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Ramses the Damned #1
La mummia
Un tempo era Ramses il Grande, faraone d'Egitto, potente, temuto e sicuro che il mondo lo avrebbe ricordato... Ora è Ramses il Dannato, vivo dopo la morte e costretto a vagare nei secoli per placare una sete che non può essere placata...
A riportarlo ancora una volta tra i vivi, nella Londra edoardiana ricca e decadente, è l'egittologo Lawrence Stratford che, dopo anni di ricerche, riesce a violare la sua tomba, scoprendo anche, accanto alla mummia del faraone, un misterioso busto di Cleopatra, vissuta almeno mille anni dopo. Affascinato dall'enigma, lo studioso interroga allora antichi papiri che gli narrano una vicenda straordinaria e inquietante: grazie a un elisir, Ramses ha ottenuto 1'immortalità, e ha attraversato il tempo, viaggiando, lottando, amando...
A riportarlo ancora una volta tra i vivi, nella Londra edoardiana ricca e decadente, è l'egittologo Lawrence Stratford che, dopo anni di ricerche, riesce a violare la sua tomba, scoprendo anche, accanto alla mummia del faraone, un misterioso busto di Cleopatra, vissuta almeno mille anni dopo. Affascinato dall'enigma, lo studioso interroga allora antichi papiri che gli narrano una vicenda straordinaria e inquietante: grazie a un elisir, Ramses ha ottenuto 1'immortalità, e ha attraversato il tempo, viaggiando, lottando, amando...
474 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1989
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Anne Rice
492 books27.5k followersAnne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien) was a best-selling American author of gothic, supernatural, historical, erotica, and later religious themed books. Best known for The Vampire Chronicles, her prevailing thematic focus is on love, death, immortality, existentialism, and the human condition. She was married to poet Stan Rice for 41 years until his death in 2002. Her books have sold nearly 100 million copies, making her one of the most widely read authors in modern history.
Anne Rice passed on December 11, 2021 due to complications from a stroke. She was eighty years old at the time of her death.
She uses the pseudonym Anne Rampling for adult-themed fiction (i.e., erotica) and A.N. Roquelaure for fiction featuring sexually explicit sado-masochism.
Anne Rice passed on December 11, 2021 due to complications from a stroke. She was eighty years old at the time of her death.
She uses the pseudonym Anne Rampling for adult-themed fiction (i.e., erotica) and A.N. Roquelaure for fiction featuring sexually explicit sado-masochism.
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May 15, 2024
Now a novel which includes Cleopatra (VII) and Ramses II, the greatest pharaoh in history has a certain amount of intrinsic interest, especially the Egyptian queen ( with little native blood, almost all Greek) when she plays one of the evil ones. Not a beauty as portrayed in films but attractive, intelligent and a bold capable ruler....Multimillionaire Lawrence Stratford in 1914, unearths his most important discovery the mummy of Ramses south of the capital; however this cannot be since he is in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the mystery slowly unravels like our supposedly dead friend's wrappings. Any person who has seen a film about these poor creatures knows the chilling scene: Strange noises heard, the grotesque thing starts to vibrate, eyes staring coldly then it moves inch by inch until the helpless humans, still breathing notice and runs for their lives. Some people's relatives are greedy and will commit any crime to get money, such is unstable Henry Stratford the dissolute nephew of this gentleman, gambling away a fortune, drinking anything in reach and fast women not very quick, yet he is nevertheless his brother's son... A preposterous narrative unfolds how Ramses was given an elixir by a foreign witch that grants him immortality; pretends to die at the age of 90 after a reign of 66 years, roams the world gets bored and has himself buried alive back in Egypt. What dreams he has....centuries of vague pictures viewed and unending, horrific unexplained things, deformed nebulous events. .Awakening a thousand years after internment sees Cleopatra's glorious face, then soon Mark Antony arrives in Alexandria. Back to the mummy's sarcophagus and modern times quick automobiles, flying airplanes, telephones which speak until they become rather tiresome to the listener,
monstrous trains loud guns weird clothes and odd customs. Add a few murders, stir some intrigues and a complicated plot a little spice for seasoning passionate love making, Mr. Stratford's pretty daughter Julie has a lot of admirers no surprise she becomes smitten by Ramses the Great and the tale becomes clearer...but the sequel follows so leave a dangling conclusion. This book has many good qualities, yet not enough for it rise above the ordinary just another action adventure story one of countless , if it only stayed on the narrow path and not become unfocused, less is more.
monstrous trains loud guns weird clothes and odd customs. Add a few murders, stir some intrigues and a complicated plot a little spice for seasoning passionate love making, Mr. Stratford's pretty daughter Julie has a lot of admirers no surprise she becomes smitten by Ramses the Great and the tale becomes clearer...but the sequel follows so leave a dangling conclusion. This book has many good qualities, yet not enough for it rise above the ordinary just another action adventure story one of countless , if it only stayed on the narrow path and not become unfocused, less is more.
December 21, 2012
I give you the book the movie The Mummy was SUPPOSED to be based off of. In the end they butchered the story so much Anne Rice wouldn’t put her name on it. Which is a shame, because this book is (if not better) sexier than the movie.
A lot of reviews call it “vintage Anne Rice” and I couldn’t agree more. It gets back to the feel of Interview with the Vampire; darkly sexual with the most compelling plot. She’s seriously one of the best storytellers of all time.
A mummy rises, he falls in love, and they journey to Egypt where he misuses his immortal elixer. Seems like it would be cheesy or at least silly. But nothing about this is like that-everything about this book makes sense. The way he rises, the way he acts, how long he’s lived, he’s relationship with Cleopatra, how he learns to operate the modern world. Every aspect of the story has a logical explanation laid out clearly within the story. (In my opinion there’s nothing worse than an author having to explain themselves after the book is published *coughStephenieMeyercough*)
Just like all of Rice’s other works, Ramses is devastatingly perfect. The woman he falls in love with is fierce and intelligent without being cliche. There’s an older man that for some reason you are attracted to, despite his age. An adorable innocent young man for you to obsess over, and the quintessential bad boy that you can’t help but love. Add in a dangerous and alluring female villain and you’ve got one of the sexiest cast of characters I’ve ever read.
The book is fairly long, but Rice is always a fast read. I’ve always found Anne Rice to be the perfect alternative to a “fluff” book because even though there’s elements of a romance novel, the plot is still the most important part of the story. It’s fast-paced and oh so fun.
A lot of reviews call it “vintage Anne Rice” and I couldn’t agree more. It gets back to the feel of Interview with the Vampire; darkly sexual with the most compelling plot. She’s seriously one of the best storytellers of all time.
