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Violin can only be described as a self-confessional novel. Anne Rice and her heroine, Triana have much in common. Not only are their names similar, but the events in their lives are essentially the same. So Rice has written her autobiography, using her talent for tragic, sensual spirit figures, tortured by their state of existence, in telling the story of Triana and the death and loss that has accompanied her life. Stefan, the ghost violinist from 19th-century Vienna, is her fantasy figure, she portrays him not unlike Louis or Lestat in her Vampire Chronicles, essentially he is nothing new for Rice fans, just another one of the suffering phantoms. Despite the feeling that the story presented here has already been told many times before in all her other books, Rice still manages to revel in the dark sensuality of suffering, producing poetic images which draw the reader into her world. However, the self-indulgent tone cannot be avoided, which spoils what could have been an otherwise engaging fantasy tale. (Kirkus UK)
