Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Interview with the vampire by Anne Rice

82 reviews

wrensandroses's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

sally___'s review against another edition

2.25

reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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There was a strange feeling of dissonance to the book and to the writing style. The narrator would say that he felt one way and then do something that didn’t reflect that feeling at all. It made the emotions and the actions both feel pointless, because the plot was driven by characters and yet the plot still felt as if it was happening to the characters. I got very tired of the story by part 3.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder

penguuu's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 43%

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Way too long, way too slow, none of the characters are likeable, I couldn't do it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

Just, bad.

seanml's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Interview With the Vampire was not what I expected. For whatever reason I thought it's be suave and golden, when really it was cold and sorrowful. I found the middle very much dragged for me, even up until the final 40 pages. A relationship between the protagonist and their closest friend is a strange one and I know it's supposed to be, but it toes a strange line. Don't get me wrong - Anne Rice can write some incredibly poetic lines. Every once in a while I caught glimpses of the heart of the matter and Rice's ruminations on eternity and love, but they were seen through the haze of conversations that circled around and lengthy traveling. 7/10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Gore

citrusandwords's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Classism

jessthanthree's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

chris_reads's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Violence

nigrumcattus's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery

Minor: Incest, Pedophilia, Colonisation

emmathebookworm's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

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I have no idea how to describe the things this book made me feel, but let’s just say I needed a moment when I finished it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

slimepuppy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Louis was a poor meow meow before the term was ever invented and I think that's beautiful.

I don't know how Anne Rice made such a pathetic, wet noodle of  man deliver some of theee most floor shaterring observations ever known to man, but she fucking did it!!! Every time Louis starts to talk about evil I sit my ass down and listen to him.

But also Louis is so so lame. The first man to ever be baby trapped by another man, and he just keeps failing upwards. C'mon Louis! Eat some people! Fuck the blonde bitch! Adopt some more demonic children! I'm sure it'll all work out in the end.

This book is a beautiful classic and everyone who's a fan of horror should read it because Louis' capture (and the entire Paris arc) in the end gave me anxiety. Also Anne Rice's vampires are super cool and evil when they aren't crying about how catholic they are. Were.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Colonisation