A mummy rises, he falls in love, and they journey to Egypt where he misuses his immortal elixer. Seems like it would be cheesy or at least silly. But nothing about this is like that-everything about this book makes sense. The way he rises, the way he acts, how long he’s lived, he’s relationship with Cleopatra, how he learns to operate the modern world. Every aspect of the story has a logical explanation laid out clearly within the story. (In my opinion there’s nothing worse than an author having to explain themselves after the book is published *coughStephenieMeyercough*)
Just like all of Rice’s other works, Ramses is devastatingly perfect. The woman he falls in love with is fierce and intelligent without being cliche. There’s an older man that for some reason you are attracted to, despite his age. An adorable innocent young man for you to obsess over, and the quintessential bad boy that you can’t help but love. Add in a dangerous and alluring female villain and you’ve got one of the sexiest cast of characters I’ve ever read.
The book is fairly long, but Rice is always a fast read. I’ve always found Anne Rice to be the perfect alternative to a “fluff” book because even though there’s elements of a romance novel, the plot is still the most important part of the story. It’s fast-paced and oh so fun.
August 21, 2023
Actual rating is 3.5 stars.
This is the beginning of a trilogy. In this one a mummy is unearthed from its tomb. The mummy is not dead as it is revived when it is exposed to the sun. This mummy is new to the modern world and is adapting to it while he falls in love.
I enjoyed this book but I wasn't completely enthralled by it. This was a case where the second half is much better than the first half. I believe this happened because of the characters. The first half was concerned with the mummy Ramses and his love for Julie. I thought that they lacked any depth as they spent most of the time just mooning over each other. I know this is to be expected with an Anne Rice novel but I would have liked something to nibble on especially with Ramses. It could have been fun with him and the new world but we only received snippets of this. The second half really takes off with the introduction of a famous queen. Even the minor characters really shined in the second half. I would argue that they outshined our two protagonists. As for the story I enjoyed and I liked how it all concluded but left it open ended for the next book.
I enjoyed this book. I especially enjoyed our antagonist and this is where this novel entered I have to read this book. The first half of this book was too much romance and pining over each other. Even though this is prevalent throughout the book the second half of the book is when the thriller came into play and when I really started to like this book. I will have no problem hopping into the next book as I am curious with some of our characters and what they will do now.
This is the beginning of a trilogy. In this one a mummy is unearthed from its tomb. The mummy is not dead as it is revived when it is exposed to the sun. This mummy is new to the modern world and is adapting to it while he falls in love.
I enjoyed this book but I wasn't completely enthralled by it. This was a case where the second half is much better than the first half. I believe this happened because of the characters. The first half was concerned with the mummy Ramses and his love for Julie. I thought that they lacked any depth as they spent most of the time just mooning over each other. I know this is to be expected with an Anne Rice novel but I would have liked something to nibble on especially with Ramses. It could have been fun with him and the new world but we only received snippets of this. The second half really takes off with the introduction of a famous queen. Even the minor characters really shined in the second half. I would argue that they outshined our two protagonists. As for the story I enjoyed and I liked how it all concluded but left it open ended for the next book.
I enjoyed this book. I especially enjoyed our antagonist and this is where this novel entered I have to read this book. The first half of this book was too much romance and pining over each other. Even though this is prevalent throughout the book the second half of the book is when the thriller came into play and when I really started to like this book. I will have no problem hopping into the next book as I am curious with some of our characters and what they will do now.
March 30, 2008
Loved this book...couldn't put it down once I started it. I really wish she would have done a series out of this story.
June 15, 2018
I read a lot of Anne Rice in my late teens. I think I was hoping for another Lestat (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...) somewhere in her cannon, but alas, there is only one! “The Mummy” interested me because it reminded me of those super-cheesy B-horror movies à la Hammer, but with sex (I was 17, cut me some slack!). Flipping through it now, I can’t help but think of how my tastes and standards for books has changed over the last fifteen year…
The plot is classic creature horror: the mummy of Ramses II is brought back to England, where it is accidently brought back to life by virtue of a mysterious elixir of immortality. This elixir makes him eternally young, incredibly strong and… permanently horny! He saves the life of a beautiful, feisty heiress and they fall in love, and decide to go to Egypt together so that he can get some closure on his long and complicated past.
Of course Ramses is incredibly handsome and irresistible. Of course he learns English in like 5 minutes. Of course he can’t resist resurrecting Cleopatra when they find her mummified body. Of course that turns into a huge, violent mess with sexy interludes. It’s an Anne Rice novel, for Pete’s sake! But it’s also fun and I do love the kitschy homage to 19th century Egyptomania.
Rice apparently wrote a sequel, where Ramses and Cleopatra are reunited, but I don’t intend on reading it: I’m kind of over her emo immortals and bizarre psychosexual relationship dynamics. But “The Mummy” is good and silly Gothic fun.
The plot is classic creature horror: the mummy of Ramses II is brought back to England, where it is accidently brought back to life by virtue of a mysterious elixir of immortality. This elixir makes him eternally young, incredibly strong and… permanently horny! He saves the life of a beautiful, feisty heiress and they fall in love, and decide to go to Egypt together so that he can get some closure on his long and complicated past.
Of course Ramses is incredibly handsome and irresistible. Of course he learns English in like 5 minutes. Of course he can’t resist resurrecting Cleopatra when they find her mummified body. Of course that turns into a huge, violent mess with sexy interludes. It’s an Anne Rice novel, for Pete’s sake! But it’s also fun and I do love the kitschy homage to 19th century Egyptomania.
Rice apparently wrote a sequel, where Ramses and Cleopatra are reunited, but I don’t intend on reading it: I’m kind of over her emo immortals and bizarre psychosexual relationship dynamics. But “The Mummy” is good and silly Gothic fun.
August 3, 2022
A mummy re-awakened in Edwardian London ... what's not to love?! Well ...
First things first, what is this book about?
An archaeologist uncovers a tomb that contains none other than Ramses the Great - or Ramses the Damned, depending on which source you believe. This shouldn't be possible, except that good old Ramses apparently drank some sort of elixir making him immortal, explaining not only where he was found but also the writing uncovered around the mummy.
A family plot means the archaeologist dies soon after his discovery but Ramses ends up in the posession of the archaeologist's daughter and heir where he learns about everything he's missed since he "went to sleep".
There are a lot of plots, a lot of furtune-seeking, a lot of gambling, and a lot of murderous intent in this story.
So, technically, I should have fallen for this quicker than when I slip on a ptach of ice in winter. But I didn't.
You see, this seems to be a general problem with Anne Rice's stories: I looove the concept and everything I hear about them but when I read them, I'm disappointed in the execution. *sighs*
In this particular case, I just don't see why it is so damned important to undelrine how buxom Julie or how hot Ramses is. It was also quite unrealistic that they'd both eye each other lustfully all the time only for them to tell us via their inner monologue that it isn't just sexual attraction / their looks.
