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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
no matter how bad of a day you’re having, lestat de lioncourt is having a worse one
I was more than a little hesitant to try to read this book. I had attempted to do so probably over a decade ago and it just bored me to death. I lost interest and I didn't pick it up again. This time, I found myself sort of losing interest toward middle and end of the book.
One of the things that annoyed me the most, no it was not her verbose descriptions, it was actualyl the redundancy of phrases and paragraphs about a page apart. as I mentioned when I was reading this, it bothered me to the point of where i had to go back and make sure I wasn't reading the same pages over again. I wasn't. This became an annoyance and had happened at least five times, mostly throughout the story telling bit.
Why did I bother to read it? Well, I had actually really liked the book about Lestat, and the Interview with a Vampire wasn't so bad either. Found them rather interesting, but this time around, i wasn't as pleased. Yes, I acknowledge that the background story was interesting and I liked the cannibalism parts. They were quite interesting and I'm not sure if that information is true about how things used to be eating the dead vs. mummification, but it was a mostly believable conflict.
Anyway, I don't know if I will be reading more of her work. I had liked previous books, but this one was more of a trial to get through. It wasn't a difficult read or anything, I just had to dedicate more effort than usual to finish. I didn't feel compelled to finish because I wanted to know what happened, I wanted to finish to get it over with.
I probably wouldn't recommend this book to anyone.
One of the things that annoyed me the most, no it was not her verbose descriptions, it was actualyl the redundancy of phrases and paragraphs about a page apart. as I mentioned when I was reading this, it bothered me to the point of where i had to go back and make sure I wasn't reading the same pages over again. I wasn't. This became an annoyance and had happened at least five times, mostly throughout the story telling bit.
Why did I bother to read it? Well, I had actually really liked the book about Lestat, and the Interview with a Vampire wasn't so bad either. Found them rather interesting, but this time around, i wasn't as pleased. Yes, I acknowledge that the background story was interesting and I liked the cannibalism parts. They were quite interesting and I'm not sure if that information is true about how things used to be eating the dead vs. mummification, but it was a mostly believable conflict.
Anyway, I don't know if I will be reading more of her work. I had liked previous books, but this one was more of a trial to get through. It wasn't a difficult read or anything, I just had to dedicate more effort than usual to finish. I didn't feel compelled to finish because I wanted to know what happened, I wanted to finish to get it over with.
I probably wouldn't recommend this book to anyone.
I had a whole, analytical review written out for this, but I lost it because I had to restart my computer for updates. :(
Maybe next time I read this, I'll do a full analysis again, but for now, an overview: this book is much gorier than the other two, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but should be noted for people who dislike gore in their horror; this book has some pretty blatant issues with racism as the only two people clearly stated to be characters of color are Enkil and Akasha, who are the villains; while I suspect Rice was trying to go for a Tolkien-esque ending where you find out what happens to everyone after the main conflict, since Lestat was the one narrating it just felt really long and drawn out and boring.
Maybe next time I read this, I'll do a full analysis again, but for now, an overview: this book is much gorier than the other two, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but should be noted for people who dislike gore in their horror; this book has some pretty blatant issues with racism as the only two people clearly stated to be characters of color are Enkil and Akasha, who are the villains; while I suspect Rice was trying to go for a Tolkien-esque ending where you find out what happens to everyone after the main conflict, since Lestat was the one narrating it just felt really long and drawn out and boring.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Everyone I talk to hates this book but I think it’s my favorite in the series!
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
If you love Anne Rice, you’ll read this book and love it. Very philosophical at times, to the point where you want them all to stop talking and just get on with it. But at times, it’s the best book in the series.