Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Entretien avec un vampire by Tristan Murail, Anne Rice

90 reviews

semisinful's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

Wow. Truly one of the best vampire stories. No adaptation has in any way captured the feeling this book gave off. It’s truly remarkable. I can’t imagine a better first vampire novel. I’ve seen plenty movies, shows and games of vampire stories but this is my first ever vampire novel and it was remarkable. 

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. 

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Content Warnings

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

gia0203's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

slow and almost hypnotic… rice’s writing style is absolutely gorgeous. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Death and Injury/Injury detail

vonaegir's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-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

3.5

if you're anything like me, you struggled to get through this book as a traditional reader, because reading non-stop dialogue descriptions of past events didn't really work for you. if that rings a bell for anyone, i fully endorse taking a stab at listening to this one as an audiobook. it was the only medium through which i could enjoy the original story, personally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content and Slavery

alisasreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

i'm reading this as a result of my obsession with the tv show and needing to consume everything that is attached to it. so ofcourse i had to read this book and it really did not disappoint. anne's prose is truly something else this book did not have one dull moment for me, i read it as if it was already a series and i'm so grateful that we got one. this book makes me understand why the tv show is as good as it is, it can take the dark and gritty stuff from the book and give it even more weight and power. i never expected it to almost be a 5 star read for me but it surprised me in so many ways. i feel lucky i get to experience it through the eyes of the tv series though because it gives me more attachment to a character like louis, who is so different in the book and with seeing the show first is easier to root for and understand. i am so excited to read "the vampire lestat" to see his perspective and his story since he has become one of my favourite characters after watching the show. at the end of the day it was a really good and true experience reading this.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Kidnapping, Grief, and Gaslighting

sleepye's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.75

To give up humanity and mortality only to end up chasing it forever. 
I get IT, fully and finely.
And I thought I wouldn't like the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

laffi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Slavery, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

peachani's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.0

I did my best to keep an open mind, as this was never a book I was interested in. However, I wanted to give it a try since I love the TV show. Unfortunately, this format plus Rice's writing style made this incredibly boring for me. If I hadn't added this to a reading challenge on here, I would have DNFed long ago. Oh, well!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping

kanjichris's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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

[norm macdonald voice] and here's my review, not homoerotic enough

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Slavery, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Colonisation

purplesaturday's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

A really thought provoking exploration of vampires, but the way young children are described and treated was unnecessary and uncomfortable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts