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A review by mint_renegade
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
adventurous
dark
emotional
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Realistically a 3.5 but I'm feeling sentimental so 4.
This was too long, a lot of the middle chapters felt sluggish and without purpose. But an excitement to get to know and understand Lestat kept me coming back. Armand and Marius' backgrounds really hooked me. Akasha and enkil chapters I'd like to revisit. The notion of ancient Egyptian vampires thrills me - I could have done with more chapters just on this plane.
There's a different depth to book 2, not the philosophical kind to be found in book 1 (maybe because Louis was ever the philosopher, Lestat the anarchist, the wolfkiller. To louis death was a romantic tragedy, to Lestat it was life's inevitability; and when death's finality was taken away it became something to goad at, to antagonize and toy with)
This was too long, a lot of the middle chapters felt sluggish and without purpose. But an excitement to get to know and understand Lestat kept me coming back. Armand and Marius' backgrounds really hooked me. Akasha and enkil chapters I'd like to revisit. The notion of ancient Egyptian vampires thrills me - I could have done with more chapters just on this plane.
There's a different depth to book 2, not the philosophical kind to be found in book 1 (maybe because Louis was ever the philosopher, Lestat the anarchist, the wolfkiller. To louis death was a romantic tragedy, to Lestat it was life's inevitability; and when death's finality was taken away it became something to goad at, to antagonize and toy with)