avie_j's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Toxic friendship, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Rape, Physical abuse, and Medical content
Minor: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
cyberhavok's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Sexual assault, Gore, Excrement, Rape, Terminal illness, and Violence
Moderate: Suicide attempt
econsidine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
There's nothing really new or surprising if you've read the first three, unless you've been reading this character with major rose-colored glasses on, but this book really hammers home his selfishness, violence, and complete lack of respect for other people's bodily autonomy. In this book he (vague spoilers ahead; see tags)
Spoiler
rapes a woman, burns his lover's house down, and turns someone into a vampire against their will. He also murders a lot of people as vampires tend to doIf you're okay reading all that, then you'll get a few beautiful moments with Louis (in his best taking-no-bullshit-era), Claudia haunting everything, and one of the best dog characters ever. Otherwise it is a lot of Lestat being horrible and having conversations with his old man friend David. Which really doesn't interest me. All that to say, gonna pause here with the series for now.
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Child death, Classism, Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Blood, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: Biphobia
reclusivebookslug's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Spoiler
Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Sexual assault
Everything not in the spoiler bit is typical vampire stuff related to the blood and murder tags.Spoiler
The narrating character forces a woman into sex without a condom. She had consented initially but resisted when he refused her pleas to wrap it up. Someone is forced to become a vampire in a scene that also feels a lot like sexual assault, given that blood drinking often serves as a stand-in for sex in this universe.vampirical_pirate's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Rape, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Gore
nausikaaah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Good freaky Friday vibes, this better be included in the tv show.
Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, and Rape
Moderate: Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, and Physical abuse
carrionkid's review against another edition
3.0
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.
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
- 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
Graphic: Blood, Excrement, and Murder
Moderate: Child death and Suicide attempt