Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

78 reviews

leosaki's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I have not had this much fun reading an actual physical book in... honestly, maybe years.
That being said, parts of this might be some of the most atrocious things I've ever read.
In any case, it's greatly entertaining and I love being insufferably insane about it.

Louis my beloved, autistic coded Catholic guilt riddled queer icon who was married and divorced twice without ever even noticing bc he has not one single social skill beyond being polite, you will always be famous. Go send those insanely powerful narcissistic monsters into a downward spiral simply by being pretty and sad🫶🏻✨️✨️

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sassyjax's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

I can't believe I read this book almost 30 years ago.  I've kept meaning to do a re-read, but didn't want to be disappointed as the later vampire books in the series caused a sour taste in my memory.  The story is just as powerful as I remember.  What I didn't realize then that I realize now is that the story is very much about an abusive relationship, leaving it, and then finding a life after.  

I wish that Anne Rice wrote more in Louis' perspective, but I understand that she found Lestat a much more intriguing point of view.  Even now, I identify more with Louis than Lestat.  Well, I know he appears in later books, but after being burned by 2 or 3 books after Queen of the Damned, I pretend that there are no more Anne Rice books after QotD.

This book still holds up for me and the fact that it was published 20 years prior to my first reading. I can't believe the book was published in the late 70s and still holds up (for me at least).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

yuvia's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

The first half was a bit of a drag but the ending was worth it in my opinion. I loved reading the differences and comparing what was kept in the show vs what was changed. In the end I prefer the  show overall and their version of Louis (because  book Louis is insufferable), but it was still an enjoyable read nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Pedophilia, Suicide, and Blood

Minor: Racism, Slavery, and Abandonment

marena02's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

yilliun's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Racism, Slavery, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

elgrey's review against another edition

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

Loved it. It does get slow at times (Louis is a yapper) but it’s so worth it in the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Slavery, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

scifi_rat's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Slavery, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Stalking

rosenrot's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

Overall a slow read. 
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. 

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Content Warnings

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

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.5

Anne Rice is the queen of vampire novels 

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol