Title: Not original, not well-executed, not worth reading
Product review: Anne Rice was clearly bursting with pride at her novel and radical novels set forth in "Memnoch the Devil," so much so that she never really bothered to put much of a plot in. When you've got the devil as a nice guy telling the true story of the Fall and Lestat meeting Jesus, why would anyone need more?And, judging by the reviews here, I guess the Anne Rice True Believers don't. But for those of us who don't find the core concepts of "Memnoch the Devil" all that radical -- lord knows that they've shown up enough in genre fiction, television, movies and comics for the novelty to wear off -- tend to find "Memnoch the Devil" so thin, it's transparent.Even the gawd awful "Taltos" didn't wean me off Anne Rice, but "Memnoch the Devil" finally did. I winnowed down my collection of her books to the really good ones and "Memnoch" didn't merit a moment's thought.Borrow this from the library if you feel you absolutely must read it.
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