A review by riseofsilence
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

2.0

It was fine? I can understand why it was classic at the time, but personally there was a lot of whiplash in style and it wasn't holding my attention consistently. The story is awkwardly broken up between two pieces--the first being the actual story of what's happening and the interesting part of the book, the second being a very skim-able, rather frustrating rehash of ideals of morality, what it means to be human vs monster, and feels a little like it's just borrowing what was already done in Frankenstein and rehashing it for a newer audience. This is one of those stories that I think if it was focused on what was actually happening to the characters and SHOWING me all these themes rather than TELLING me what I should think about them, I might've enjoyed it more. So much of it felt unfocused and like the author couldn't decide whether they wanted to tell the story of the characters or the story of the kid and his moral struggle as develops in the latter half of the book. *massive shrugging* I don't know. Maybe not for me, but an okay "classic" for its time, I guess.