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caffeinatedfae's review

5.0

Wow, this was a beautiful graphic novel. I fell in love with the illustration. The sepia tones with the red highlights were beautiful.

This is a good companion graphic novel to "Interview with the Vampire". I found myself fascinated with the illustrations and the quotes from the original novel. I'm glad that I bought the hardcover novel because it is going to be a book that I'm going to show off.
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nichola's review

5.0

Beautifully illustrated. Captures the soul of Rice's writing visually.

whovian_reads_books's review

5.0

If you haven’t read Interview with The Vampire, I have only 1 question - WTF is wrong with you?!?!? Just kidding, I’m not that bossy. I’ll give you a spoiler - it’s about vampires.

This graphic novel is all about little Claudia’s experience (I can’t tell you who she is, coz serious spoilers for Interview with The Vampire if I did).

The illustrations were (for me), perfect for the tale. Mainly drawn in sepia (I think that’s the term? I’m not artsy-fartsy), the only colour seen is often used to depict blood or fire - chaos in my opinion. The novel captures perfectly the personalities of Louis and Lestat, and depicts the beautiful, but fragile, relationship between Claudia and Louis.

It’s a quick read, more illustrations than words, but for other Vampire Chronicle fans, it’s a must-add to the collection.
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pjmurphy3's review

5.0

I really love to see how Claudio change from the little girl into the monster that she became. I think you get a really great explanation for her life in her development. so I really liked this book.

lulu97's review

4.75
dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

plantladyreads's review

5.0

Claudia's Story was absolutely beautiful. This Lolita styled Claudia drew me in and broke my heart all over. Stunning artwork and perfect story telling. I will even admit to tearing up a little at the end. Highly recommended for any Interview with the vampire/Claudia fans.
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katyonik's review

4.25
dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

4.5 stars
The artwork is absolutely gorgeous and I adored the sepia tones. I have always found Claudia fascinating which made it so good to read from her perspective and watch the story come to life through the beautiful imagery.

I really liked this book and it just might lead me to reread my entire Anne Rice Lestat collection. This was a graphic novel with delightful artwork. I loved that Armand was now young and light haired. It always bothered me that a 17 year old red-head was played by a black haired man who was so obviously not anywhere close to 17. Claudia so tiny and so lethal.

linddykal's review

4.0

The art is absolutely beautiful, but the perspective doesn't go beyond things that were already known in the book and movie.