Maybe I am a bit cranky because I went in with the wrong expectations. I wanted history and mythology, maybe combined with some cool Edwardian-London-vibe. And don't get me wrong, there were moments when we got that. Absolutely. But only sporadically. A healthy portion of this book was the romance. And it all lacked tension. How murderous plots can lack tension, I can't tell you. The book simply couldn't really make me care for a character (or hate them fully) and there was too little The Mummy in this.
The writing style, equally, had its moments, but was nothing special.
Like I said, this has happened to me before with this author so I think it's just me expecting the wrong thing and then being disappointed. Sadly, though, this means that I shan't finish the trilogy.
First things first, what is this book about?
An archaeologist uncovers a tomb that contains none other than Ramses the Great - or Ramses the Damned, depending on which source you believe. This shouldn't be possible, except that good old Ramses apparently drank some sort of elixir making him immortal, explaining not only where he was found but also the writing uncovered around the mummy.
A family plot means the archaeologist dies soon after his discovery but Ramses ends up in the posession of the archaeologist's daughter and heir where he learns about everything he's missed since he "went to sleep".
There are a lot of plots, a lot of furtune-seeking, a lot of gambling, and a lot of murderous intent in this story.
So, technically, I should have fallen for this quicker than when I slip on a ptach of ice in winter. But I didn't.
You see, this seems to be a general problem with Anne Rice's stories: I looove the concept and everything I hear about them but when I read them, I'm disappointed in the execution. *sighs*
In this particular case, I just don't see why it is so damned important to undelrine how buxom Julie or how hot Ramses is. It was also quite unrealistic that they'd both eye each other lustfully all the time only for them to tell us via their inner monologue that it isn't just sexual attraction / their looks.
Maybe I am a bit cranky because I went in with the wrong expectations. I wanted history and mythology, maybe combined with some cool Edwardian-London-vibe. And don't get me wrong, there were moments when we got that. Absolutely. But only sporadically. A healthy portion of this book was the romance. And it all lacked tension. How murderous plots can lack tension, I can't tell you. The book simply couldn't really make me care for a character (or hate them fully) and there was too little The Mummy in this.
The writing style, equally, had its moments, but was nothing special.
Like I said, this has happened to me before with this author so I think it's just me expecting the wrong thing and then being disappointed. Sadly, though, this means that I shan't finish the trilogy.
April 4, 2017
La vida e historia de Ramsés el faraón mezclada con ficción, tintes oscuros y fantasía de una manera en que solo Anne puede hacerlo, muy creativa y super rápida de leer, un vistazo al antiguo Egipto con un esplendor y decadencia abrumadoras.
October 9, 2019
Hmmmm...
Ramses the Great (or Ramses the Damned) is discovered in The Valley of the Kings. He has risen from the his immortal sleep to fall in love with Julie. But when people start turning up dead Ramses raises the seductive Cleopatra from her grave.
Um... Ok. So I read this in October as a good monster read. Unfortunately I didn't really get that. I have a few problems with this book.
First off (and foremost I think) this is not a horror book by any means. I hate to compare this book to her others but unfortunately here I must do so. This is more of a paranormal romance which I was not expecting at all. Although I did like the romance between Ramses and Julie, I have to say the sex scenes were completely rushed and having a very wham bam thank you ma'am sort of feel to them. Which is not usual for Anne Rice who definitely knows how to write a good sex scene.
The characters don't seem to be fleshed out enough. They just seemed very one-dimensional to me with not a lot of background to them at all. It also made it very difficult for me to connect with the characters or two relate to the main character Julie at all.
The main storylines were okay but there are so many little story lines and subplots that are going on that really have no sway on the main storylines and it seems they are almost there just to confuse you, of which they do a very good job in that respect.
Everything considered, not her best work at all. Sadness. I am hoping that her wolf series will be better.
Can't say I'd really recommend this one.
Ramses the Great (or Ramses the Damned) is discovered in The Valley of the Kings. He has risen from the his immortal sleep to fall in love with Julie. But when people start turning up dead Ramses raises the seductive Cleopatra from her grave.
Um... Ok. So I read this in October as a good monster read. Unfortunately I didn't really get that. I have a few problems with this book.
First off (and foremost I think) this is not a horror book by any means. I hate to compare this book to her others but unfortunately here I must do so. This is more of a paranormal romance which I was not expecting at all. Although I did like the romance between Ramses and Julie, I have to say the sex scenes were completely rushed and having a very wham bam thank you ma'am sort of feel to them. Which is not usual for Anne Rice who definitely knows how to write a good sex scene.
The characters don't seem to be fleshed out enough. They just seemed very one-dimensional to me with not a lot of background to them at all. It also made it very difficult for me to connect with the characters or two relate to the main character Julie at all.
The main storylines were okay but there are so many little story lines and subplots that are going on that really have no sway on the main storylines and it seems they are almost there just to confuse you, of which they do a very good job in that respect.
Everything considered, not her best work at all. Sadness. I am hoping that her wolf series will be better.
Can't say I'd really recommend this one.
September 1, 2010
I was stuck in a library waiting and had nothing to read. I picked this up thinking 'Ancient Egypt, the undead, how can it be bad?' without looking at the author.
After first few pages I checked. Oh dear.
I really do not like Anne Rice.
It was in reading this book for a few hours stuck in a library and continuing out of an awful sense of self harm that I realised that Anne Rice wants to be immortal. She doesn't care how she manages to do it, she wants to be undead. Not in the horror awful monster way either, as she romanticizes the awesome classic villain archetype. But in a beautiful way. And I'm pretty sure she wants to be a gay man.
After first few pages I checked. Oh dear.
I really do not like Anne Rice.
It was in reading this book for a few hours stuck in a library and continuing out of an awful sense of self harm that I realised that Anne Rice wants to be immortal. She doesn't care how she manages to do it, she wants to be undead. Not in the horror awful monster way either, as she romanticizes the awesome classic villain archetype. But in a beautiful way. And I'm pretty sure she wants to be a gay man.
June 20, 2014
“When we are weary, we speak lovingly of dreams as if they embodied our true desires”
Spoilers...duh
Right now, I’m letting out a loud groan. That is all I really can do thinking about this book. Well, I could give you a very impressive eye roll as well. Or I pull out some of my hair.
This was actually my first Anne Rice book ever. I always wanted to start with the Vampire Chronicles, because I really like the movie adaptation from Interview with the Vampire (it is one of the few movies I actually don’t mind Tom Cruise) and because a good friend of mine really enjoys the series. But blame it on the Book Gods up there or something, I started with this one…and it made me question if I actually wanna give her other books a go or not.
