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bolivianrash's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Starting from 5 stars:
-1.0 for SA
-0.5 because wtf Louis
-0.5 because David deserved better
+0.5 for good boy Mojo
-1.0 for SA
-0.5 because wtf Louis
-0.5 because David deserved better
+0.5 for good boy Mojo
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Minor: Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Toxic friendship
armandulac's review against another edition
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
tobyvamp's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
Minor: Vomit
moreau's review against another edition
dark
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
this was the most atrocious book I've ever read. worse than prince harry's, worse than all the tiresome classics and 2010s manga. i thought queen of the damned was mid, this is an abomination. i couldn't put it down, so i'm still giving it 3 stars. also david is a chad (as is ever character played by paul mcgann) but this is a violation to all the senses, even though its just words on paper. so many descriptions of piss and shit, the least sexy sex scenes, a full on rape scene and an extremely rapey vampire transformation. what even is the plot?? why the fuck are mortals psychic now? how do you get your fucking body stolen? lestat went from being the best character in the series to a mega mary sue. sure he was always a dick and somewhat abusive, but now he's a rapist?? and he's got every fucking vampire power and is so dumb he gets his body stolen. HIS BODY. STOLEN. he is so dumb, overpowered, abusive and over all circle tool flipaclip 2017 furry oc. anne rice shouldve been arrested for conjuring up this fuck of a book. im definetely reading something else between this and the next vampire chronicle as my head hurts from this bullshit.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Self harm, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit