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Interview with the vampire by Anne Rice

117 reviews

caterina's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

For 7 days, I read this book in the dark of night, when sleep is challenging due to chronic pain, and I miss it now that it's over. I didn't expect to enjoy this so much, but the lush imagery and the wrestling with grief that reflects Anne Rice's own (loss of a daughter Claudia's age) drew me in. I'm glad I read this for a reading challenge.

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biab00's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious 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

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.

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bookbelle5_17's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Review of Interview with a Vampire

By: Anne Rice

I had read this years ago for a friend and at the time I liked it, but it was not for me at the time. This time I enjoyed it much more. Louis is a vampire telling his story to a journalist. He is made by the vampire Lestat, who is a vicious creature, but he is lonely. The pair are complete opposite viewing being a vampire in a different, and when Louis decides to leave Lestat makes Claudia. Claudia was a five-year-old girl at the time, and she becomes a daughter to them. She and Louis both become obsessed with how they were made and if there are others like them.

Even though I had already read this it felt like reading it for the first time, because I barely remember from when I read it before. It takes a look at the monstrous nature of vampires, but the romanticism of them as well. Don’t worry the vampires don’t sparkle. It examines the themes of the nature of evil and appreciating your humanity. Lestat had a terrible life, resenting his human existence, and Claudia never got to experience a life. Louis had a loving family, was wealthy, and had privileged existence, he has a human life to miss. He is philosophical throughout and constantly ponders his new existence. He cannot bring himself to feed off human, but prefers animal blood, frustrating Lestat, because he values human life. He wants to know if there are others like him and he questions if he is evil or not. Ironically, his enhanced vampiric senses allow Louis to see the beauty in the world around him. Throughout, there are discussions on what is the nature of evil, particularly when Louis and Claudia meet Armand, a vampire they meet later. His character is ambiguous, and we don’t know if we can trust him. He doesn’t see himself as evil, but Claudia believes him a threat to her relationship with Louis. At times Claudia is a brat and can be just as vicious as Lestat but with a more calculative mind. She is also sympathetic, because she was only five when sired and, in her mind, she ages. She is forever stuck in the body of child. She loves and hates Louis for his role in this. She needs him as Lestat did, but for different reasons. She is also the only one who will admit this. Rice also explores a different kind of love with her vampires that is dark and beautiful at the same time. Louis’ love for Claudia and later for Armand is complicated and pure in its own way. Getting bitten and turned into a vampire is erotic and Rice describes in artful and descriptive way. We see vampires as monsters but despite the implications they feel nothing and have no soul, they seem to feel everything, at Louis does.

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piecesofamber's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

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usually_sleep_deprived's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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dagoth_ur's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

AUGHUH I LOVE VAMPIRES SO MUCH FIRST DND, REAPER MAN, AND NOW THIS!?!
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.

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boundforinfinity's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I loved this book. I was entranced and delighted by its characters. The vampires break your heart without even having a soul to bare. The boys role is only minute in comparison to the Vampires, both the Vampire's, and Lestrade's.
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Follow this Interview as it twists and turns through the Vampire's life and origin, following his twisted devotion to Lestrade, even after death. Lestrade's control over everyone leads to the readers confidence that you are under his spell.
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Cons: No gay kisses

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reclusivebookslug's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark reflective 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

As someone whose formative years were shaped by a love of vampire-based media (Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, Vampire Academy, etc.) and who is now getting into classic lit, I felt a duty to read this. Whereas the previously mentioned teen drama/romance genre uses vampires as more of a plot device than anything, this book delves into the psyche of a vampire, what it means to be immortal, and to thirst for blood. In that way, this was a challenging read, dark and introspective, and unlike anything I've read before (whether that says more about me or the book, I don't know). It was very interesting on a philosophical level, as we're basically seeing a centuries-long existential crisis, a search for meaning with a limitless life and a world devoid of answers. I also enjoyed it as a queer allegory, as there is plenty of homoeroticism and gay subtext.

I will say I found this a little dull until around the time Armond first appears. I found Lestat to be kind of boring in the first half, which was when the whole story kinda revolved around him. (Later in the book I found his character much more compelling, and I do plan to read at least the next book in the series.)

Claudia's character, or more specifically her interactions with the other characters, made me uncomfortable. The dilemma of being a grown woman stuck eternally in the body of a child is an interesting premise, but it, unfortunately, leads to some creepiness, specifically bordering on pedophilic and incestuous. This wasn't explicitly the case nor do I think it was intentionally implied necessarily, but one can't help but notice the implication, unintentional as it may be.

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