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The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice

9 reviews

deductionist's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Lestat takes warnings and "no's" as just encouragement. Quoting a line from the book:
“Lestat, what did I say last night?” he asked. “You are the damnedest creature!”

That's it. That's the vibe of this entire book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Suicide, Incest, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Misogyny

Adding all the content warnings I could think of for this book was a freaking TRIP. This book is not for the faint of heart. A lot of heavy topics are presented here, but I think they're handled well.

citrusandwords's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Dysphoria, Violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Mental illness, Incest, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

startjpw23's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This is the second of three books in The Vampire Chronicles series. The Vampire Lestat was introduced in Interview With The Vampire. In The Vampire Lestat, Lestat tells his story. It is written as an autobiography. It starts in the current time as of the book's publication. It quickly goes back around 200 years to the period before Lestat was turned into a vampire. He was part of a noble family in France that had fallen on hard times. Lestat was a great hunter who helped keep the family afloat. He was taken for granted by the other family members except for his mother. He longed to get out of the life he was born into to something greater. The story goes from there to the present day. I enjoyed this book a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Death

loustat__'s review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Cannibalism, Gore, Blood, Incest, and Murder

avie_j's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, Gore, Blood, Body horror, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicide, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

claire_3lyse's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Violence, Death, Animal death, Blood, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Abandonment and Kidnapping

Minor: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Sexual content, Child abuse, Child death, Torture, Vomit, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

nytephoenyx's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Where Interview with the Vampire absolutely bores me, I really enjoy The Vampire Lestat. Lestat’s passion and vitality better embody what it means to be a vampire, at least in the popular sense of the word. Unlike Louis, he is curious and determined and emotional. Unlike his creations, Lestat has gone all over the world and discovered what it means to be a vampire, not just to be trapped as a vampire. 

 

Like the rest of her Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice’s writing style is tedious and self-praising. While I will give her a credit for shaping the way we see vampires these days (excluding Twilight of course) it remains that her writing style is slow, overly explanatory, and rambles. The Vampire Lestat has no beginning, middle, and end. It is simply an expression of who Lestat is. It is not a story, it is a slice. 

 

I have found it is best to take Anne Rice’s books as individual stories instead of greater parts of a whole. With that in mind, The Vampire Lestat is one of my favorites. This, and The Tale of the Body Thief have always captured my attention. While there are a lot of other more modern books available, if you want to read about traditional vampires at both their best and most vulnerable, this is a great start. Best of all? You don’t have to read Interview with the Vampire first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

iggydoane's review

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Incest and Injury/Injury detail

themelleh's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Lestat is one of my first crushes so my love of this book is purely nostalgic. I love my trash vampire and his completely over the top, dramatic flair.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Classism, Death, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Colonisation, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship