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mandycrodrigues 's review for:
The Vampire Lestat
by Anne Rice
Lestat is deeply conflicted, but the pinnacle of his struggles is that he tries to pursue his dream of going to Paris and star in a theater company, where he would be seen and praised by the public, but ended up transformed against his will into a vampire, a creature bound to hide and live in the shadows. Every bad decision (and oh boy, there were many!) Lestat ever made was seeking this unattainable desire to be loved and adored. Flawless character building!
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The high point of the book is the narrative. Lestat is seductive, funny, cynical, narcissistic, and often dramatic. He knows he’s evil and has no shame for it, as it is within his nature. Rice gives him the power of captivating the reader into one of the best first-person narratives I’ve ever read. It’s a completely character focused book, as it should be.
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As far as rep goes, most of Rice’s vampires are pansexual, which would be logical since her vampires’ relationships are about connection and blood, and have nothing to do with sex. However, even before he was a vampire Lestat had a relationship with his best friend Nicholas, showing he was already pansexual as a human. Let’s remember the book was published in 1985, making it an avant-garde piece for queer rep.
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The Vampire Lestat is a classic, and a must-read for anyone who likes dark fantasy, character-driven plots, villainous characters, and queer rep.
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The high point of the book is the narrative. Lestat is seductive, funny, cynical, narcissistic, and often dramatic. He knows he’s evil and has no shame for it, as it is within his nature. Rice gives him the power of captivating the reader into one of the best first-person narratives I’ve ever read. It’s a completely character focused book, as it should be.
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As far as rep goes, most of Rice’s vampires are pansexual, which would be logical since her vampires’ relationships are about connection and blood, and have nothing to do with sex. However, even before he was a vampire Lestat had a relationship with his best friend Nicholas, showing he was already pansexual as a human. Let’s remember the book was published in 1985, making it an avant-garde piece for queer rep.
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The Vampire Lestat is a classic, and a must-read for anyone who likes dark fantasy, character-driven plots, villainous characters, and queer rep.