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Summary: See the movie first or not at all
Review: Compared to the book the movie [stinks]. This is the best book that I have ever read. Most vampire novels are about people trying to kill vampires, but this is about the loneliness that a vampire feels, and his search for others like him.
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Summary: What a book
Review: "Interview With the Vampire" is one of the most creative stories that I've ever read. The idea of the interview in the first place is cool, and the story that Louis (the vampire) tells is very gripping. It starts out in the late 18th century when he is introduced into the world of darkness by the vampire Lestat, a wicked being who gets twisted kicks out of killing mortals. The two live together, hunting for blood, Lestat from humans, Louis (who cannot quite bring himself to kill a person) from animals. Then, Louis comes across a young girl named Claudia whose mother was killed by the plague. Louis and Lestat make her into a vampire to become their immortal daughter, and the book only gets better after this. There is a good deal of suspense, and Anne Rice writes the book beautifully. If you like dark, twisted horror, then this and its sequels are the books to read.
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Summary: Immunity to horror
Review: I've heard of Anne Rice for many years & I remember the commericals of the movie "Interview with the Vampire" yet I was always afraid of supernatural horror genres. It wasn't until 6 years later when 1 of my friends told me about it. I picked it up from the library & I was hooked. It's a wonderful book & with such creativitiy. Interesting concept.What I thought, or didn't like about the book is that if the boy (Daniel) never spoke much & Louis just kept on going & going & going. If he's a reporter, he should be asking, reporting. Anyways, the book was addictive, page after page of new adventures & curiousity. It was hard to put down & luckily, I checked out book 2 "The Vampire Lestat" so when the book was finish, I went straight to the next 1.
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Summary: Being a vampire is hhhhaaaaaaaarrrrrddddd
Review: Having read Interview and the first half of Lestat, I have to say that Anne Rice seems to have this remarkable talent for psychologically masochistic characters. I simply couldn't sympathize with them. Louis simply refused to be happy. Whenever it started to look like he might be happy, he figured out some way to make himself miserable again. "I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints," no longer has any meaning, because now all the sinners do is whine, whine, whine. I mean, if you're a vampire, you're damned for eternity, you might as well enjoy it.
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Summary: A throwback to early forms of the genre
Review: We follow the quest of Louis, made a vampire in 18th century New Orleans, to understand his vampiric nature and the meaning of immortality.
Interesting story, that reminds one of a 19th century horror novel, with its philosophical questions of good vs. evil, the human vs. the bestial, as opposed to modern concetration on shock and gore.
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Summary: Unbelievable!
Review: If I could only read one book for the rest of my life, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE would be it. I could never tire of these twists and turns and deep emotions described from a first-person POV. I LOVE this book! If you're looking for a book that really brings you to the mind of a vampire, or if you just assume all vampires are evil, or if you want to find out what kind of sadness a vampire experiences, this is the book for you. It is incredible and has such well-written description. Read it now!
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Summary: Riveting tale of horror and humanity
Review: Anne Rice tells an appealing and scary tale as Louie, a vampire from New Orleans, tells his story to a youth in modern day New Orleans. I was surprised at the "belivability" of this tale as I was puzzling out how some events happened --when they did not happen! Louie is made a vampire by the vampire, Lestat and struggles to understand both the vampire nature and how he can live with the evil side--the need to feast on blood every evening--and its implications. When Lestat turns a 5 year old girl into a vampire, Louie finds a focus for his life, the care of this precious "child". Without giving any spoilers, they travel to Paris where they find the Theatre des Vampires and a lot of their kind. Louie finds Armand, who he learns to love and other developments tear apart Louie's world. A fascinating and scary work, this story is enhanced by its dramatization by F. Murray Abraham who gives each character's voice special interpretation. I particularly liked his vocalization of the elderly vampire, Lestat. Save this for a medium range car trip or a daily commute without children.
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Summary: Existential Angst
Review: Rice's first novel is also her best. She'll write one better, someday, when she finally nails her vampires' coffin lids shut and moves on. Gentleman plantation owner Louis wants something more out of life - like, for it to go on longer than it does. He suffers from terrible ennui, and an even greater desire to never die, even though life's pleasures aren't all that satisfying. Enter Lestat, an elusive vampire who offers Louis what he can't resist: eternal life. Too bad it wasn't really all it was cracked-up to be. This is an incredible book. That it is a horror story is merely incidental. What this novel is really about is man's search for meaning, and his desire to uncover his own origins. At her best, Rice explores the question of immortality, and all it implies. Her vampires are perfect spokespeople for the theme: being immortal, they no longer have any need to procreate, and become stagnant, decadent and mad. The more philosophical among them, like Louis, seek greater meaning - but none is to be found. The vampire's greatest curse is boredom. Some cure it through suicide; others, like Lestat, through the perversity of evil diversions. Perhaps the greatest character creation Rice ever achieved, and one of the more interesting ones in all of literature, is Claudia, Lestat's crowning masterpiece of twisted ingenuity: a pre-pubescent vampire, who psychologically matures even as her body is frozen perpetually in youth, and who becomes the most evil of creatures, in frustrated desire, as a result. This book should be a text for modern philosophy classes. It's really brilliant, in every way. As a story, it reads incredibly well, but the whole is so much more than a mere story. Don't miss this one.
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Summary: Poor Louis de Point duLact!
Review: This book has to be one of Rice's most captivating books. She starts the Vampire Chronicals off with a bang with this sad, yet exciting tale of Louis de Point duLac's life as a vampire. You will become captivated and form a bond with duLac as you go on throughout the book. I applaud Rice on this magnificant tale and think that everyone should read it, no matter what culture, race or area you are. Wheather you're rich or poor you must read this book!
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Summary: One of the best stories ever
Review: Interview with the vampire is about a vampire named Louie who talks about his life to a boy who is an interviewer. During the interview, the boy is frightened in the beginning by the vampires appearance. But the vampire tells him not to be frightened and he begins telling his story who he was in the beginning and how his life changed when he became a vampire. To me, reading this book felt like an adventure. I almost felt that I wasthe character dealing with who I became, and watching how the world changes over the years.
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