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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
2,5 stars. this was just kind of... meh? nothing too terrible, but also definitely NOT good. like, at all.
to be honest, i only read this as a complement to the series in hopes it would add to my rewatching experience, but i doubt it will. anne rice tries to do SO. MANY. THINGS. which just ends up being sloppy
to be honest, i only read this as a complement to the series in hopes it would add to my rewatching experience, but i doubt it will. anne rice tries to do SO. MANY. THINGS. which just ends up being sloppy
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Time period, Louis' past, time at Rue Royale, theater, Madeline, Claudia's death, living with Armand, the interview form & end were all different.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Grief, Stalking, Colonisation, Classism
I'm not looking forward to reading about any amount of slavery when written by a White author. I'll stick to the new TV adaptation and move on to other books on my TBR.
When I got this book I was so excited.
I mean after all I saw like 4 girls with a copy of this book in my AP class.
Like I don't even know what's wrong with them.
But then I realized they might have been thinking "OMG so Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise and Kristin Dunst were in the movie."
Or they realized its almost Halloween.
Either way I hope its worth it.
Because so far it's just been boring and creepy and... weird.
And I realize that Anne Rice wrote Sleeping Beauty Trilogy...
And that this is the wrong version of Sleeping Beauty.
But its not like that at ALL. Neither of them.
Which is good.
More to come after I finish reading.
....
Okay after reading this I felt like this:
Yeah I am never doing this again.
I mean after all I saw like 4 girls with a copy of this book in my AP class.
Like I don't even know what's wrong with them.
But then I realized they might have been thinking "OMG so Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise and Kristin Dunst were in the movie."
Or they realized its almost Halloween.
Either way I hope its worth it.
Because so far it's just been boring and creepy and... weird.
And I realize that Anne Rice wrote Sleeping Beauty Trilogy...
And that this is the wrong version of Sleeping Beauty.
But its not like that at ALL. Neither of them.
Which is good.
More to come after I finish reading.
....
Okay after reading this I felt like this:
Yeah I am never doing this again.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I think I would have liked this more, if I had the chance to to read this without having experienced not only the movie, but all sorts of vampire fiction that builds on this.
However, I felt the biggest flaw came from the way the 'interview' is used. Especially towards the beginning, having this set as a conversation tended to distract, and stop me from getting in the story, and the payoff of having the boy listening to this story wasn't big enough. It also seemed to encourage telling over showing. The format itself, halving everything Louis explained in double quotes and then single quotes for narrative dialogue (hence there was dialogue within dialogue) came out distracting.
There was, however, an underlying narrative force that save this book, at least to some degree.
However, I felt the biggest flaw came from the way the 'interview' is used. Especially towards the beginning, having this set as a conversation tended to distract, and stop me from getting in the story, and the payoff of having the boy listening to this story wasn't big enough. It also seemed to encourage telling over showing. The format itself, halving everything Louis explained in double quotes and then single quotes for narrative dialogue (hence there was dialogue within dialogue) came out distracting.
There was, however, an underlying narrative force that save this book, at least to some degree.
The moral of this story is toxic people should not be parents.
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
a bit too plot heavy for my liking
hoping the second book is where all the good shit is at
hoping the second book is where all the good shit is at