Heroes that fail: Miriam Blaylock

Jan 16, 2010 15:24

Sorry this is late.

Heroes that fail:

Miriam Blaylock.

Miriam is from The Hunger, The Last Vampire and Lilth's Dream by Whitley Streiber.



Miriam failed because she is cold, cruel, and completely unrelatable. She's a vampire that hasn't quite perfected making other vampires so after a few centuries her fledglings start to deteriorate and age rapidy. They also start to feel an intense and maddening hunger because the blood they drink can no longer satisfy them. Instead of mercifully destroying these frail, starving husks she locks them away in caskets she stores in an attic because she 'loves them too much' to let them die.

In the Hunger even while John Blaylock, her last lover, is still alive, she's already seeking a replacement for him. She's a completely unsympathetic b--ch. And the majority of The Hunger's sequel is just her having sex... a lot!

I've read reviews that say Miriam is just like Anne Rice's Lestat. I know Lestat. You, Madam, are NO Lestat!

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