Reviews

Merrick by Anne Rice

princessxnicole's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

debbiemeow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

nightingale18's review against another edition

2.0

2,5 ⭐

David, qui m'était relativement sympathique auparavant, m'est devenu franchement antipathique.

Merrick m'indiffère, quand elle ne m'agace pas. Dommage, vu que près de 80% de l'intrigue du roman lui est consacrée.

Les rares passages où il est question des vampires sont une véritable bouffée d'air frais.

L'apparition tant attendue de Claudia, certes brève, est assez brillante, notamment pour le jour nouveau qu'elle jette sur ce personnage que j'adore.

La fin rachète un peu l'ensemble je dirais (enfin, il se passe quelque chose !)

Je m'attendais à être déçue, mais heureusement, bien qu'il n'y ait rien de passionnant là-dedans, on est bien loin de la purge qu'était Memnoch.

livingtheredlife's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

mfeezell's review against another edition

1.0

Synopsis: confused old man is perilously horny and hurts himself in his distress. Truly these books are far duller without Lestat to narrate them.

whimsicalmeerkat's review against another edition

2.0

I would say this is where it seriously jumped the shark.

sweetlikepi's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

starry2013's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

mahart13's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

Not my favorite Vampire Chronicles Book, but it was still interesting to some extent. 

agirlandherlibrarian's review against another edition

2.0

(A youtube video chat regarding my love/hate relationship with Anne Rice can be found here: https://youtu.be/EffWOXyOSQo)

As with a lot of Anne Rice's reads I wasn't sure if this was the best book I'd ever read or the worst - this should have been amazing, but it cut short, dry and kinda hard to read it fell short of outstanding. Merrick, a witch... female lead, should have been so good, but overshadowed by the two males in it.