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emotional_gemini's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
skelebooks's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- 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
2.0
sahdays's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
abbyicebox's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
possiblyro's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
if claudia wasn’t there for five pages this would be 1.5 stars. anne i’m begging you to let your fixation on pederasty go.
carolinacryptid's review against another edition
1.0
“She had been tall for her fourteen years, with beautifully shaped breasts” (page 10).
i am uncomfortable.
i am uncomfortable.
hilary_heavilin's review
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
mayefrati's review against another edition
3.0
This book started off so well and I really enjoyed the atmosphere of everything surrounding Merrick but as the plot progressed I’ve come to actively dislike David, he feels old fashioned, misogynistic and worst of all: a little bit of a pedophile. Towards the end of the book I felt a real roller coaster of emotions regarding Louis, I feel like he did things that were very unfitting for his character as it had felt up until that point and he felt just like a puppet to the other characters in the end…
But I’m giving three stars for atmosphere, writing style, appreciation for this literary universe and the first half of the book.
But I’m giving three stars for atmosphere, writing style, appreciation for this literary universe and the first half of the book.
lilbattleboo's review against another edition
5.0
One of my favorite books. I love Merrick’s story so much.
fwightnight's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
3.0
i was lowkey excited to read a book in david's pov but he turned out to be such a freak that i hope he never gets to be a narrator in this series ever again! :)
obligatory david complaint out of the way, i also do have to say as a louis stan i really enjoyed how this story tied up his seemingly never ending claudia arc. for a while now he's been like a set piece who just exists to be drifting sadly around dark hallways and to be so maddengly hot that everyone falls for him after like 5 minutes of meeting (so valid), and he hasn't had much character at all since the first book. so it was fun to see him change throughout this one, even in small ways. though of course he is still a sad hot guy that no one can resist, louis my love they can never kill your swag
merrick as a character is so cool, i wish she hadn't been introduced in this story through the gross lens we ended up with. the book also gets 100x more interesting when lestat shows up which is only for like 20 pages total and he's just there to save the day gayly, be sleepy, and be petulant about everything. obsessed. the lestat effect is crazy.
obligatory david complaint out of the way, i also do have to say as a louis stan i really enjoyed how this story tied up his seemingly never ending claudia arc. for a while now he's been like a set piece who just exists to be drifting sadly around dark hallways and to be so maddengly hot that everyone falls for him after like 5 minutes of meeting (so valid), and he hasn't had much character at all since the first book. so it was fun to see him change throughout this one, even in small ways. though of course he is still a sad hot guy that no one can resist, louis my love they can never kill your swag
merrick as a character is so cool, i wish she hadn't been introduced in this story through the gross lens we ended up with. the book also gets 100x more interesting when lestat shows up which is only for like 20 pages total and he's just there to save the day gayly, be sleepy, and be petulant about everything. obsessed. the lestat effect is crazy.
Content Warnings
the narrator is literally a pedophile who groomed one of the main characters and it's not really written in a way that i can be sure it was, like, a condemnation of his actions. it seems to be more of anne rice's classic weird bad takes about romance, i really don't know.