A review by bigmamahughes
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

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

3.5

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).
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