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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Finding this hard to rate cus if I could delete one scene the one where Lestat rapes the waitress this could be my favorite in the chronicles so far. Huge fan of how stupid Lestat is in this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Vomit, Stalking
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pandemic/Epidemic
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
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
adventurous
reflective
tense
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
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
Years ago, I read the first 3 books in the VC series and a couple others (out of order) since then and decided to go back and catch up on this series. I also picked this up for the 2020 PopSugar category of 'a book published in the 20th century' (1991).
I waffled the whole time I read this because I always liked Lestat, but in this one I HATED him! He's an immortal petulant child. He does what he wants, takes what he wants, when he wants, doesn't care what anyone else wants and damn the consequences. Basically he's the vampire version on Donald Trump!
I could see what was going to happen between him & the body thief from miles away and when it happened, Lestat was surprised (I wasn't). He sought out advice from David & Louis, did exactly what they told him not to do and then he has the audacity to be surprised and angry that Louis won't help him.
I felt like I had to slog through all kinds of useless minutia to get through the story and about half-way through I would just skim the first sentence or so of each paragraph then skip to the next one. Somehow, I didn't seem to lose anything in the story by doing that, which of course means that there's simply too much extra crap in this. Also, once I started skimming, it went MUCH faster.
***SPOILER****
I will say that since I've read a few of these further along in the series, scenes in those books make WAY more sense to me now, knowing what happened to David towards the end.
I waffled the whole time I read this because I always liked Lestat, but in this one I HATED him! He's an immortal petulant child. He does what he wants, takes what he wants, when he wants, doesn't care what anyone else wants and damn the consequences. Basically he's the vampire version on Donald Trump!
I could see what was going to happen between him & the body thief from miles away and when it happened, Lestat was surprised (I wasn't). He sought out advice from David & Louis, did exactly what they told him not to do and then he has the audacity to be surprised and angry that Louis won't help him.
I felt like I had to slog through all kinds of useless minutia to get through the story and about half-way through I would just skim the first sentence or so of each paragraph then skip to the next one. Somehow, I didn't seem to lose anything in the story by doing that, which of course means that there's simply too much extra crap in this. Also, once I started skimming, it went MUCH faster.
***SPOILER****
I will say that since I've read a few of these further along in the series, scenes in those books make WAY more sense to me now, knowing what happened to David towards the end.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-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
The ending of this book drags
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Blood
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship