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Looking for some New Orleans flavor before my upcoming trip, this fit the bill. I liked it more than I expected to - I thought I'd be too jaded from the ultra-gory shows like TWD to be moved by an old vampire tale. But the story had layers I didn't expect that kept me interested. Philosophy on the meaning of life (or death) aside, I will be sure to pack sensible shoes for my trip so I can at least outrun my friends, if not the vampires of the French Quarter.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
I don’t know what it is but it is just not holding my attention. I want to like it but it is just not doing it for me.
fast-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
This book is wild. The first quarter I was thinking "this is incredibly bad writing, how did it become so famous?" But at some point I bought into it fully and it didn't let up. Terrible book, five stars.
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I first read this book in 1991 or 1992. I read it again around 2000 or 2001. Saw the movie in the theatre when it came out (and was as scandalized as everyone else by the casting). Watched the new series when it was newly streaming… And every time after the first read, I forgot - and was rudely reminded - that Louis is an emotionally immature whiny manchild. Maybe this time I won’t block it out, because I could barely finish the book at this point and it took me comparatively forever to slog through it. Honestly I kept on because I love Anne Rice’s descriptions of New Orleans, Paris, architecture, interiors, and clothes. (I’m not sure that I’ll re-read The Vampire Lestat, because I remember being bored reading it as a teenager, but that really means nothing.)
I’d forgotten how young Claudia was, and had a difficult time reading many of her scenes.
This book presents me with one of the few times that I prefer the screen adaptation to the novel. And even then it’s the tv series that I prefer (I’ll take the angry Louis over the whiny one any day - and the modern Lestat blows the movie Lestat outta the water).
I’d forgotten how young Claudia was, and had a difficult time reading many of her scenes.
This book presents me with one of the few times that I prefer the screen adaptation to the novel. And even then it’s the tv series that I prefer (I’ll take the angry Louis over the whiny one any day - and the modern Lestat blows the movie Lestat outta the water).
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Blood
dark
emotional
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
writers pls invest in diaries instead of writing books that rip me apart
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-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