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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I love Anne Rice, but this one was a challenge to finish. It’s very long, a lot of backstory and very unsatisfying in the end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Incest, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Pregnancy
The storytelling itself was captivating, especially the histories of the family and the Talamasca. The ongoing theme of incest throughout the book was quite disturbing though, and the love-at-first-sight between the two main characters was ridiculous and overdone. Looking forward to the upcoming tv show, they did such a good job with Interview that I'm looking forward to seeing what they make of this source material! Hopefully with less incest.
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Two stars for the shear effort it took to write this book, but ultimately it falls flat compared to Rice's vampire series.
dark
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
10/10 disturbing and just as fascinating. anne rice really learned about stem cells and said lemme write the most intricate fucked up gothic fantasy thought experiment i can muster. all the poc are relegated to being background servants and slaves and yet their lives are infinitely better than the mayfairs. looking up the family “tree” is so very dead dove do not eat
Well shit... that was a hell of a ride. Long, slow, drawn out, then bang. Chaos.
This book has everything I want in a book. Witchcraft, mystery, history, ancestry/ancestors, mythology, old diaries, secrets to be discovered, paranormal stuff and things, romance... some creepy af sexual scenes... actually that part was borderline in the language used but it was still just part of the whole experience which was, on the whole, just a hell of a ride.
I’ve seen Interview and Queen of the Damned but I’ve never read Anne Rice, having had, when I was an apathetic but romantic gothic teenager (literally, black everything, docs, the works... now I’m kind of a retired goth, still black everything but a little more socially respectable) a boyfriend who was poetic, very into Lovecraft and music like Bauhaus and Burzum, and strongly anti-Anne Rice because she was, as he said “trite and cliche drivel.”
I have an obsession with witchcraft and vampires and the like and I can’t explain why except to say that I suppose because I have always longed to be something more than I am, more than human - a stupid, romantic, and naive wish, as it all comes from various depictions in literature and film (much of which is extremely cheesy) because really, what else is there, unless you’re Aaron Lightner and you know things...
...that was off topic. ANYWAY. What was the point?
YES.
10/10 would read again.
A+ highly recommend.
Etc etc etc.
I’m going to start the second book now.
This book has everything I want in a book. Witchcraft, mystery, history, ancestry/ancestors, mythology, old diaries, secrets to be discovered, paranormal stuff and things, romance... some creepy af sexual scenes... actually that part was borderline in the language used but it was still just part of the whole experience which was, on the whole, just a hell of a ride.
I’ve seen Interview and Queen of the Damned but I’ve never read Anne Rice, having had, when I was an apathetic but romantic gothic teenager (literally, black everything, docs, the works... now I’m kind of a retired goth, still black everything but a little more socially respectable) a boyfriend who was poetic, very into Lovecraft and music like Bauhaus and Burzum, and strongly anti-Anne Rice because she was, as he said “trite and cliche drivel.”
I have an obsession with witchcraft and vampires and the like and I can’t explain why except to say that I suppose because I have always longed to be something more than I am, more than human - a stupid, romantic, and naive wish, as it all comes from various depictions in literature and film (much of which is extremely cheesy) because really, what else is there, unless you’re Aaron Lightner and you know things...
...that was off topic. ANYWAY. What was the point?
YES.
10/10 would read again.
A+ highly recommend.
Etc etc etc.
I’m going to start the second book now.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense