I think I'm going to give up on Anne Rice. Telling the story in first person shouldn't be an excuse for writing at a sixth grade level. While the idea of the "devil" telling his story is interesting, and Rice's interpretation of a number of religious beliefs is amusing, the book doesn't hold together. To tell the truth, I haven't really enjoyed any of Anne's books since The Vampire Lestat . She has wonderful ideas, but the endings of her recent books are extremely disappoining. Tale of the Body Thief is an exception to the bad ending rule, but the writing simply doesn't hold up to the level established in Interview with the Vampire . Perhaps Louis just writes better than Lestat?