Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice

18 reviews

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal death

Minor: Slavery and Racism

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 :')

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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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Sexual content

Moderate: Incest

churglem's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny relaxing slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Kidnapping, Slavery, Vomit, Animal death, Trafficking, Excrement, Adult/minor relationship, and Child death

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

stinkylou's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death and Incest

Minor: Alcohol

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

poyopipo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.75

This book made me feel insane. But damn did it make me feel something. Do read content warnings.

Lestat smokes weed. Way more gay sex than the first book.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Incest, and Animal cruelty

jackbifrost's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Incest, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, War, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, and Slavery