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Mortal beauty often makes me ache, and mortal grandeur can fill me with that longing I felt so hopelessly in the Mediterranean Sea. But Paris drew me closer to her hear, so I forgot myself entirely. Forgot the damned and questing preternatural thing that doted on mortal skin and mortal clothing. Paris overwhelmed, and lightened and rewarded more richly than any promise.
Wasn't expecting liking it so much, it was beautifully written with complex characters that you can't really tell who's the villain and who's not.
Anne definitely made the vampires more human, they aren't only these mindless creatures that are out for blood, but also creatures with feelings like the common people and with their own internal crisis about their existence.
I'm really excited to read the second book, to see the perspective of Lestat because from what I've heard Louis is a unreliable narrator.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Toxic friendship
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Gore, Violence, Gaslighting, Classism
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Cursing, Self harm, Torture, Death of parent
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship
This is a book with VERY complex characters, so much so that I am very exited to read this book once again when I am older (and wiser) the plot is pretty simple, but it shines with how well written these characters are. The exploration of immortality and how a vampire would struggle with it was very intersting, I also could not put this down and read it I two days. It’s also interning reading this book and know what Anne was going through writing this makes it feel even more human.Very angsty and philosophical, but would pay money to have middle school me read these books, the writing style is also just so good, straightforward yet still beautiful.
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Blood, Grief, Abandonment
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship
Minor: Drug use
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Confinement, Excrement, Stalking, Abandonment
I also didn’t notice on first read that Louis owned human beings??? And he is so torn up about being a vampire aka “evil killer of humans” but never once does he ponder the extreme harm and evil of human trafficking he engaged in as a plantation owner in the 1760s.
I will say I love Rice’s writing style. Her prose is incredibly evocative and often very beautiful. This story sticks with you for a reason.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Pedophilia
Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Child death, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Animal death, Excrement