I got this one for free and even if the ending tricks you into believing it is actually part of a series, it is a standalone book and I actually believed it maybe would be better to start with something that is not part of a giant series. Sometimes my ideas are bad. Also, free books are bad as well (sometimes…).
Writing. It is not that I dislike the writing. It is more that sometimes I found it unintentionally funny. This book basically read like a bad, bad daily soap or at least how I would imagine a novelized version of a script from a bad, bad daily soap. Very short sentences that didn’t feel like they belong anywhere, jumps between action and different POV’s so clumsily done that you actually can only raise an eyebrow and dialogues so flat, cheesy and unrealistic that suddenly even the dialogues from The Spice Girls movie makes more sense.
I read somewhere that this was originally planned as a movie script, which probably would’ve made more sense. It would at least explain the weird “cuts” between scenes and parts of the dialogue. Also this book is divided into two parts and a lot of it felt just made up as the story goes along, anything but planned really. So, again if that was originally shorter, intended for the big screen and not as a 400 page novel, it would make more sense. Not that I believe it would have been a good movie, it would have been some B or make that C romantic horror trash, but probably more amusing. Still, I prefer watching the movie with Brendan Fraser and the always lovely Rachel Weisz.
Story. Like I said before, this book is divided into two parts and therefore mostly into two plots…and a lot of weird subplots.
It actually starts very interesting. Hobby archeologist finds tomb of Pharaoh Ramses the 2nd or Ramses the damned, gets murdered by his evil nephew who is after the family’s money, his daughter inherits everything, nephew wants to murder daughter as well, mummy comes to life and saves her. So far, so good. But what actually happens then is basically just summed up with “stuff happens”.
There are so many different plots in this book that I got kinda lost. Not because they are too complicated, but because most of them are either dragged out, rushed, not very exciting or seem just to exist to make the book longer. The pacing is way off and so is the sense making.
The funny thing to me is that if the second part never happened and the main plot lines were resolved in the first, making the book about 200 hundred pages shorter, it could’ve worked. It still wouldn’t have been a great piece of literature, but at least it would’ve been more than just a messy theme park ride.
Sometimes simplicity works much better than complicated (or wannabe complicated) long stories. Why not just focus the story on Ramses adapting to modern London, falling in love with Julie (previously mentioned daughter) and them dealing with Evil Cousin Henry? Why the trip to Egypt, Julie’s lovesick puppy wannabe fiancé, his depressed dad and most of all Zombie Cleopatra (yes, Zombie Cleopatra, I shit you not)? The book would’ve benefited from a tighter, more personal story.
Oh, before I forget, let’s talk Genre for a bit. I heard people telling me how wonderful Anne Rice is with writing horror and a living mummy should be the perfect opportunity for that, right? RIGHT? There was no horror in this book. Fine, okay I can live with that. A Mummy story also gives a great opportunity for an adventure. There is no real sense of adventure here. Again fine...how about just using the mysticism of Ancient Egypt? Well…there is some…but not much. This book focuses mostly on romance, which would be fine, if the romance were written well. It is not.
Characters. Oh boy, those were something else. Like the story, the characters started out pretty interesting but it went downhill the more I got into the book.
Our titular Mummy Ramses, or Mr. Ramsay, is a hunk, to make it short. Yes, the creepy old mummy turned out to be a hot guy, intelligent (I think), over the top romantic and with a libido that can compete with bunnies. Oh yeah and he is immortal. What could’ve been a tragic, mysterious, complex anti-hero in a more serious fish out of water story, turned into the romantic lead of some Ancient Egypt soap opera. He was interesting at first, but his behavior, his know it all attitude, the very schmaltzy dialogue and his constant crying over his tortured love life made him simply annoying. He wasn’t “please bury him alive again – annoying” but he didn’t make me want to root for him either.
Julie is the one that really frustrated me. She had so much potential and started out great. Described as being at her most beautiful when looking serious, an independent woman that wants to stay on her own two feet and not get married just because society tell her two – bravo! If only she could’ve stayed that way. As soon as she meets Ramses her character changes into a lovesick idiot, whom cannot walk from one room to another without getting help from her super hot man. She constantly needs saving, is needy beyond help, cries her way through the story and is utterly useless all the time. She started out as somewhat of the main character and turns into the nagging girlfriend that cannot live without Ramses anymore. And oh is she stupid. She barely has human reactions to anything. Like for example, she knows her cousin killed her father and does nothing about it. She doesn’t tell her uncle, she doesn’t call the police and she doesn’t let Ramses just kill him, nope she basically waits around for bad karma to get him or fate or whatever. Point is, she changes so drastically throughout the book that she seems like an entirely different character.
The other characters are mostly caricatures of people. Henry is evil, treats women badly, drinks, has a gambling problem and well, he is a murder. He is so bad, he makes Tom Buchanan look like sunshine. Then there is Alex, Julie’s sort of boyfriend who desperately wants to marry her. He is like a lost puppy and seems pathetic for most of the book. His father Elliot is probably the most interesting character of them all and somehow even likeable. He is depressed, has problems with his age, is married to a woman even if he is secretly gay and misses his younger years. He is the only character with a certain depth. Then there is Samir. He is the Renfield to Ramses’ Dracula.
Of course when talking about characters, I have to talk about Cleopatra. Now comes the part where another deep sigh follows. The might Egyptian Queen becomes a sex obsessed Zombie with more psychological issues than any of the Kardashian’s combined. Instead of playing her story as a deep tragedy, she is just crazy. That’s it. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
Romance. Remember when Twilight was published and a lot of people were accusing Stephanie Meyer of stealing from here and there and Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles were mentioned quite a few times? Yeah, I guess if she read one book by her, it was more likely this one.
Just think about it. Girl meets super hot, mysterious undead guy and falls in love at first sight. He loves her as well but fights his feelings for a while to protect her. Hormones rage. Undying eternal love after knowing each other basically for a few seconds. He struggles with the choice to make her immortal or not. Another powerful creature comes after them. She needs to be saved by him almost 24/7. He is her whole life, everything else doesn’t matter anymore. She is his whole life, everything else doesn’t matter anymore. One of them breaks up with the other, because it is for the best. Girl wants to kill herself rather than being without him, in the end everything turns out peachy.
You get what I mean, right? Take that and add a little bit more sex (because as well know in the World of most YA fiction sex is evil) and you have the perfect prototype for Edward and Bella.
The romance was terrible and the worst part of this book. Sadly, it was also the largest part.
Julie changed completely after meeting Ramses and became just all about him. And Ramses could barely make up his mind who he wanted to be with. Julie? Cleopatra? Well, he banged them both (funnily enough Julie never really said anything about that. Did she know? I can’t remember).
