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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
They gay as hell
look it would be a 5 no doubt about it if NOT for the very weird very uncomfortable very horny descriptions of children that made it seem like lestat was abt to r word the absinthe boys
I've already seen the movie and the show before reading this book so I just felt like i was rereading something I already knew was going to happen, in the exact order it was going to happen etc. I also don't have time to read such a wordy and extensive book before having to return it. If I owned the book I'd probably read it completely.
Loveable characters:
Complicated
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Lowkey v different from the show but still great
Loved: Louis, the melancholy, writing style, vampires
Disliked: Claudia being 5!!!!
Disliked: Claudia being 5!!!!
slow-paced
This book has me soo conflicted cause like for the first half i was realllyyy enjoying it and thinking ok this is gonna be one of my fave vampire stories i like what this is all about! and then it LOST me when they got to paris like the new characters were completely irrelevant and boring imo even armand was like meh, dont get me wrong i like how he was added as another plot point but he was so incredibly rushed like ur telling me i had to sit through a hundred pages of tat to get back to the actual part of the story that matters?
The first time lestat returned i was shocked and like omg thats crazy!! and i had anticipated what was gonna happen after the pair fled to europe and whether or not lestat would chase them! But then the book just gave up with this plot line for like 200 pages and decided to make it about claudia & louis' desire for knowledge (which is met with disappointment ofc) which wouldve been ok if there was some plot twist but no they just said a bunch of stuff they basically already knew like big woop this all means nothing!
and THEN the author probably decided oh wait i still gotta write 100 pages lemme bring back the good ol lestat cause i forgot about him AND lemme shout out the LGBT AND lemme kill the girlies for funsies (misogyny!! jk) which honestly again wouldve been fine if i didnt have to pull myself through the sludge of whatever was going on in paris (its always paris causing trouble lets be real).
ALSO sometimes i completely forgor
The first time lestat returned i was shocked and like omg thats crazy!! and i had anticipated what was gonna happen after the pair fled to europe and whether or not lestat would chase them! But then the book just gave up with this plot line for like 200 pages and decided to make it about claudia & louis' desire for knowledge (which is met with disappointment ofc) which wouldve been ok if there was some plot twist but no they just said a bunch of stuff they basically already knew like big woop this all means nothing!
and THEN the author probably decided oh wait i still gotta write 100 pages lemme bring back the good ol lestat cause i forgot about him AND lemme shout out the LGBT AND lemme kill the girlies for funsies (misogyny!! jk) which honestly again wouldve been fine if i didnt have to pull myself through the sludge of whatever was going on in paris (its always paris causing trouble lets be real).
ALSO sometimes i completely forgor
This is my fourth or fifth time reading this book. Each time I read it I remember something different.
I think of this one like I think of The Gunslinger by Stephen King. A long slow plodding story that seems like it will have no payoff, but in the final pages sets off a series of events that have you grasping quickly for the next book to see what happens.
The protagonist in this book will always have a special place in my heart though. He struggles with the morality and purpose of life and existence and his guilt around things that are sometimes in his control and sometimes not. This existential angst is only amplified when he becomes immortal. Forced to go against his morals in order to survive. But too coward to do anything else. He is a character who is largely acted upon and that makes it a difficult book for most people. A protagonist who does nothing, chooses nothing… until the very end.
I myself have struggled with melancholy- wrestling around in my mind with the unanswerable questions. I totally understand the feeling of being let down by others lack of understanding on the angst those questions cause.
Anyway, it’s not the best of the series, but it will always be one of my favorites for leading me to the rest of the series.
I think of this one like I think of The Gunslinger by Stephen King. A long slow plodding story that seems like it will have no payoff, but in the final pages sets off a series of events that have you grasping quickly for the next book to see what happens.
The protagonist in this book will always have a special place in my heart though. He struggles with the morality and purpose of life and existence and his guilt around things that are sometimes in his control and sometimes not. This existential angst is only amplified when he becomes immortal. Forced to go against his morals in order to survive. But too coward to do anything else. He is a character who is largely acted upon and that makes it a difficult book for most people. A protagonist who does nothing, chooses nothing… until the very end.
I myself have struggled with melancholy- wrestling around in my mind with the unanswerable questions. I totally understand the feeling of being let down by others lack of understanding on the angst those questions cause.
Anyway, it’s not the best of the series, but it will always be one of my favorites for leading me to the rest of the series.