Are you giving me a chance to discuss the pros and cons of the VC? Poor move! I mean despite my snark above thread I fucking LOVE the VC. They're what started me on vampire/"urban fantasy" to begin with. So you'll have to forgive the overly detailed rest of this post.
If you didn't like Lestat's voice you probably wouldn't like the books, although he changes dramatically between IWtV and The Vampire Lestat (so much so that there's a bit of hand waving retcon near the end of TVL). You may enjoy reading Queen of the Damned since that has different characters narrating different chapters (although Lestat is still the main character in some sense) and it discusses the lore of the universe the most. And, in fact, you may enjoy Memnoch. People bad mouth it a lot, but I personally liked Memnoch, although more as a stand alone book than as a part of the VC series. Memnoch and QotD are also the goriest in the series iirc.
I was going to recommend the Armand book until I read you don't like angsty gay vampire romance :P In that case, steer clear. The other books probably aren't worth a read unless you're invested in the characters like I was.
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Date: 2011-08-23 08:23 pm (UTC)If you didn't like Lestat's voice you probably wouldn't like the books, although he changes dramatically between IWtV and The Vampire Lestat (so much so that there's a bit of hand waving retcon near the end of TVL). You may enjoy reading Queen of the Damned since that has different characters narrating different chapters (although Lestat is still the main character in some sense) and it discusses the lore of the universe the most. And, in fact, you may enjoy Memnoch. People bad mouth it a lot, but I personally liked Memnoch, although more as a stand alone book than as a part of the VC series. Memnoch and QotD are also the goriest in the series iirc.
I was going to recommend the Armand book until I read you don't like angsty gay vampire romance :P In that case, steer clear. The other books probably aren't worth a read unless you're invested in the characters like I was.