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      And then she went and retconed it in Prince Lestat. Memnoch apparently wasn’t the devil, just a particularly potent spirit.

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          I think a lot of it comes down to Anne’s personal struggles with religion being reflected in her works. She seemed to have an on-again-off-again relationship with The Church (she was Catholic while involved with a church) and Big G himself. The question of the existence of the divine was a major theme throughout that series.

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            That would explain why I was such a fan of those books in middle school. (Grew up very, very Catholic.) I haven’t reread them since so I’m willing to take your word on it.