I have found that not all squalls to books are as equally great as the first. In the case of Anne Rice's book, Vittorio this holds true. When I first read the book Pandora, I was astounded at how much I enjoyed reading it, but Vittorio was not the same. It was dull from the very beginning, and it was hard for me to make myself read it. I feel that if it were not for this assignment, I would have dropped it with in the first two chapters. I began to think that it would soon pick up once I made it to about the middle, but I was wrong. Vittorio was also written as a journal/ story of his life, but to me his life was not interesting at all.
             Vittorio was born in the town of Florence, Italy. His mother died after she had his younger sister, and his father was never around. He grew up only knowing his older brother, younger sister, and their caretaker. They were very rich and for those riches, his family was killed. A vampire named Ursula killed his family, while he was away, and made off with most of the family's riches. But when she returned for the rest, Vittorio had came home and found his family died. She came to him pretending she was a friend of his fathers, and he was clueless of what she was, and what she had done. This was one of the only parts of the story that I enjoyed reading. She was mysterious, and seemed to be able to keep Vittorio under some kind of spell. I found the death of his family disturbing, but she was able to keep it a secrete from him for so long. But he was very upset when he found out.
             Ursula returned many times to find a way to steel the remaining riches, but did not want to kill Vittorio because she liked him. Vittorio soon over heard her talking to her accomplice, and confronted her about it. She ran off, and was not seen of two years, but when she returned, she went to see Vittorio. She begged him for forgiveness, but he would not. So for fear of losing him forever, she ...