Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Lestat has a lot to say after reading Louis’ Interview with the Vampire (characters writing books within books—it’s a whole thing). He wants to set the record straight. He’s not that bad—and even if he is a damnable creature, he’s got his reasons.
This book is for you if you love getting lost in lush, ornate, atmospheric writing. It’s a slow, immersive experience that pulls you into a baroque, gothic world full of candlelight, bloodlust, and existential dread. It’s also for readers who enjoy morally gray characters and big philosophical questions: What does it mean to be good? Can a killer still love deeply? What do you do with eternity if you don’t want to go mad?
It can get verbose- Anne Rice loves her long-winded, poetic tangents, but I didn’t mind. Some scenes are genuinely creepy, others are unexpectedly profound. And emotionally? It’s all over the place in the best way.
Every character here is both lovable and hatable, often in the same scene. But Lestat? I mostly love him. He’s dramatic, manipulative, and arrogant…and also deeply lonely and weirdly romantic. And wow… this book is so gay, without quite being allowed to be gay. I really wish Rice had let her characters be more openly queer, because the subtext is basically text.
I liked this one more than the first book the series (Interview with the Vampire) Louis kind of did Lestat dirty with his version of the story, but then again, who knows how much of Lestat’s story is the truth?
Read if you like dark, gothic vibes and appreciate slow, character driven stories.
Maybe skip this series if you enjoy tight plots and fast pacing and don’t enjoy overly descriptive or old-fashioned writing.
Btw, the tv show is fantastic and not slow at all, and GAAAAAAY. Really well done adaptation of the series with some tasteful changes, I can’t wait for Lestat’s season that follows this book.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Confinement, Incest, Cannibalism
I am not sure how many would agree with me but I loved this book and each subsequent book more than Interview. The Vampire Lestat is in my top 3 of Anne Rices books I have read thus far. All are great but this one does stand out for me. Loved it!
Rereading and sadly realising that I'm quite done with The Vampire Chronicles after this. They don't hold up to the pink goggles of nostalgia, or I suppose, the somewhat less wildly hormonal brain of a thirty-something woman instead of the teenager I was when I first picked up an Anne Rice novel.
This one should more aptly be called "The Vampires (and Lestat)".
Meh.
This one should more aptly be called "The Vampires (and Lestat)".
Meh.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
funny
reflective
medium-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
would be 5 bc i love my new best friend lestat and his passion for life and ability to fall in love with every single well spoken vampire he comes across however… this mf-