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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Animal death, Confinement
I saw another review that said that Louis had to be one of the most boring vampires in literary history and I must say I agree. I don't know what I was expecting from this book, but I've obviously seen it around for ages and was definitely expecting more. I listened to the audiobook and the only reason I made it through was by upping the speed of the audio. There were some good parts, there were some really boring parts. All in all, it was really just okay. And I definitely won't be continuing with the remaining books of the series.
challenging
dark
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-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
just when i thought my hyperfixation couldn't get worse....(SOMEONE TAKE ME OUT I CANNOT DO THIS ANYMORE)
emotional
reflective
This is one of those books that's really hard to reduce to a coherent numerical rating. Its flaws are obvious and significant and yet sometimes it seems like Anne Rice understands concepts like the patriarchal family or communion with the other like virtually no one else. I'm reminded of something V.C. Andrews' editor, Ann Patty, said about Andrews, which is also applicable here: "I'm not pretending this woman is Tolstoy. But she's a fantastic storyteller with a world view. What separates the writers who really hit is a world view." Also the anticlimax of the ending feels ahead of its time, like something you'd see in a prestige TV show now.
"... I thought that when the pain was gone you would forgive me for what part I played in her death. She never loved you, you know. Not in the way that I loved you, and the way that you loved us both. I knew this! I understood it! And I believed I would gather you to me and hold you. And time would open to us, and we would be the teachers of one another. All the things that gave you happiness would give me happiness; and I would be the protector of your pain. My power would be your power. My strength the same. But you’re dead inside to me, you’re cold and beyond my reach! It is as if I’m not here, beside you. And, not being here with you, I have the dreadful feeling that I don’t exist at all. And you are as cold and distant from me as those strange modern paintings of lines and hard forms that I cannot love or comprehend, as alien as those hard mechanical sculptures of this age which have no human form. I shudder when I’m near you. I look into your eyes and my reflection isn’t there..."
"... I thought that when the pain was gone you would forgive me for what part I played in her death. She never loved you, you know. Not in the way that I loved you, and the way that you loved us both. I knew this! I understood it! And I believed I would gather you to me and hold you. And time would open to us, and we would be the teachers of one another. All the things that gave you happiness would give me happiness; and I would be the protector of your pain. My power would be your power. My strength the same. But you’re dead inside to me, you’re cold and beyond my reach! It is as if I’m not here, beside you. And, not being here with you, I have the dreadful feeling that I don’t exist at all. And you are as cold and distant from me as those strange modern paintings of lines and hard forms that I cannot love or comprehend, as alien as those hard mechanical sculptures of this age which have no human form. I shudder when I’m near you. I look into your eyes and my reflection isn’t there..."
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-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