TITLE

Pandora

PUBLISHED

1998

AUTHOR

Anne Rice

PAGE COUNT

406 PAGES

PUBLISHER

Arrow Books

ISBN

0-09-927108-7

CRAIG'S RATING

PLOT

In a cafe in modern-day Paris, in the aftermath of a fresh kill, the fearless and beautiful Pandora begins to tell her tale of treachery, vengeance and love stretching across two millennia.  As a young mortal in Imperial Rome in the time of Caesar Augustus, Pandora was first introduced to the blood-tainted cult of Isis.  Later, in exile in Antioch, she was drawn even further into the dark, ancient rites.  Now looking back across the centuries, Pandora decides to return once more to New Orleans, to find the love of her early life, Marius, and to see once again the Vampire Lestat...

TAKEN FROM THE BACK COVER OF "PANDORA" ©1998 BY ANNE RICE, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CRAIG'S REVIEW

Basically I was quite disappointed by this book as I was looking forward to reading this book for ages and it to be done like this is pretty shameful. 

Well basically I thought the book was too short I think it should have been at least 700 pages long and I also think it should have been a "Vampire Chronicle" and not a "New Tales of The Vampires".  It spends 300 pages on Pandora being a mortal and you might think well it okay but for a book that is only 406 pages long you think Anne Rice spent too much time on Pandora being a mortal.  Then it quite fugue about her immortal years and you just feel cheated by this as you need to remember she is around about the same age as Marius.  There isn't much more I can say except that maybe Anne Rice needs to keep the "New Tales Of The Vampires" for vampires that have another to do with The Vampire Chronicles as I think Pandora would have had a higher mark if it had been given the full treatment of a Vampire Chronicle.

I would suggest you stay completely away from this title as it isn't that good, unless you are a fan of Pandora's then give the book a read, just once though.

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