Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

92 reviews

citrusking29's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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? Yes

3.5

The plot is super interesting but the main character is the most insufferable hypocrite I've ever read the perspective of

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Pedophilia, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

mlkao94697's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

erika_winters's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

2.25

This book took me a very long time to read because of how densely packed it is. Anne Rice created a very unique concept of what a vampire is in this book, and for that I will commend her. However, the idea of Louis questioning his existence and the meaning of being a vampire (am I an entity of evil created in Satan’s image?) grows old for the reader trying to navigate a point in the text. There were times when Rice’s ability to write beautiful passages was on full display, especially when detailing Paris and the Théâtre des Vampires. Another aspect I enjoyed was the implicit gay love affairs that Louis has throughout the book; the one with Lestat being extremely toxic and doomed, whereas the second with Armand being one of curiosity about one’s vampiric life that is also unfortunately doomed. Parts that could’ve been left out was the overt racism at the beginning of the book (Louis is a slave owner on a plantation in New Orleans), and the unsettling adjectives used to describe Claudia who is a young child turned vampire (“sensual” being one I remember here, which is cringy). Some parts read very pedophilic at times because of the interactions between Louis and Claudia, as well as just words to describe actions between the two. Overall, I expected more from this, and was disappointed to find that the end of the book leads into a second book so I just sat frustrated for a minute after closing it since I spent 15 weeks reading it. Sigh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racism, Violence, and Blood

flora_arns's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I have such mixed feelings about this book… slow and tense (dull at times) but the third act is thrilling. Equal parts homoerotic and existential, but the relationship between Louis and Claudia is near pedophilic. The TV show certainly makes changes to the story for the better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Slavery, and Fire/Fire injury

averydappercat's review against another edition

My Libby loan was close to ending and I didn't want to force myself to read the other half of the book in two days. The wait list for an extension is quite long and I don't know if I'll get back to it or not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia

Freudian, Stockholm syndrome type relationship between a child vampire and protagonist

kjurewicz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I went into this book not knowing much about it, other than it being a “classic” vampire story with various tv adaptations. However, the writing style was not what I expected. The narrative voice reminded me a lot of Frankenstein (especially how self-deprecating the narrator is), or other classic Gothic texts like Dracula (obviously!) or Jekyll and Hyde. Like the boy interviewing Louis, I felt a compelling need to know the end of the story, so I kept reading. However, I was bored by the excessive detail and long-winded (dare I say whiny) explanations by Louis, so I ended up rushing through to the end. I felt like there was no true dramatic conclusion and characters kept being introduced that I thought would be more significant and well-developed than they were (ex: Madeline, the guy in Europe with the dead wife, Santiago, etc.) I also felt like Louis’ relationship with Lestat was not as interesting and complex as it should have been conveyed; their final meeting was also a huge letdown. The same could be said about his relationship with Armand. And I also felt so uncomfortable with his relationship with Claudia - it was creepy and almost pedophile-like. 🤢 Overall, a disappointing book and I would not continue the series…but I definitely want to watch the show!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Murder

solusipse's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Cannibalism

hedonsgaybookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Incest

dandyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-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

3.0

This book is a slog until Part 3. It's an "okay" book, but I would not recommend it. Make sure to read the content warnings before you pick it up, because it's explicit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

There are two scenes with children that have a distinct sexual overtone and are given explicit details of their bodies in the narration. As well as the issue of Claudia who

grows into an adult in a child's body

, but is nonetheless described with sexual overtones throughout the book. This is not even to get into the fact that the main character owns a plantation and Rice delves into the reality of the enslaved persons living there, and, while there are no slurs used from what I remember, they are talked about in racist ways throughout the beginning of the novel. In addition to this, while there's a lot less of it, there is xenophobic language towards Eastern Europeans, as well.

cassiafied's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

KISS KISS KISS

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Pedophilia

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