Reviews tagging 'Child death'

O vampiro Armand by Anne Rice, Adalgisa Campos da Silva

4 reviews

reclusivebookslug's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

My favorite of the Vampire Chronicles to date. Also made me cry the most. I've always been eager to learn more about Armand and this fulfilled all my hopes for his story. The ending reads to me as cautiously hopeful, which is an unusual but appreciated turn for Rice (maybe the ending to QOTD could be categorized similarly).

I love how Louis, Lestat, and Armand's different voices are so clearly distinctive in the books they narrate. I had gotten used to reading from Lestat's POV, but I was really put into the headspace of Armand here. Similarly, I found it clever how Rice distinguished the three different iterations of Armand with his names -- Andrei, Amadeo, and Armand. You get a real sense of his desperation for purpose and guidance, which is so strong he is able to adapt to strikingly different ways of life and codes of morality to best suit the situation he finds himself in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Trafficking, Pedophilia, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, and Rape

usually_sleep_deprived's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Violence, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Gaslighting, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, and Suicide attempt

carrionkid's review against another edition

4.0

Overall, I think the last 2/3rds of this book really make it worth the read. The first third is ROUGH, filled to the brim with gratuitous CSA that the author doesn't seem to have an issue with. But from there on, I think it's a strong addition to the series even if some of the events actively contradict past books in the series. It's visceral and raw and a very good change of pace from the other books in the series. However, the CSA definitely knocks it down a star.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

parttimerarebookdealer's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking