To say that this book has any merit would be just to flat-out try and find something nice to say. Unfortunately, there isn't anything salvagable in this dreck. I have read all of Anne Rice's book and this is the absolute bottom of the barrel. Another boring retread of things that we already have been told in other novels. And even if it is new, it doesn't matter! It's all throw away. The worst and most insulting is the wrap around Thorne storyline! It feels as though a kindergarten class could have done better. Inconsistent, boring, badly written, no plot and just out and out drivel, this Vampire Chronicle would only be entertaining to the brain dead! SKIP IT!