I’ve been shocked to see that every bookstore with the exception of used outlets, do not carry any past Anne Rice works. I know that she made the jump back to Catholicism back in early 2005 denouncing the “Vampire Chronicles” and witch stories as writings against God.
From the moment she was accepted back into Catholicism, she would only write for the Lord. She will now follow the life of Jesus in a trilogy of books.
*sighs*
While I applaud her as she finds her faith, I fear for people who lose part of themselves in religion. I understand that embracing the light can be a great comfort, but why must you give up who you’ve been in order to be who you are.
Anne was not an evil woman. She was no prostitute, murderer, or convict. She was not a lowlife of society that would need to be cleaned to be converted. She did nothing wrong by supplying readers with entertaining stories. I guess if she feels the story of Jesus is worth the re-telling, I can’t fault her. I just wish she wouldn’t have discarded some of her most brilliant work as evil trash.
I do miss the cheeky and sensual woman who gave me means of escape, but I can not fault her for her choices.
I just miss her.