In the end Julie briefly breaks up with Ramses because she didn’t want to be immortal and realized their relationship wasn’t good for either of them and too much had happened. I was cheering, I wanted to applaud. It was great and unusual. Of course that single moment of awesomeness had to be destroyed in the next chapter. Julie realizes she can’t live without Ramses and wants to kill herself (which makes complete sense to everything she said before…) but Ramses of course saves her, gives her his magic potion of immortality and the live and screw each other forever and ever and ever.
How seriously f****d up is that?
Conclusion: I hope this is just the black sheep when it comes to Anne Rice’s works.
Recommendation: Not really, I mean it is worth a few good laughs.
Spoilers...duh
Right now, I’m letting out a loud groan. That is all I really can do thinking about this book. Well, I could give you a very impressive eye roll as well. Or I pull out some of my hair.
This was actually my first Anne Rice book ever. I always wanted to start with the Vampire Chronicles, because I really like the movie adaptation from Interview with the Vampire (it is one of the few movies I actually don’t mind Tom Cruise) and because a good friend of mine really enjoys the series. But blame it on the Book Gods up there or something, I started with this one…and it made me question if I actually wanna give her other books a go or not.
I got this one for free and even if the ending tricks you into believing it is actually part of a series, it is a standalone book and I actually believed it maybe would be better to start with something that is not part of a giant series. Sometimes my ideas are bad. Also, free books are bad as well (sometimes…).
Writing. It is not that I dislike the writing. It is more that sometimes I found it unintentionally funny. This book basically read like a bad, bad daily soap or at least how I would imagine a novelized version of a script from a bad, bad daily soap. Very short sentences that didn’t feel like they belong anywhere, jumps between action and different POV’s so clumsily done that you actually can only raise an eyebrow and dialogues so flat, cheesy and unrealistic that suddenly even the dialogues from The Spice Girls movie makes more sense.
I read somewhere that this was originally planned as a movie script, which probably would’ve made more sense. It would at least explain the weird “cuts” between scenes and parts of the dialogue. Also this book is divided into two parts and a lot of it felt just made up as the story goes along, anything but planned really. So, again if that was originally shorter, intended for the big screen and not as a 400 page novel, it would make more sense. Not that I believe it would have been a good movie, it would have been some B or make that C romantic horror trash, but probably more amusing. Still, I prefer watching the movie with Brendan Fraser and the always lovely Rachel Weisz.
Story. Like I said before, this book is divided into two parts and therefore mostly into two plots…and a lot of weird subplots.
It actually starts very interesting. Hobby archeologist finds tomb of Pharaoh Ramses the 2nd or Ramses the damned, gets murdered by his evil nephew who is after the family’s money, his daughter inherits everything, nephew wants to murder daughter as well, mummy comes to life and saves her. So far, so good. But what actually happens then is basically just summed up with “stuff happens”.
There are so many different plots in this book that I got kinda lost. Not because they are too complicated, but because most of them are either dragged out, rushed, not very exciting or seem just to exist to make the book longer. The pacing is way off and so is the sense making.
The funny thing to me is that if the second part never happened and the main plot lines were resolved in the first, making the book about 200 hundred pages shorter, it could’ve worked. It still wouldn’t have been a great piece of literature, but at least it would’ve been more than just a messy theme park ride.
Sometimes simplicity works much better than complicated (or wannabe complicated) long stories. Why not just focus the story on Ramses adapting to modern London, falling in love with Julie (previously mentioned daughter) and them dealing with Evil Cousin Henry? Why the trip to Egypt, Julie’s lovesick puppy wannabe fiancé, his depressed dad and most of all Zombie Cleopatra (yes, Zombie Cleopatra, I shit you not)? The book would’ve benefited from a tighter, more personal story.
Oh, before I forget, let’s talk Genre for a bit. I heard people telling me how wonderful Anne Rice is with writing horror and a living mummy should be the perfect opportunity for that, right? RIGHT? There was no horror in this book. Fine, okay I can live with that. A Mummy story also gives a great opportunity for an adventure. There is no real sense of adventure here. Again fine...how about just using the mysticism of Ancient Egypt? Well…there is some…but not much. This book focuses mostly on romance, which would be fine, if the romance were written well. It is not.
Characters. Oh boy, those were something else. Like the story, the characters started out pretty interesting but it went downhill the more I got into the book.
Our titular Mummy Ramses, or Mr. Ramsay, is a hunk, to make it short. Yes, the creepy old mummy turned out to be a hot guy, intelligent (I think), over the top romantic and with a libido that can compete with bunnies. Oh yeah and he is immortal. What could’ve been a tragic, mysterious, complex anti-hero in a more serious fish out of water story, turned into the romantic lead of some Ancient Egypt soap opera. He was interesting at first, but his behavior, his know it all attitude, the very schmaltzy dialogue and his constant crying over his tortured love life made him simply annoying. He wasn’t “please bury him alive again – annoying” but he didn’t make me want to root for him either.
Julie is the one that really frustrated me. She had so much potential and started out great. Described as being at her most beautiful when looking serious, an independent woman that wants to stay on her own two feet and not get married just because society tell her two – bravo! If only she could’ve stayed that way. As soon as she meets Ramses her character changes into a lovesick idiot, whom cannot walk from one room to another without getting help from her super hot man. She constantly needs saving, is needy beyond help, cries her way through the story and is utterly useless all the time. She started out as somewhat of the main character and turns into the nagging girlfriend that cannot live without Ramses anymore. And oh is she stupid. She barely has human reactions to anything. Like for example, she knows her cousin killed her father and does nothing about it. She doesn’t tell her uncle, she doesn’t call the police and she doesn’t let Ramses just kill him, nope she basically waits around for bad karma to get him or fate or whatever. Point is, she changes so drastically throughout the book that she seems like an entirely different character.
The other characters are mostly caricatures of people. Henry is evil, treats women badly, drinks, has a gambling problem and well, he is a murder. He is so bad, he makes Tom Buchanan look like sunshine. Then there is Alex, Julie’s sort of boyfriend who desperately wants to marry her. He is like a lost puppy and seems pathetic for most of the book. His father Elliot is probably the most interesting character of them all and somehow even likeable. He is depressed, has problems with his age, is married to a woman even if he is secretly gay and misses his younger years. He is the only character with a certain depth. Then there is Samir. He is the Renfield to Ramses’ Dracula.
Of course when talking about characters, I have to talk about Cleopatra. Now comes the part where another deep sigh follows. The might Egyptian Queen becomes a sex obsessed Zombie with more psychological issues than any of the Kardashian’s combined. Instead of playing her story as a deep tragedy, she is just crazy. That’s it. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
Romance. Remember when Twilight was published and a lot of people were accusing Stephanie Meyer of stealing from here and there and Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles were mentioned quite a few times? Yeah, I guess if she read one book by her, it was more likely this one.
