Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Intervista col vampiro by Anne Rice

92 reviews

gloriabyrd's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I was disappointed by how slow this book was. I enjoy the spinoffs/adaptations, but I did not enjoy this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pedophilia, Racism, and Slavery

katie_pfotzer's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia

ninubean's review against another edition

4.0

At first, I was kind of put off by the structural choice of the book, but it is called Interview with the Vampire, so not sure what I expected lol once I got over that though, I came to enjoy this novel a lot! Honestly, it was very camp and I think people would enjoy this more if they thought of it like that. Louis is a gay little vampire with a tortured existence - his philosophical need to understand why he's alive is trivial, but his musings were intriguing and thought-provoking for me. Louis' narration is limited by design, so readers are bound to his opinions and interpretations of the events, but this only made me excited to read the book's sequels to know the other characters more.

Yes, there are uncomfortable concepts in this book and sometimes they are jarring to read. And yes, this book isn't really character-driven and is only slightly plot-driven, which makes the pacing feel strange. Since this is a dialogue though, I feel like the pacing can be forgiven since it is meant to be someone speaking and recollecting centuries of their life. Overall, I enjoyed this sad, gay vampire's TedTalk about why he hates himself LOL

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

lennie_reads's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

tanacef's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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

2.5

I’m aiming to add more classics to my repertoire which is the only reason I pushed through to finish this cult classic, I’m sorry to say. I understand that this was a pivotal classic in its time, and maybe that’s the missing piece for me, but I wouldn’t say it’s timeless, and honestly I can’t imagine that this loquacious vampire’s interview was anymore interesting to read in the ‘70s either. This book was just so dull. Essentially, a slice-of-life diary of a very boring, introspective vampire. It was a little compelling in the beginning, naturally, as the exposition was laid, but then I was bored all the way until Part 3. And then eventually Part 3 also dragged on. I couldn’t wait for it to end. I wanted so badly to enjoy it. I always liked the 1994 film and more recently the 2022 TV adaptation. My personal feeling is just that this book was too slow-paced and ponderous. I relied heavily on the audiobook to get through it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Slavery, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death

mandalabumblebee's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Child death and Pedophilia

nuigurumi's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

i love vampires and books with darker elements, so i expected to like this book a lot more than i did. my favorite things about this book were the character development and prose, but i didn't really like how drawn out the book felt. louis' weird pedophilic relationship with claudia was also a huge no for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia

humblej's review against another edition

Pedophilia

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia

booksavecelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Child death and Pedophilia

swarmofbees's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia