Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

68 reviews

wrensandroses's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Child death, Kidnapping, Violence, Domestic abuse, Murder, Animal death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death, Racism, Slavery, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

singalana's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

Anne Rice ensimmäinen julkaistu romaani on klassikko vampyyrikirjallisuuden ystäville. Kirja kertoo vampyyri Louisin tarinan, ja tutustumme myös Rice tunnetuimpaan hahmoon: vampyyri Lestatiin. Kaksikon suhde on kaukana harmonisesta. 

Vaikka kirjaa pidetään kauhuna, kovin kauhea se ei ole. Enimmäkseen kirjassa seurataan Louisin kamppailua itsensä ja omien moraalikäsitystensä kanssa. Sinällään kirja etenee kovin verkkaisesti ja hyvin mietteliääseen tapaan. Vaikka Louis kavahtaa pahuutta, hän on kuitenkin kykenevä myös julmuuteen. Mikäli pitää mietiskelevästä kerrontatyylistä ja moraalisista pohdinnoista, kirja on kiehtovaa luettavaa, mutta toiminnan ystäville teos voi olla liian hidastempoinen. 

Etenkin kirjan loppupuolella on vähän toistoa, mikä alkoi häiritä. Itse olisin toivonut vähän enemmän toimintaa, eikä Louis ole kovin kiinnostava ja aktiivinen hahmo. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, and Adult/minor relationship

michayla13's review against another edition

dark medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Incest, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Gore, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Torture

I enjoyed reading this book but it was far from good. There’s a horribly written incest/pedophelia plot which seems more romanticized than condemned in any way. It feels very sloppily written as well. If you’re looking for a book to read based purely on vibes, then this book is okay, but try not to think too hard while reading it.

seanml's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Interview With the Vampire was not what I expected. For whatever reason I thought it's be suave and golden, when really it was cold and sorrowful. I found the middle very much dragged for me, even up until the final 40 pages. A relationship between the protagonist and their closest friend is a strange one and I know it's supposed to be, but it toes a strange line. Don't get me wrong - Anne Rice can write some incredibly poetic lines. Every once in a while I caught glimpses of the heart of the matter and Rice's ruminations on eternity and love, but they were seen through the haze of conversations that circled around and lengthy traveling. 7/10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Blood, Child death, Slavery, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Gore

thoseoldcrows23's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

As a lover of vampire fiction in general it was really cool to go back to this and see all the different ways Interview's DNA has permeated the genre. That said, this was a book with a lot of highs and lows for me. On one hand, Rice's writing is beautiful, and the first half of the book was exactly the kind of gothic horror I like; however, the later half falls victim to melodrama that killed much of the atmosphere I loved and that brought to the forefront the many flaws in Rice's world building. As it stands, I don't know if I'll continue the series, but I am at least glad I finally gave this one a go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, Violence, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Slavery and Sexual content

citrusandwords's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, Murder, Toxic relationship, Classism, Death, Slavery, Blood, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

crowpeaches's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Interview with the Vampire is a good book and has interestin  things to say regarding spirituality and death, though despite it being the point, it's a bit too drawn out and ponderous, with Louis becoming extremely irritating and whingey toward the end. The atmosphere in the book is excellent and the writing is seductive - that being said the relationship between Claudia and Louis made me feel extremely uncomfortable at points.
Final thought is Lestat is a brilliant character and I wish there'd been more of him, which may motivate me to read more Lestat books in the overall series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, and Violence

jessthanthree's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Animal death, Slavery, Racism, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Gore, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Cannibalism

chris_reads's review

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

Minor: Violence, Animal death, and Emotional abuse

startjpw23's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book is about the main character Louis telling the story of his life to an author. The story he tells starts a little before he is turned into a vampire by Lestat. Louis is living in New Orleans at the time. Louis tells the story of his time in New Orleans after his turning and his later travels to try to meet and learn from other vampires. It spans around 200 years. Although a little slow in parts, I really enjoyed the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death