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Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

96 reviews

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

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

meowster18's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Amazing read. First time reading the novel but I’ve seen the movie. Beautiful writing. Gripping story telling. Very imaginative. I found myself swooning when I could almost visualize Louis exploration of New Orleans, the viliages of Europe, and the city of Pairs. I felt his suffering, his longing, his love, his passion, and even his sense of wonder. I must contiune the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Classism, Grief, Body horror, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Murder, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Slavery, and Stalking

barbarella85's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Slavery, Pedophilia, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

fallandfox's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0

 Esta é a historia de Louis narrada por ele em um entrevista sobre sua jornada mortal e vida imortal. Ele narra como se tornou um vampiro pelas mãos do encantador e assustador Lestat e como ele foi doutrinado na vida de vampiro. Em um ponto importante da historia nas ruas de Nova Orleans onde encontra uma criança perdida chamada Claudia e ao perder o seu resto de humanidade ele transforma ela em um vampiro, prendendo sua alma de mulher dentro do corpo de uma criança pequena. Com a historia se passando entre a vida dos dois e as desavenças com Lestat ate seu final trágico.
Eu já estava para realizar essa leitura a muitos anos mas sempre enrolava o ano todo e não ia mas dessa vez consegui finalmente ler. E ainda bem que finalmente tomei essa decisão porque foi uma leitura bem interessante.

A escrita da Anne Rice é muito boa, eu adorei a fluidez com que ela conseguiu me transportar enquanto o Louis narrava os eventos mas ao mesmo tempo me deixou ficar desconfiada da narrativa dele (algo que sempre acontece comigo durante leituras narradas pelo personagem).

Loius de Pointe du Lac é o nosso narrador e no inicio da historia é um humano que começa a ser seduzido e usado por Lestat para poder este ter estabilidade em Nova Orleans, ele possui um irmão que se mata no inicio da historia, sua mãe e irmã que ele cuida mesmo após ser transformado.
Lestat de Liocourt é um personagem que tem uma personalidade bem mimada e que apresenta um ódio pela juventude perdida fazendo entender a razão por sua escolhas de vitimas.
Claudia é uma garotinha de 5 anos que Loius transforma em vampiro quando ele pede seu resto de humanidade e com isso ele ganha uma companheira e aliada mas ao mesmo tempo é possível observar como ela se sente sufocada dentro desse corpo de criança quando ela evolui emocionalmente para uma adulta e a paixão/obsessão que ela desenvolve por Louis.

O livro vai se passar em boa parte no inicio em Nova Orleans e algumas partes na Europa principalmente em Paris. Eu sinto que por ser uma serie ainda tem muito mais coisa na montagem do mundo do vampiro para que eu possa entende realmente como o siste4ma deles funciona nesse universo porque só com esse livro ainda ficou muita coisa em aberto pra mim.

Preciso agora ler os próximos volumes dessa serie e é uma leitura que eu recomendo bastante por ser uma historia vampiresca bem nas vibes que é esperado da personalidade dos vampiros. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

emmathebookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

I have no idea how to describe the things this book made me feel, but let’s just say I needed a moment when I finished it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Blood, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

e_freckles's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Blood, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, Suicide, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death