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I enjoyed the vampire armand a lot, I do have a few criticisms though. It has quite a few weird pacing issues where the first half is extremely extremely slow and then the chapters get shorter and more stakes are involved and ideas/themes feel slightly rushed and then it becomes very slow paced again. I also feel like some things needed to be expanded on and or edited as some things feel very out of place. I also didn’t like the amount SA and CSA on the first two chapters even if it’s meant to be historically accurate. I loved the descriptions of Venice and Italy and Italy began to feel like a character itself which I enjoyed a lot. The way Anne described armand finding new technologies and clothes from that time period was beautiful to read also. I also loved the descriptions of the paintings armand and Marius did, it feel like you had climbed into the paintings and were a part of the colours and egg tempura. I also really appreciated the way this book clarified Memnoch the devil more, and linked back up to the vampire lestat in more detail and added some extra things to them as well as interview with the vampire. Overall I’d recommend the vampire armand if you want a quicker recap like story telling of a lot of history and don’t connect as much with Anne’s much longer, more historically depth work. And I also like that this book has some mystery elements too from armand history and some previous books which get uncovered.

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renorsomethin's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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flo2137's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

vampyros's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

mllejoyeuxnoel's review against another edition

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4.0

Armand is such an unmitigated disaster. I hate him. I love him. Pathetic wet cat of a man-child. I want to take him in my jaws and shake him mercilessly like a dog with a chew toy. I want to give him some soup and tuck him into bed for a long nap under the fluffiest of blankets. I want to put him under a microscope and zoom in ever closer until I crush him with the lens. I want to take him to Disneyworld and livestream everything he does through a rose-colored filter. I want to kill him. I want to kiss him. I want him to kiss Lestat some more. I want Lestat to kill him.

In short, I had a great time reading this one.

raybudbury's review

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I may come back to this one but I hate Marius so bad I can’t get through it even though I love Armand.

I found out I HATE master/slave as a trope so I guess that’s nice to find out. But the amount of grooming. Also this is supposed to be the good time in Armand’s life yeah 🔫 Marius I have a gun at all times pointed at you. Like I get it it’s the Venetian period BUT Anne could have written this in a more critical way but she chose not to and you can see in this book and other books her feelings on that shit. I’ve been thinking about what I would’ve thought as a young teen and I’m lowkey glad I stopped reading after the third book because I should notttttt have read this book as a teen. Good job teen me. Anyway I’m being critical w it by not finishing this one cause I don’t have a gun to my head and I like to have fun

Bianca’s comment on Marius and his boys slayed though. Get that freak.

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