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moppyy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder
joonjxne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder
pankadoll's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
upd:
Okay, I've taken a nap on it, and what the fuck. I can't look at it separately, so I won't. I still can see how obnoxious it was - to give the death of the character so little acknowledgement if it was considered to be the last part. I just can't back it with feelings because I've read further, I know there's more to it, so it doesn't affect my enjoyment that much. And she does stuff like that a lot in the whole series. She just kept getting away with it because the writing is THAT good.
I apparently think the more absurd Anne was the better, because the first 5 stars I gave to The Tale of the Body Thief, not the first trilogy. There's no logic in the common sense of it, but there's a lot of it emotionally. I like it when she takes me out of the rules by which the world works completely, still staying in that world. I can't help but take it as just an immersive experience, no questions asked. And I love Lestat more after this, what a joke. He's such a precious fool. That's a skill of all skills: to celebrate your own character so much it shines like a hundred suns and becomes contagious. The last scene where he just walks the street alone here? Yeah.
The religious musings hit me right in the chest too. Better made by that the story can still be a great lie. I felt what Lestat felt about that note Memnoch left for him, though. I'm not sure what was her intention with that. It made me so angry.
Overall, yes, I will reread it a thousand times.
Graphic: Death and Blood
Moderate: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide attempt
carrionkid's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, and Murder
avie_j's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicide and War
Minor: Confinement, Sexual content, Slavery, and Antisemitism
socialpsysteph's review
- 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
2.5
In this installment, Lestat becomes obsessed with a nun and her father, who is a criminal who also collects religious artifacts. Lestat is also being chased by a stranger and eventually, travels back in time to the time of Christ to watch the crucifixion, and also to visit Heaven and Hell.
It felt like I was sitting through the world's worst Sunday School lesson. Christianity has always played a part in these books but it's the ONLY plot in this one. Also, I just could not handle Lestat talking about Dora's menstrual cycle. He goes into detail about how he can smell it and sense the blood and then he eventually drinks from it, including a description of sucking the blood from her pad. Like, why? Why?!
I have already started listening to the next book and I'm really starting to reconsider this series.
Graphic: Blood
cyberhavok'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? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Blood
introverted_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Stalking, and War
ariel_is_a_dreamer's review against another edition
1.0
"My song was the only sad note in heaven"
I've never been christian, so I couldn't relate to pretty much anything in the book. I struggled to get through it. Not even Anne Rice's beautiful prose could save this book for me. It just made no sense, dreadfully boring, and reading with non-christian eyes, it looks silly.
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Rape and Sexism
reclusivebookslug's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail