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eyebrightt's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Racism
e_money_the_cat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Racism
twooddsocks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
⭐⭐⭐
Summary: Louis de Pointe du Lac is a vampire, who wishes to share his torment and pain with an upcoming journalist. He talks about his life after death, and all of the people he has met along the way. It's a tale of heartache and warnings.
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Thoughts:
Having watched the film and then read the book, it was weird to see the few changes that were made. Regardless, I still enjoyed this story, and found it very character and emotional driven.
Louis, after becoming a vampire, continues to hold onto his humanity. He struggles with what he has to do every night to survive, and how he feels very deeply about everything.
His maker, Lestat de Lioncourt, is actually my favourite character in the book.
Lestat is kind of chaotic and wants Louis to stay with him, and provide him with riches. But then, after a hunger driven Louis bites into a young girl, Claudia, the duo becomes a trio. And more chaos happens.
Claudia is also a great character in my opinion. She has the fierceness of Lestat and doesn't let her size hold her back. She ages mentally but can't age physically, trapping an older mind in a young body. However, the story progresses and the concept of love is discussed in various ways.
I did find Louis to be a drag at some points. But I liked the relationship he formed with people.
I do have the next book so I will be starting that.
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Blood
rosenrot's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Louis is not as interesting a character as he makes himself out to be.
Deals with the unreliability of memory, catholic guilt and morals.
He is constantly struggling with his vampiric nature and his need to drink blood and bring death vs. his own moral superiority and general aloofness.
Because the world is being told through Louis and he isn't as interested in the history of vampires and his own struggle with existence it is at times hard to symphatize with him as a character.
His inner thoughts about Claudia become very uncomfortable, especially when you keep in mind that she is physically 5.
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment
Moderate: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, and Slavery
kayceeisbookish's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
madamenovelist's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Alcohol
rosalux's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment
semisinful's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The way Anne Rice has such a command of her prose is truly awe inspiring and the level at which relationships and the drama therein is what drives the plot is absolutely what I desire to do with my writing and I now see it can be done successfully for this style of story.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol
micallab's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Blood
vonaegir's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Grief
Moderate: Sexual content and Slavery