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The Vampire Lestat

Anne Rice

3.99 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional reflective fast-paced

oh, lestat lestat lestat

This book really took me on a ride. I hated Lestat in the first book, but came to see how complex a character he really was. I cried at least 5 times.

rockstar lestat 😎
adventurous dark reflective slow-paced
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

God, I hate Lestat. And why don’t more people talk about his creepy incestuous relationship with his mom? Ugh. The only interesting parts of this one are Marius and Akasha and Enkil.
adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The book started slowly, with lestat speaking directly to the reader. It felt like an early YouTube vlog, more than a book about a 300 year old vampire. 

And then the pace picked up. And then it DID feel like a book about a 300 year old vampire. It was good, all around, though most of the characters not from France still heavily resembled white people, which I found a bit odd.

i wish Lestat was real i love him