Just think about it. Girl meets super hot, mysterious undead guy and falls in love at first sight. He loves her as well but fights his feelings for a while to protect her. Hormones rage. Undying eternal love after knowing each other basically for a few seconds. He struggles with the choice to make her immortal or not. Another powerful creature comes after them. She needs to be saved by him almost 24/7. He is her whole life, everything else doesn’t matter anymore. She is his whole life, everything else doesn’t matter anymore. One of them breaks up with the other, because it is for the best. Girl wants to kill herself rather than being without him, in the end everything turns out peachy.
You get what I mean, right? Take that and add a little bit more sex (because as well know in the World of most YA fiction sex is evil) and you have the perfect prototype for Edward and Bella.
The romance was terrible and the worst part of this book. Sadly, it was also the largest part.
Julie changed completely after meeting Ramses and became just all about him. And Ramses could barely make up his mind who he wanted to be with. Julie? Cleopatra? Well, he banged them both (funnily enough Julie never really said anything about that. Did she know? I can’t remember).
In the end Julie briefly breaks up with Ramses because she didn’t want to be immortal and realized their relationship wasn’t good for either of them and too much had happened. I was cheering, I wanted to applaud. It was great and unusual. Of course that single moment of awesomeness had to be destroyed in the next chapter. Julie realizes she can’t live without Ramses and wants to kill herself (which makes complete sense to everything she said before…) but Ramses of course saves her, gives her his magic potion of immortality and the live and screw each other forever and ever and ever.
How seriously f****d up is that?
Conclusion: I hope this is just the black sheep when it comes to Anne Rice’s works.
Recommendation: Not really, I mean it is worth a few good laughs.
November 15, 2010
OK, I'm giving it one star but I did read it all the way through.
I thought this headed towards pulp, not up to the quality of her other books (and a bit more towards porn-lit).
Also, I guess I can be nit picky, but Ramses claims that his cells can't die. He gives an example of using the elixir on plants hoping that his subjects will be able to eat forever, but the awful thing is that the plants regrow in people's stomachs. Awful picture, but I state it just to point out that she's trying to make a point.
It seems to me, however, that Anne misses this point when Ramses and the female lead have sex. I kept waiting for he woman to get pregnant. I mean, his sperm would never die right, so there'd be a billion of them waiting in those fallopian tubes for the next egg to come by. I pictured her getting pregnant with his children for the rest of her child bearing years.
OK, I guess I took it too literally. My bad.
I thought this headed towards pulp, not up to the quality of her other books (and a bit more towards porn-lit).
Also, I guess I can be nit picky, but Ramses claims that his cells can't die. He gives an example of using the elixir on plants hoping that his subjects will be able to eat forever, but the awful thing is that the plants regrow in people's stomachs. Awful picture, but I state it just to point out that she's trying to make a point.
It seems to me, however, that Anne misses this point when Ramses and the female lead have sex. I kept waiting for he woman to get pregnant. I mean, his sperm would never die right, so there'd be a billion of them waiting in those fallopian tubes for the next egg to come by. I pictured her getting pregnant with his children for the rest of her child bearing years.
OK, I guess I took it too literally. My bad.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 8, 2022
Segunda vez que leo este libro, y me sigue gustando tal como cuando lo leí por primera vez, y más aún sabiendo que hay una segunda parte!
October 29, 2017
Before I rant, a little background: I’ve always enjoyed horror stories, in particular, vampire and mummy stories. As a young teen my favorite author was H.P. Lovecraft, and one of my most favorite horror stories was The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker which is a “mummy” story. Starting in 1984 I began reading what came to be known as “The Vampire Chronicles” by Anne Rice. The first book, Interview With the Vampire, was sensuous and atmospheric and rewrote traditional vampire mythology. Intrigued, I immediately moved to the second book, The Vampire Lestat, which was a natural continuation of the mythology, and then snapped up the third book, Queen of the Damned, as soon as it hit bookstore shelves in 1988. And that brings us to my thoughts about The Mummy. I read The Mummy while waiting for the next installment of the vampire books hoping to find Rice giving mummies the same unique treatment that she’d given to vampires. Nope. The Mummy read more like an outline of a book -- something she probably pitched to her editor and had published quickly to capitalize on the popularity of the vampire books. The premise was compelling but the writing is purely awful. Sentence fragments and other bad grammar, cheesy melodramatic scenes, trite dialog, and a tendency to slip into the style of cheap pornography insulted not only my intelligence but my sensibilities throughout. Yeah, I read the whole thing hoping it would get better as the story unfolded. It didn’t.
December 27, 2020
Casi me da algo al final xd no tenia idea que iba a hacer Elliot
Por lo demás me gustó bastante el libro, tuve algunos altibajos en cierta partes pero en general estuvo bastante bien.
La historia se dividía en dos partes. La primera es cuando Lawrence, padre de Julie, encuentra a la momia de Ramses en Egipto por circunstancias que detalla el libro muere y Julie recibe y hace una especie de conmemoración a su padre exhibiendo a la momia y otros objetos en la casa donde pasaran muchas cosas jeje. La segunda parte empieza cuando vuelven a Egipto. Por lo demás estaba escrita desde los puntos de vista de todos los personajes cosa que me encanta jajaj
Los personajes, en general me gustaron, salvo por algunas excepciones. Al principio tuve un flechazo con Ramses jajaj pero con acciones en el trascurso de la historia fue un necio total. Elliot me gustó mucho igual y
Por lo demás me gustó bastante el libro, tuve algunos altibajos en cierta partes pero en general estuvo bastante bien.
La historia se dividía en dos partes. La primera es cuando Lawrence, padre de Julie, encuentra a la momia de Ramses en Egipto por circunstancias que detalla el libro muere y Julie recibe y hace una especie de conmemoración a su padre exhibiendo a la momia y otros objetos en la casa donde pasaran muchas cosas jeje. La segunda parte empieza cuando vuelven a Egipto. Por lo demás estaba escrita desde los puntos de vista de todos los personajes cosa que me encanta jajaj
Los personajes, en general me gustaron, salvo por algunas excepciones. Al principio tuve un flechazo con Ramses jajaj pero con acciones en el trascurso de la historia fue un necio total. Elliot me gustó mucho igual y
June 14, 2012
First, I'm a middle-aged guy who does not read bodice-rippers as a rule. Perhaps "ever" is a better word. But I happen to love mummy fiction, be it in the form of a movie or a book. That was what prompted me to dive into Anne Rice's "The Mummy," which, prior to "The Da Vinci Code," was the worst book I could not put down. Perhaps anticipating the Brendan Fraser Mummy movies that came along several years later, this Mummy is not a shriveled, bandaged, mute zombie hit man, stumping around and strangling anyone that has p.o.'d some guy in a Fez; he's a reconstituted, perfectly modern-looking, very verbose heartthrob who happens to be secretly a few thousand years old. And therein lies the rub, at least for me: what follows is a post-Edwardian romance novel with some of the most excruciating dialogue on record; Leslie Nielsen should have done the audio book. And yet, I kept turning the pages, in spite of myself. So if you, like me, prefer the likes of a prunefaced beswathed nightmare, dragging his foot behind him as he shambles his way to his next victim, then you may be disappointed in this reincarnation, even though the adventure aspect of the story holds interest. If, however, you're sick of dashing Byronic vampires and want to try a dashing Byronic mummy, who melts the heart of a panting, virginal heroine with a penchant for spouting lines that even Judi Dench couldn't sell, then this is the book for you. "Reader, I buried him!"
