The Mummy or Ramses the Damned by Anne Rice

Honestly when I saw the title, The Mummy, I was secretly hoping for a Brendan Fraser character. Sadly, it was not to be. Ramses The Damned should have stayed the title as the plot was more about him. Ramses is brought to England after having been discovered in Egypt. The archaeologist who found him, however, was murdered and Ramses rises with the sunlight to prevent the same happening to the archaeologist's daughter. Ramses and the daughter fall in love and decide to make a trip to Egypt so Ramses can say good-bye to his past. Except its more painful than Ramses can bear and he soon finds himself resurrecting his old lover.

I have no idea who was supposed to be the antagonist and who was the protagonist. Ramses started off as a good man, protecting Julie and getting vengeance for her father. However, his character proceeded down a very weird path. He couldn't seem to ignore Cleopatra (which I found odd if he cared for Julie). So he brought her back which then set her off. Why do these characters wake up and start killing others? I can understand an accident especially if they don't know their own strength. But to continue killing everyone. The action made the immortals more vampire than immortalized human.

I can see why people don't like Anne Rice's writing . She does take a long time to come to the point of any descriptions, however I think that just provides more vividness to her scenes and characters. The random asides (thoughts) of the characters just makes them more real to me. I must have a million and one random thoughts a day so why shouldn't a fictional character?

Overall I have to rate this 3 out of 5 stars. I don't think it is a book that I will want to repeat but I have it just in case. I also feel I should end with this one desire. Will someone please please PLEASE write an immortal story where the immortal acts like a grownup and not a teenage drama queen, or a deranged psycho, or even a slight madman?! Many of these stories have these characters as thousands of years old and I have a 9 year old nephew who acts more mature than them.