ardent fan of Anne Rice and it sat there merely because I had other books that I wanted to read (the... Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2005 by "jonpapa_uk"
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Vittorio
I found this to be an excellent and enjoyable read, the characters where solid, and the descriptions of the building and the time where portray in pure descriptive beauty. Read more
Published on 18 May 2005
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Vittorio - slightly different - but all the better for it!
As engaging as the rest of Ms. Rice's vampiric oeuvre (all of which I have read;) the only slight disappointment was the lack of a sequel. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2004 by "damnationali"
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