January 5, 2019
Alors, j'ai beaucoup aimé ce livre et particulièrement la fin je dois avouer. J'ai eu peur d'avoir à faire à une histoire de terreur et pas du tout au contraire, c'est une belle histoire d'amour mais je dois avouer que le personnage qui m'a le plus touchée est sans aucun doute Cléopâtre. Pourquoi ce personnage? Tout simplement parce que c'est une femme amoureuse et qu'elle ne peut pas admettre la décision de Ramsés de ne pas donner son élixir à Marc Antoine. J'aimerais bien savoir s'il existe une suite en tout cas j'ai passé un agréable bon moment.
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September 11, 2017sorry couldn't do it couldn't stick with this one. Rice has written some books i love but this wasn't one of them so im letting it go back to library tomorrow unfinished
December 18, 2020
Después de esta relectura debo decir que tengo sentimientos encontrados, pues idealicé la historia en su día y hoy me he encontrado con algunas piezas de puzzle que no me encajan.
A pesar de ello, sigue siendo una novela deliciosa al más puro estilo de aventuras a principios de siglo XX, con Ramsés como un ser inmortal que revive para descubrir que han pasado dos mil años, junto a una serie de personajes que lo acompañarán en un viaje desde Inglaterra a Egipto, en el que intentará congraciarse con su pasado, para poder mirar al futuro.
Como siempre, una exquisitez en la recreación de la ambientación por parte de Anne Rice.
A pesar de ello, sigue siendo una novela deliciosa al más puro estilo de aventuras a principios de siglo XX, con Ramsés como un ser inmortal que revive para descubrir que han pasado dos mil años, junto a una serie de personajes que lo acompañarán en un viaje desde Inglaterra a Egipto, en el que intentará congraciarse con su pasado, para poder mirar al futuro.
Como siempre, una exquisitez en la recreación de la ambientación por parte de Anne Rice.
December 5, 2020
La novela comienza con una excavación arqueológica en Egipto, Lawrence Stratford y Samir descubren una momia que podría ser la de Ramsés II El Grande, entre los manuscritos que traducen encuentran uno que dice que fué amante de Cleopatra....pero eso es imposible, ya que les separan siglos de diferencia, pero entonces Lawrence Stratford muere en extrañas circunstancias delante de su sobrino Henry...
Más tarde, todo lo encontrado en la excavación es expuesto en la casa de Stratford en Londres por su hija, Julie....y entonces algo insólito ocurre.
Me ha encantado esta novela mezcla de novela histórica aunque sin ser estrictamente veraz, fantasía, aventuras y cierta dosis de intrigas.
Los personajes van desde los odiosos a los que te cautivan desde que aparecen, esto último me ha pasado con Ramsés me encanta el personaje.
Continuaré con el siguiente libro de la serie, porque al final se vislumbra que no han terminado las aventuras de Ramsés y sus amigos.
Más tarde, todo lo encontrado en la excavación es expuesto en la casa de Stratford en Londres por su hija, Julie....y entonces algo insólito ocurre.
Me ha encantado esta novela mezcla de novela histórica aunque sin ser estrictamente veraz, fantasía, aventuras y cierta dosis de intrigas.
Los personajes van desde los odiosos a los que te cautivan desde que aparecen, esto último me ha pasado con Ramsés me encanta el personaje.
Continuaré con el siguiente libro de la serie, porque al final se vislumbra que no han terminado las aventuras de Ramsés y sus amigos.
December 20, 2017
I'll keep this brief because this is older and it's a re-read. In a world where Vampires and Faerie's rule the realm of modern paranormal/urban fantasy The Mummy is nice change of pace. Rice writes the setting very well. From a hustling and bustling industrial London to the deserts, pyramids, and shady market corners of Cairo, she whisks you away to with wonderfully detailed imagery.
I'm not sure how well Julie holds up as a heroine 20 years later. She's fitting for the time period I think, but compared to the heroines I read now, she fell a little flat (there was a lot more crying involved then I remember).
Cleopatra was fantastic. I'm not sure if Rice invented the common horror flick cliche of the mummy/zombie/apparition/whatever dragging their legs and clawing their way to you but the scene evokes a very strong sense of classic creepy. Paired with her sociopathic tendency to snap necks just to watch the life drain from her victim's eyes, this book was filled with all kinds of horror nostalgia for me.
The book was nearly 400 pages long but they were pages that zipped right by. It was a fun trip down memory lane and I'm excited to jump into The Passion of Cleopatra and see where it goes next.
I'm not sure how well Julie holds up as a heroine 20 years later. She's fitting for the time period I think, but compared to the heroines I read now, she fell a little flat (there was a lot more crying involved then I remember).
Cleopatra was fantastic. I'm not sure if Rice invented the common horror flick cliche of the mummy/zombie/apparition/whatever dragging their legs and clawing their way to you but the scene evokes a very strong sense of classic creepy. Paired with her sociopathic tendency to snap necks just to watch the life drain from her victim's eyes, this book was filled with all kinds of horror nostalgia for me.
The book was nearly 400 pages long but they were pages that zipped right by. It was a fun trip down memory lane and I'm excited to jump into The Passion of Cleopatra and see where it goes next.
February 5, 2014
4.5 stars!
I need to re-read this one, but it was definitely a fascinating take!
I need to re-read this one, but it was definitely a fascinating take!
September 30, 2019
Ramses awakens in 1914 in London, years after his previous awakening. When he reigned over Egypt, he had learned the formula to make an elixir that made him not only immortal, but superhuman as well. He apparently is highly intelligent, as reflected by his ability to learn English in record time. I personally wonder how intelligent he is, because some of the decisions he makes in the story aren't the brightest. However, his poor decision making is what drives the plot.
