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A review by armandulac
The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This won't be as in-depth of a review as my other <i>The Vampire Chronicles</i> reviews, since it took me longer to finish this book than the others. Again, I preface these reviews by stating that my reading of them is coming from a huge fan of the AMC show, so that colors how I read and review these books. This book also depicts sexual assault, so please be aware of that before reading the book.
I did enjoy a lot of things from this book. Lestat learning how to be human is (for the most part) very humorous. I enjoyed the look we got into his view of his relationship and feelings about Claudia, since so far we have not seen Lestat's perspective on her yet. I also enjoyed the many Louis scenes in this book, far more Louis moments than the previous two! They were still fleeting, still not enough for my taste, and Lestat was very mean to him which I did not enjoy. I did enjoy their changed dynamic though, and I am excited for how they will adapt this book in the show. David was enjoyable towards the end, but I really struggled to like most of the other characters in this book.
I felt like the book dragged for so long until Lestat gets body-swapped, and that was part of the reason it took me so long to finish this book (the other part being grad school). I also thought that the twist was boring, and that Anne Rice could have done so much more with a thief being in Lestat's Akasha-blood powered body instead of having him kill random mortals. The suspense and terror was there with the murder of Lestat's New York banker, and it would have been more interesting to keep up that sense of intrigue and danger.
Overall, I think this book had a lot of promise but really failed to deliver. Onto Memnoch (sort of)!
I did enjoy a lot of things from this book. Lestat learning how to be human is (for the most part) very humorous. I enjoyed the look we got into his view of his relationship and feelings about Claudia, since so far we have not seen Lestat's perspective on her yet. I also enjoyed the many Louis scenes in this book, far more Louis moments than the previous two! They were still fleeting, still not enough for my taste, and Lestat was very mean to him which I did not enjoy. I did enjoy their changed dynamic though, and I am excited for how they will adapt this book in the show. David was enjoyable towards the end, but I really struggled to like most of the other characters in this book.
I felt like the book dragged for so long until Lestat gets body-swapped, and that was part of the reason it took me so long to finish this book (the other part being grad school). I also thought that the twist was boring, and that Anne Rice could have done so much more with a thief being in Lestat's Akasha-blood powered body instead of having him kill random mortals. The suspense and terror was there with the murder of Lestat's New York banker, and it would have been more interesting to keep up that sense of intrigue and danger.
Overall, I think this book had a lot of promise but really failed to deliver. Onto Memnoch (sort of)!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Vomit