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nokvi's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Lestat rel sickening LMAOOOOO, so sickening he funny. This man so vain eh, I can't stand his ass. Also Gabrielle saying Let's head to africa and get them to worship us like gods. Rice ik you probably in hell but still that was nasty
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal death
Minor: Slavery and Racism
bolivianrash's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Death, Slavery, Gore, and War
Minor: Incest, Excrement, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Terminal illness
gh0st_f1sh's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Incest, Torture, Alcohol, Suicide, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Gore, Violence, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death, Grief, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, and Vomit
takarakei's review against another edition
dark
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? Yes
3.0
Slightly better than book 1 cause Lestat is just quite the character. The middle is SOOO slow, but the ending is REALLY good. TBH I had to look up a chapter summary on reddit which gave me life and the ability to finish this. Only really stuck with it cause I was reading it with friends so that we can watch the Queen of the Damned movie together :')
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Incest
Minor: Slavery
yeuw44's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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? Yes
2.75
I read this as a stand-alone introduction to Anne Rice’s series The Vampire Chronicles .
Based on the origins of Lestat, it follows his baby vampire days.. I found this very slow paced, it took me so long to finish as I never felt drawn to picking it up. A very reflective vampire novel, with a morally grey character. A little snobby at times.
Based on the origins of Lestat, it follows his baby vampire days.. I found this very slow paced, it took me so long to finish as I never felt drawn to picking it up. A very reflective vampire novel, with a morally grey character. A little snobby at times.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Sexual content
Moderate: Incest
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.
“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.
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.bruhcheesee's review against another edition
couldnt finish it. was rly boring. the really interesting stuffed gor bogged down with weird incest and technical pedophilic shit
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest
jcoverdale's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
As I stated in my review for Interview with the Vampire, I am reading this books mainly as a fan of the AMC+ show, and that absolutely changes how I view these books compared to someone who is coming to them independently. So, take this into account when reading my review!
Okay, so The Vampire Lestat is like. Vastly different from Interview with the Vampire. Lestat's perspective/writing style is very different from Louis' that we get in the previous book- that I know I sort of complained about in my last review. I take it back. Lestat's writing style can be very fast, and it does not go on those long, ponderings that Louis often does in the previous book. Instead, Lestat will write a lot about the scenery of wherever and whatever he is focused on. I think that his writing style led to me not enjoying the book as much, since he rarely focuses on the new characters of this story that are introduced, which led me to not connecting with them as much as I did the characters from IWTV. Because so much of the book focuses on new characters, this makes it hard to connect to the larger narrative. I felt like it was difficult for me to connect with Nicki and Gabrielle specifically, especially because Lestat doesn't spend much time on his relationship with Nicki besides moments here and there. Also, there was entirely too much time spent on Marius.
There were portions of this book that I did really enjoy though! Anytime Anne Rice writes a scene with vampires in a church, I lose my mind. It is well done, every single time and I really enjoy the religious imagery (like the beggar woman and baby in Notre Dame). Seeing Armand in this book and hearing his story was so fascinating, and it really helped put into perspective the Armand we see in IWTV and why he sought out Louis (and Claudia) as well as why that relationship comes to an end. I do appreciate all of the vampire lore that we get from this book as well. In IWTV, the vampire lore is not a focus or not something Louis understands, and this book gives us the TVC vampires that I am familiar with from the show. Also, it really shows just how much Lestat was hiding from Louis and Claudia in New Orleans because damn. He knew like everything. I thought Marius' advice was about the only interesting thing from that section, and it connected for me why Lestat turned Louis and why he avoids returning to Europe/Greece in the show.I really enjoyed the epilogues, they were fast paced, gave us Lestat's perspective on IWTV, provided Armandstat fighting which I love, Louis coming back (!!), and Lestat the rockstar performing and fighting like every vampire. The ending was a lot of fun, even if the way Lestat writes it can be cringe at times.
It may seem by looking at these paragraphs that there are more moments I enjoyed than those I didn't, but what isn't really shown is that the portions I did not like took up a majority of the book so sometimes it felt like a slog to get through. It sucks, because I think this book is necessary to understand the lore and Lestat and there was potential, but the characters I loved from the last book have such little presence that it is difficult to get through if you don't love Lestat. Which, maybe you do! I am just terribly neutral on him.
Queen of the Damned was the light at the end of the tunnel for me, so I am incredibly excited to read it next!
Okay, so The Vampire Lestat is like. Vastly different from Interview with the Vampire. Lestat's perspective/writing style is very different from Louis' that we get in the previous book- that I know I sort of complained about in my last review. I take it back. Lestat's writing style can be very fast, and it does not go on those long, ponderings that Louis often does in the previous book. Instead, Lestat will write a lot about the scenery of wherever and whatever he is focused on. I think that his writing style led to me not enjoying the book as much, since he rarely focuses on the new characters of this story that are introduced, which led me to not connecting with them as much as I did the characters from IWTV. Because so much of the book focuses on new characters, this makes it hard to connect to the larger narrative. I felt like it was difficult for me to connect with Nicki and Gabrielle specifically, especially because Lestat doesn't spend much time on his relationship with Nicki besides moments here and there. Also, there was entirely too much time spent on Marius.
There were portions of this book that I did really enjoy though! Anytime Anne Rice writes a scene with vampires in a church, I lose my mind. It is well done, every single time and I really enjoy the religious imagery (like the beggar woman and baby in Notre Dame). Seeing Armand in this book and hearing his story was so fascinating, and it really helped put into perspective the Armand we see in IWTV and why he sought out Louis (and Claudia) as well as why that relationship comes to an end. I do appreciate all of the vampire lore that we get from this book as well. In IWTV, the vampire lore is not a focus or not something Louis understands, and this book gives us the TVC vampires that I am familiar with from the show. Also, it really shows just how much Lestat was hiding from Louis and Claudia in New Orleans because damn. He knew like everything. I thought Marius' advice was about the only interesting thing from that section, and it connected for me why Lestat turned Louis and why he avoids returning to Europe/Greece in the show.
It may seem by looking at these paragraphs that there are more moments I enjoyed than those I didn't, but what isn't really shown is that the portions I did not like took up a majority of the book so sometimes it felt like a slog to get through. It sucks, because I think this book is necessary to understand the lore and Lestat and there was potential, but the characters I loved from the last book have such little presence that it is difficult to get through if you don't love Lestat. Which, maybe you do! I am just terribly neutral on him.
Queen of the Damned was the light at the end of the tunnel for me, so I am incredibly excited to read it next!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Incest
joonjxne's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Blood, Death, and Toxic relationship
citrusandwords's review against another edition
dark
emotional
slow-paced
5.0
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