Anne Rice loves her immortals. I think perhaps Ramses is my favorite type of immortal featured in her books. Unlike her vampires, Ramses doesn't seem to have any flaws (other than thinking with his little head more than his big one), but seems to enjoy all the benefits of Rice's older vampires. Although I personally would prefer Ramses' immortality, it doesn't really do the book any favors. A good protagonist needs flaws, and poor decision making doesn't really do it for me.
All in all, I've always enjoyed Anne Rice, and I think this is a fine read, just not as good as some of her others.
Anne Rice loves her immortals. I think perhaps Ramses is my favorite type of immortal featured in her books. Unlike her vampires, Ramses doesn't seem to have any flaws (other than thinking with his little head more than his big one), but seems to enjoy all the benefits of Rice's older vampires. Although I personally would prefer Ramses' immortality, it doesn't really do the book any favors. A good protagonist needs flaws, and poor decision making doesn't really do it for me.
All in all, I've always enjoyed Anne Rice, and I think this is a fine read, just not as good as some of her others.
January 9, 2010
I really like how "The Mummy" started out, and I had high hopes for it. Anne Rice is so good with suspense. The characters seemed full and precise, and I thought the plot was intriguing. However, as soon as the characters disembarked (and you'll know what I'm talking about if you read the book), the story falls on its face. The characters don't follow their established personalities, and the story turns into a circus on a merry-go-round. I've read worse, but I really expected better of this book.
July 14, 2017
436 pages of absolute rubbish. I wouldn't recommend this book to my worst enemy. Positively atrocious; avoid at all cost.
February 21, 2009
Can't believe it took me so long to read this one. There are only one or two of Rice's books that I haven't liked, but this one was classic Rice. She captures the historical mood perfectly, the grandeur and romance and mystery, the eroticism that is somehow woven into every scene, without being trite or distracting. Just when I think I know how she's going to resolve things, she goes in a completely different -- yet perfectly fitting and satisfying -- direction. There are a lot of themes in this one that echo the vampires, which was neat to see. I'm not sure which came first, though I suspect vampires were her first love.
This novel is the story of Ramses, an immortal mummy who is brought back to life unknowingly by the archeologist who discovers his tomb. It then follows him and the humans who know his secret from England to Egypt, and ponders what will become of the remaining immortality elixir. I recommend this one to anyone who loves Rice, or historical fantasy that isn't too "fantasy".
This novel is the story of Ramses, an immortal mummy who is brought back to life unknowingly by the archeologist who discovers his tomb. It then follows him and the humans who know his secret from England to Egypt, and ponders what will become of the remaining immortality elixir. I recommend this one to anyone who loves Rice, or historical fantasy that isn't too "fantasy".
March 4, 2010
I'd found Servant of the Bones in my university library and had enjoyed it greatly, so I thought I'd let Anne Rice entertain me again with a book about one of my greatest interests, Egypt. She didn't.
Because of the settings and locations--early 1900s London and Egypt--and the characters--a murdered British archeologist and the main character, his Edwardian daughter--I kept thinking (or hoping) I was reading an Elizabeth Peters novel. But I every time I thought it, I was reminded that it sadly wasn't by the utter badness that was everywhere in this book. There was the badness of the writing, the characterization, the story, and probably other things that I can't even remember anymore. It was basically a romance novel.
Because of the settings and locations--early 1900s London and Egypt--and the characters--a murdered British archeologist and the main character, his Edwardian daughter--I kept thinking (or hoping) I was reading an Elizabeth Peters novel. But I every time I thought it, I was reminded that it sadly wasn't by the utter badness that was everywhere in this book. There was the badness of the writing, the characterization, the story, and probably other things that I can't even remember anymore. It was basically a romance novel.
January 16, 2018
Wow Wow WOW. Me encantó, es algo que Anne no había hecho en mucho tiempo.
Soy muy fan de sus Crónicas Vampíricas (de los primeros libros, cabe aclarar), y no sé porqué no había animado a leer este libro, y esque es tan completo, maravilloso y esta muy fundamentado, ya que logra encontrar el equilibrio entre los hechos reales y la historia que nos presenta.
Se que hay una segunda parte que escribio hace poco con su hijo, pero no creo leerla, no creo que es necesaria una segunda parte, el libro es perfecto así, por lo que para mi es un libro autoconclusivo, y ya está.
Recomendadísimo.
Soy muy fan de sus Crónicas Vampíricas (de los primeros libros, cabe aclarar), y no sé porqué no había animado a leer este libro, y esque es tan completo, maravilloso y esta muy fundamentado, ya que logra encontrar el equilibrio entre los hechos reales y la historia que nos presenta.
Se que hay una segunda parte que escribio hace poco con su hijo, pero no creo leerla, no creo que es necesaria una segunda parte, el libro es perfecto así, por lo que para mi es un libro autoconclusivo, y ya está.
Recomendadísimo.
October 9, 2021
Me ha recordado las películas de terror y aventuras de los años 50.
La mezcla de la momia ,Ramsés II y Cleopatra es muy original .
Ha habido momentos que me ha mantenido enganchada , pero otros momentos en que se ha hecho muy lenta la lectura .He tenido altibajos.
En cuanto a los personajes , Julie ha parecido un personaje muy fuerte e interesante ,pero luego ha perdido fuerza.
En general me ha gustado pero en algunas partes un poco flojo .
A ver qué tal la segunda parte .
La mezcla de la momia ,Ramsés II y Cleopatra es muy original .
Ha habido momentos que me ha mantenido enganchada , pero otros momentos en que se ha hecho muy lenta la lectura .He tenido altibajos.
En cuanto a los personajes , Julie ha parecido un personaje muy fuerte e interesante ,pero luego ha perdido fuerza.
En general me ha gustado pero en algunas partes un poco flojo .
A ver qué tal la segunda parte .
December 28, 2017
I read this about 20 years ago, when I was still a big Anne Rice fan. I liked it a lot.
Recently I was approved for the Netgalley ARC of the sequel. Not re-reading this one here at the moment, as I don't have it anymore. Let's see if I still like Anne Rice 20 years later and if I do, I might come back to Ramses for a re-read.
Recently I was approved for the Netgalley ARC of the sequel. Not re-reading this one here at the moment, as I don't have it anymore. Let's see if I still like Anne Rice 20 years later and if I do, I might come back to Ramses for a re-read.
September 19, 2018
Did not finish in the end, and I skimmed most of the pages I managed.
I know it is a dated work, but there has always been a timeless classic feel to other Anne Rice books. This is just too corny and bland. More like an early Hammer horror, only with less plot.
Not for me.
I know it is a dated work, but there has always been a timeless classic feel to other Anne Rice books. This is just too corny and bland. More like an early Hammer horror, only with less plot.
Not for me.
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