• Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      12 hours ago

      And then she went and retconed it in Prince Lestat. Memnoch apparently wasn’t the devil, just a particularly potent spirit.

        • Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          4·
          11 hours ago

          I think a lot of it comes down to Anne’s personal struggles with religion being reflected in her works. She seemed to have an on-again-off-again relationship with The Church (she was Catholic while involved with a church) and Big G himself. The question of the existence of the divine was a major theme throughout that series.

          • flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            2·
            10 hours ago

            That would explain why I was such a fan of those books in middle school. (Grew up very, very Catholic.) I haven’t reread them since so I’m willing to take your word on it.

    • tacosanonymous@lemm.eeEnglish
      121·
      15 hours ago

      No, just that one time. The recurring theme seems to be Rice putting her kinks into the book.

  • Droechai@lemm.eeEnglish
    10·
    21 hours ago

    That said, Blackwood Farm is a pretty good book so some books are worth reading past Queen

    • atomicorange@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 hours ago

      I love Tale of the Body Thief, Armand and Pandora are both good too. She’s just a very… experimental author so not everything hits for everyone.