Take a photo of a barcode or cover
meganpbennett 's review for:
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-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
The story that started it all. Interview with the Vampire is just that. A 342 interview with Louis de Pointe du Lac, vampire. It starts in San Francisco, where Louis encounters a young reporter only named "the boy," and decides to tell this young man the story of his life, starting with his life as a young mortal man. In the 1700s.
Within Louis's tale of love and loss in New Orleans and Paris, he tells the tale of Lestat de Lioncourt, the vampire who turns him, gives him the Dark Gift. And of Claudia, the child turned vampress who never ages physically. It's an engaging tale, but Louis tends to brood, and he whines his way from being a slave-owner in New Orleans to living the (confirmed) bachelor lifestyle in New Orleans before he and Claudia head to Eastern Europe, and from there to Paris, where he meets Armand.
Things happen, but the story is very slow to start. And it is slow going to reach the climax. Technically, it ends on a cliff-hanger, but a very small one.
Within Louis's tale of love and loss in New Orleans and Paris, he tells the tale of Lestat de Lioncourt, the vampire who turns him, gives him the Dark Gift. And of Claudia, the child turned vampress who never ages physically. It's an engaging tale, but Louis tends to brood, and he whines his way from being a slave-owner in New Orleans to living the (confirmed) bachelor lifestyle in New Orleans before he and Claudia head to Eastern Europe, and from there to Paris, where he meets Armand.
Things happen, but the story is very slow to start. And it is slow going to reach the climax. Technically, it ends on a cliff-hanger, but a very small one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Child death