Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

80 reviews

bambidew's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Racism and Slavery

sofipitch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

A book that has lived in my mind rent free since I read it. Another book I wish I could forget so I could reread it.

9/22:
I read this book in Dec 2020 and promptly became obsessed with it and the Vampire Chronicles. I still am, I reread this in anticipation of the TV show which I am loosing it with excitement looking forward to us. This book and series and author has a lot of flaws and I think rereading IWTV with the knowledge of what AR's later books would be like and the themes she will just keep hammering without any self relfection (pedophilia and incest) did bring out it's flaws even more. But still I can't not love this book it means so much to me I can barely put it into words. At least not something as short as a review, maybe a 40 page essay. The characters and everything they go through just feels so real to me and feels like it captures emotions that before I myself didn't know how to put into words. So despite all it's flaws and the fact that I would very willingly have fought Anne Rice in a Denny's parking lot (or would popeyes be more appropriate? 😂) this book is probably my absolute favorite book of all time and means the world to me. This reread took so long compared to how quickly I read other books a) bc I have like half the book underlined with lines or scenes I like and mostly b) because the emotions it invoked are so strong I often had to take a break

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Grief, Child death, Gore, and Mental illness

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Slavery, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Racism, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent

cookieclutter's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, and Grief

Minor: Drug use and Pedophilia

lavender_ani's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Child death

Moderate: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Self harm, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Confinement, Animal death, and Slavery

doomluz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Death of parent

Minor: Slavery

laurajones's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Slavery

Minor: Racial slurs

knightbirds's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

A pretty interesting book.  The writing style was hit or miss with me, sometimes I found it riveting and capturing my attention, but sometimes it was too pretentious and I had a hard time telling what was actually going on.  One of the many Dracula influences on this novel seems to be that the middle is boring as hell.  Thankfully I found the beginning interesting enough, and the last 20% of the book was excellent.

I can't say I ever got a good grasp on any of the characters.  the author's descriptions of characters isn't very tangible, and everything tends to center around the main character thinking about how sad and depressed he is.
Despite this, I enjoyed most of it, and will likely read the other books in the series.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Confinement and Suicide

xameri's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

This is one of the few instances where the movie is better than the book. That said, there are some really vivid moments in the book that the movie was unable to include such as Louis taking the life of a priest on the altar where communion is given in a cathedral. Like, talk about vampire aesthetic right there. And the fact that Louis was forced the lie on top of Lestat that first night? Priceless.

The writing could get a bit tedious and Lestat sucking the blood of children was disturbing for a number of reasons though most notably in the way it was described. That said, Louis having an existential crisis every 10 pages was surprisingly relatable though whether that is because of 2020 or just because I am equally as broody is hard to say. But I appreciated that being a vampire did not come as naturally for Louis as it seemed to for Lestat or Claudia. 

Louis is forced to come to terms with his passivity and the role it played in how his life played out was important since much of what happened might not have come to pass if he had only done something instead of letting everyone else control him.

If anything, I only wish the subtext of Louis and Lestat's relationship was actual text since it's clear that, despite everything, they are drawn to one another. I guess it's a good thing they have eternity to figure themselves out. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Blood

parttimerarebookdealer's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Slavery

emakay's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, and Suicidal thoughts