Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice

10 reviews

zayayaz's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

baggy af

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual violence, and Colonisation

femininomenon's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.5

how do u go from a 3 star book to a 4.5 book in the same series? anne rice's brain is fascinating

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

seanamcphie's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

kanjichris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

franklloydweft's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

I probably should give it a 5 star… but Anne, you’re so weird (derogatory)

Copied from fable:
Against my better judgement… I had an amazing time. Continual Anne Rice-isms icked me, and that’s why this isn’t a 5 star, but Lestat as a narrator is just so fun to read. The issues I had with Louis’s narration in IWTV were all gone in this one, because Lestat is utterly insane in the best way. He really does feel alive. I laughed. I teared up a few times. I gripped this book so hard while reading it that some pages are falling out (live, laugh, love cheap paperbacks). Yes, some of the transgressive themes in here made me feel the same way I did in interview (not happily disturbed but wondering at Rice’s own beliefs) but I had too much fun to give this the same rating I did that book. What a ride! Long live Lestat!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Dysphoria

Minor: Racism

Anne Rice has continual issues with micro aggressive language and just racist/antiblack themes. Her descriptions can be distressing to read when she’s describing POC characters. I would like to think this is realism on account of an 18th century French aristocratic narrator, but I don’t think so.

nokvi's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

Lestat rel sickening LMAOOOOO, so sickening he funny. This man so vain eh, I can't stand his ass. Also Gabrielle saying

Let's head to africa and get them to worship us like gods. Rice ik you probably in hell but still that was nasty

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Incest

Minor: Racism and Slavery

mothstrand's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Suicide

Minor: Racism and Slavery

jackbifrost's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and War

tbd24's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

honestly I wasn’t convinced i was gonna continue the vampire chronicles at the end of IWAV, but right from the start this book got me interested. well maybe not RIGHT from the start but once Lestat started talking about his past. I loved his melodrama, the way he turns everything into a philosophical puzzle to be solved. And unpopular opinion lol but I like that Anne Rice made the vampires not care about human conventions like incest and age gaps, it shows how they are fundamentally changed from human kind. Even if these are still meant to be morally questionable actions, the modern vampires all maintain that they are evil creatures so why shouldn’t they commit horrific social crimes??? they

kill people lol

. Ultimately, i can understand why some people wouldn’t enjoy a book that happens mostly in someone’s thoughts and memory but boy is it my cup of tea, i’m so excited to read the next one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Incest and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Violence, and War

oatcappuccino's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Racism, and Antisemitism