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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
I love the way Anne writes for Lestat. She brings him to life so that you can't help but fall in love and wish he would get the answers he's looking for. Can't wait for the next book to see what happens with Akasha
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Lestat is that girl in high school who assumes every guy that says a single word to her is desperately in love with her even if the words are "Can you move? You're blocking the hallway."
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Meh. The first rule of vampire club is you don't talk about vampire club.
When I was in high school, I read the highly popular (especially among my age group) Interview With The Vampire. I was into it until the ending, which made me so angry that I swore off the rest of the series. All of Anne Rice, in fact. Over the years, I've gradually collected other Anne Rice books from library sales, and in 2010 I read Violin, a stand alone novel which was also rated middle of the road due to its dragging pace.
Now, having read part 2 of the Vampire Chronicles, I realize that the dragging pace wasn't a characteristic of Violin, it's a characteristic of Anne Rice. Book 2 takes us into the mind and life history of the vampire that created Louis, the hero (?) of Interview.... Despite having lived several centuries under the dictate of "don't expose us to the outside world", Lestat reasons that since Louis has already done so, he may as well answer the challenge by telling his own side of events. Having seen the film for Queen of the Damned (book 3), I couldn't help but feel like the last 150-200 pages of Lestat's story were just meant to set the stage for part 3.
I think, had I read this book when the series was new, I might have had a more positive reaction to it, but in this year, with the recent oversaturation of vampire "stuff", all of the things that might have come across as shocking, taboo, scandalously engrossing two decades ago just seemed trite and overdone and obvious now. More than 500 pages of occasional fascinating storytelling enfolded in way too much other stuff-- I'd spend an evening reading and feel like I hadn't made much progress at all. It took me an entire month to finish; I've read Stephen King books of twice the length in a few days.
My roommate assures me that book 3 of the series is good, and since she did advise that book 2 was better than book 1 (and I wasn't compelled to throw The Vampire Lestat at the wall, at least) I'm inclined to believe her. I also have a couple other Anne Rice books floating around my shelves somewhere, so I'll be willing to try again at some point, I'm sure. It might take another couple of decades, but at least she's not totally off my radar.
When I was in high school, I read the highly popular (especially among my age group) Interview With The Vampire. I was into it until the ending, which made me so angry that I swore off the rest of the series. All of Anne Rice, in fact. Over the years, I've gradually collected other Anne Rice books from library sales, and in 2010 I read Violin, a stand alone novel which was also rated middle of the road due to its dragging pace.
Now, having read part 2 of the Vampire Chronicles, I realize that the dragging pace wasn't a characteristic of Violin, it's a characteristic of Anne Rice. Book 2 takes us into the mind and life history of the vampire that created Louis, the hero (?) of Interview.... Despite having lived several centuries under the dictate of "don't expose us to the outside world", Lestat reasons that since Louis has already done so, he may as well answer the challenge by telling his own side of events. Having seen the film for Queen of the Damned (book 3), I couldn't help but feel like the last 150-200 pages of Lestat's story were just meant to set the stage for part 3.
I think, had I read this book when the series was new, I might have had a more positive reaction to it, but in this year, with the recent oversaturation of vampire "stuff", all of the things that might have come across as shocking, taboo, scandalously engrossing two decades ago just seemed trite and overdone and obvious now. More than 500 pages of occasional fascinating storytelling enfolded in way too much other stuff-- I'd spend an evening reading and feel like I hadn't made much progress at all. It took me an entire month to finish; I've read Stephen King books of twice the length in a few days.
My roommate assures me that book 3 of the series is good, and since she did advise that book 2 was better than book 1 (and I wasn't compelled to throw The Vampire Lestat at the wall, at least) I'm inclined to believe her. I also have a couple other Anne Rice books floating around my shelves somewhere, so I'll be willing to try again at some point, I'm sure. It might take another couple of decades, but at least she's not totally off my radar.
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
ignoring the weird stuff with lestat and gabrielle