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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
dark
tense
slow-paced
Most of rating comes from just how good the Daniel and Armand part was, otherwise this was a very slow read.
Audiobook: Serviceable
Audiobook: Serviceable
An excellent conclusion to the narrative. The final few chapters did not quite reach the standard I gave to Anne Rice's enticing writing, but I couldn't put the novel down.
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
For whatever it's worth, this is one of the only books I've ever read completely that I really thought was boring, annoying and pointless. I kept wanting it to get better.
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
...sorry I think I briefly blacked out thinking about what Rolin Jones and the AMC Interview with the Vampire writers will do with this story and Akasha as a character. It's gonna be magnificent...AMC don't ruin this for us.
But this review is supposed to be about the book, so lets ignore my much too high expectations for season 4 or 5 or whatever it will be and return to the written word. I loved it! I thoroughly enjoyed all of it and I'm still very much enamored with this series and it's characters. It was fun to get to see into other heads and see what Lestat missed because he was too self-absorbed. The Devil's Minion chapter was pure perfection, for one, but I also very easily fell in love with Khayman and Jesse and Maharet. The new coven is so fun and I can't wait to see what Lestat gets up to next, dragging poor Louis with him kicking and screaming.
Akasha, though...what an antagonist. Out of all the characters given voices here she was the most fascinating, and this whole story and her politics are just *chef's kiss*. She's in such an interesting conversation with the feminism of time that also feels insanely relevant again (or still) 40 years later as bio essentialism and ideologies of the purity and divinity of the feminine are on the rise. At the same time there is also a discussion on authoritarianism, idealism, what makes us human and as always in TVC the despair of chaos and nihilism. She's such a complex and rich character and was so much fun to read about! I will miss her even as I'm glad the evil has been vanquished.
But this review is supposed to be about the book, so lets ignore my much too high expectations for season 4 or 5 or whatever it will be and return to the written word. I loved it! I thoroughly enjoyed all of it and I'm still very much enamored with this series and it's characters. It was fun to get to see into other heads and see what Lestat missed because he was too self-absorbed. The Devil's Minion chapter was pure perfection, for one, but I also very easily fell in love with Khayman and Jesse and Maharet. The new coven is so fun and I can't wait to see what Lestat gets up to next, dragging poor Louis with him kicking and screaming.
Akasha, though...what an antagonist. Out of all the characters given voices here she was the most fascinating, and this whole story and her politics are just *chef's kiss*. She's in such an interesting conversation with the feminism of time that also feels insanely relevant again (or still) 40 years later as bio essentialism and ideologies of the purity and divinity of the feminine are on the rise. At the same time there is also a discussion on authoritarianism, idealism, what makes us human and as always in TVC the despair of chaos and nihilism. She's such a complex and rich character and was so much fun to read about! I will miss her even as I'm glad the evil has been vanquished.
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Some parts gripped me more than others - I was locked in in the beginning, but it really slowed down for me after Lestat leaves with Akasha . I couldn't stand Akasha's reductive logic - I understand that the whole point is that she's wrong and single-minded, but between her monologues and Lestat's whining about how he doesn't agree but is just sooo in love.... I almost pulled a muscle in my corneas with how much I rolled my eyes at this book. Those chapters were such a slog for me. Oh, and don't even get me started on the Orientalism, white supremacy, and second-wave feminism. Beyond cringe! A product of its time, I suppose - and its white, heterosexual, Christian creator, of course.
That being said, I did really like the changes in POV - it kept things fresh in a series that has, until now, been a lot of monologuing. Not that there weren't an obscene amount of monologues in this one, but that's just Anne Rice for you. At least the different perspectives kept things fresh.
Will I continue to read the series after how much this one vexed me, just for the homoerotic vampires? Probably, yes.
That being said, I did really like the changes in POV - it kept things fresh in a series that has, until now, been a lot of monologuing. Not that there weren't an obscene amount of monologues in this one, but that's just Anne Rice for you. At least the different perspectives kept things fresh.
Will I continue to read the series after how much this one vexed me, just for the homoerotic vampires? Probably, yes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Cannibalism
Moderate: Genocide, Rape
Minor: Slavery