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The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice

4 reviews

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. 

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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.

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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.

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

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