Well that's hilarious. We learn absolutely nothing new in this 700+ pages books. It's Marius' life with his perspective, aka 80% of it was already told in Lestat the Vampire, Queen of the Dammed and Armand the Vampire. I get why people that read it we're pissed! Having read these mentioned book about 10 years ago it was a great refresh for me. I liked returning to this world and remembering its events.

Now, how to describe it other then saying this : it is an Anne Rice book, which means, it's totally overdramatic and flowery. I love it.