Reviews with content warning for Suicidal thoughts - Interview with the Vampire

Louis was a poor meow meow before the term was ever invented and I think that's beautiful.

I don't know how Anne Rice made such a pathetic, wet noodle of man deliver some of theee most floor shaterring observations ever known to man, but she fucking did it!!! Every time Louis starts to talk about evil I sit my ass down and listen to him.

But also Louis is so so lame. The first man to ever be baby trapped by another man, and he just keeps failing upwards. C'mon Louis! Eat some people! Fuck the blonde bitch! Adopt some more demonic children! I'm sure it'll all work out in the end.

This book is a beautiful classic and everyone who's a fan of horror should read it because Louis' capture (and the entire Paris arc) in the end gave me anxiety. Also Anne Rice's vampires are super cool and evil when they aren't crying about how catholic they are. Were.

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cecilyroseceillam's review

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Starting my yearly re read of the vampire chronicles, I obviously had to start with interview. This book is amazing and highly worth reading, the character development is amazing and following them is so interesting, Claudia is personally my favourite and I love her story, where she’s turned against her will into a vampire after her mother has died and she grows up while her body doesn’t. It’s extremely tragic and very beautifully written; I love her character development too and seeing what she deals with as a woman stuck in a child’s body. I also enjoy reading the relationship between Louis and lestat and how toxic and abusive lestat is and how Louis continues it on to Claudia, I think the dynamic between them is very interesting. Overall I’d highly recommend this book if you have not read it, the dynamics of abuse and power struggles are very well explained through Louis, lestat and Claudia's relationship and how it’s continued on and it’s direct consequences. The descriptions are also extremely beautiful and I love the way Anne rice describes New Orleans and the surrounding areas. It’s so visceral and captivating, especially in the way she describes clothes. I also really like the way she describes certain areas as being like perfume and bringing back memories, it adds a unique way to describe nostalgia or deja vu without being super obvious but still can be understood. Overall I’d highly recommend anyone read this as I think everyone can get something from it and take something from it, whatever it be from the writing itself, descriptions or relationship dynamics.

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e_freckles's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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phillyhufflepunk's review against another edition

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There's only so much casual pedophilia I can take. I tried to finish just to finish. I can briefly tolerate that Louie is an unreliable narrator and begrudgingly read through it even though he doesn't seem to show any character growth in the hundreds of years since he was a bored, unthinking plantation owner who cared more about capitalism than the humanity of the people who worked his land. I just couldnt do it for nearly 300 pages.

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eauderat's review

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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