cyberhavok's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Sexual assault, Gore, Excrement, Rape, Terminal illness, and Violence
Moderate: Suicide attempt
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 friendship, Excrement, Toxic relationship, and Blood
Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Abandonment, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Self harm, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Vomit
joystickchevron's review against another edition
dark
funny
medium-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? Yes
4.0
Good lord I don’t think I’ve ever been put through this much distress over a book before. Probably will not ever recover from the stinking piss scene.
I spent most of this book flip flopping between being thoroughly entertained, absolutely horrified, and wishing it would be over as soon as possible. Still, overall impression 4 stars? I honestly have no explanation for that.
Only Lestat could have made me enjoy this book 🤷
I spent most of this book flip flopping between being thoroughly entertained, absolutely horrified, and wishing it would be over as soon as possible. Still, overall impression 4 stars? I honestly have no explanation for that.
Only Lestat could have made me enjoy this book 🤷
Content Warnings
Graphic: Excrement and Rape
carrionkid's review against another edition
3.0
This book could've been good. There were a lot of plot threads and concepts presented that could've been honed into a compelling final product. Unfortunately, miss Rice decided to fire her editor and my GOD does it show!
There's multiple completely incoherent passages. So many descriptions of pissing. Wildly unsexy erotic scenes. Wholesale rape. And the whole thing should've ended much sooner than it did, which she tried to play off coyly as a self aware joke in chapter thirty two, which ultimately fell flat because it should've ended well before even that.
However, it's a perfect example of why a published author needs an editor so I guess it serves one greater purpose.
There's multiple completely incoherent passages. So many descriptions of pissing. Wildly unsexy erotic scenes. Wholesale rape. And the whole thing should've ended much sooner than it did, which she tried to play off coyly as a self aware joke in chapter thirty two, which ultimately fell flat because it should've ended well before even that.
However, it's a perfect example of why a published author needs an editor so I guess it serves one greater purpose.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship
exclipse's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The slowest paced of slow paces. Incredibly, shockingly slow. The writing style is beautiful but man Anne rambles on about completely irrelevant things. Still, I enjoyed it, I found the narration charming and humorous, even if I didn’t finish it. I don’t think I would recommend it to others though, since it’s slow and has a lot of potentially triggering -or just gross- content.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Excrement, and Murder
Moderate: Child death and Suicide attempt
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