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Summary: Amazing Novel
Review: Many people reccomended this book to me, so though i had little intrest in it i read it. I finished this in a week end because it was THAT GOOD.
Though the book itself is very dark, Rice threads in amazing descriptions that make the book very beautiful. Rice lets the reader not only connect with Louis, but gives then an in depth look in to the inner workings of his mind. The story is always beautiful, always dark, erotic, thought provoking, and compelling. A must read for anyone who appreciates good literature and the supernatural. Amazing book.
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Summary: Beautifully written
Review: I started to read this book because my mun recommended it to me. It was the first book of ANNE RICE i read. At first i feel bored with it, but when i tried to get through it, i found myself addicted to it. The book is not too long(compared to other ANNE's book) but still took me one month to finish it.
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Summary: Blood & Love
Review: The cassette-recorded version of Anne Rice's novel is read wonderfully by F. Murray Abraham. He won the Oscar for "Amadeus" and has appeared in many films. His voice has excellent resonance and is greatly expressive. He tells this tale compellingly. As Louis the Vampire tells his story to the young journalist, we are drawn into the psyche of his once human existence, his Catholic roots in Louisiana, and his difficulty in leaving his humanity behind. Rice universalizes the vampire horror yarn as an intense psychological profile, giving it a depth of reality. As we learn about Louis' relationship with Lestat, we are fascinated and repelled. As Claudia becomes part of their vampire family, Abraham does a great job of conveying the ice running in the child's veins compared to the sensitivity and caring in Louis. The tale really becomes riveting as it moves to Paris and the Theatre Vampire comes in contact with Louis & Claudia. Sucking blood never sounded like a particularly erotic activity to me; but as Abraham milks Rice's dialogue, it becomes intensely erotic. Claudia's demise and Louis' teaming with Armand makes the climax rush to a fever pitch. I enjoy listening to tape versions of books during driving times. Abraham's version of this Anne Rice tale is excellent. Enjoy!
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Summary: .....alright
Review: i like this book but it seems to drag on . and I'm the kinda person that needs a good book with lots of interesting parts to keep me reading...I alos like how they described vampires though this book is kinda like my bible
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Summary: I wanted to like this book
Review: I really did. I like horror, history, New Orleans, vampires, plantations, etc. I have a degree in English Literature, just so you know I'm not an idiot. This book is not good. The story is not interesting. Why create this relationship between Louis and Lestat? It doesn't work. Why is the whole thing an interview? Just for a payoff in the end? Claudia is the only good character. There were so many things that could have been done to make this a great novel. It's not compelling. A writer who makes vampires boring is not a good writer.
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Summary: Oh Come on people!
Review: Interview With the Vampire is just outright HORRIBLE! This was my first shot at Anne Rice, and it was my last. A friend told me about Anne Rice, and I did finish Interview With The Vampire (which took me six months because I was so lost and disquisted with the story), it left a bad taste in my mouth just finishing it. The story goes around Louis; an aristocrat during the 19th century. He then runs into Lestat; a vampire who has live for a long time. So Lestat bite's him and turns him into a vampire because this was something he really wanted. So now as they spend time together, Louis then goes through the years as a vampire feeding and eventually converting a little girl named Claudia which they raise has their own. Eventually Louis and Lestat go their seperate as Louis tries to kill him for reasons I dont understand and I clearly dont give a s*it about. Now we are in present San Francisco, the interview is over, and the reporter leaves the building with the tapes in hand. Over. So why did I give this novel 1 star? Because Anne Rice babbles on and on about emotions, and about living the vampire life. I dont care if they had a bad day or what, vampires are supposed to be scary and hideous blood suckers, not these former humans to be soft or anything. Trust me people, there are sooooo many great novels out there than this crap. Read Salems' Lot or The Stake by Richard Laymon.
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Summary: The best of the vampire books.
Review: Interview with a Vampire is probably the best of Rice's vampire series. We learn of Lestat an older and immortal French vampire living in French New Orleans, and newly made Louis, a young French planter. Their affair might be homosexual if vampires did anything sexual but in Rice's vampire world sex is virtually unthinkable, they're dead you know. Louis never can make up his mind to be the vampire he is, feeling guilt feelings and drinking chicken or rat blood instead of killing humans. In his misery he makes a girl into a vampire, against the vampire rules. She will forever be a child, because she's dead doncha know. Louis and the girl set off for Europe to find the history of Vampires. It's well written, believable, and entertaining.
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Summary: I don't understand the hype
Review: How can so many people like this book? Anne Rice is one of the most pretensious authors I've ever had the displeasure of reading. This book became tedious in less than a hundred pages, and because downright unbearable after Claudia came in. Ms. Rice drags out every scene, making even the most trivial actions a ten-page angstfest. I suppose she thinks it's giving the book depth, but it just made me bored. Really, there are a lot of better books on vampire fiction out there. I suggest you seek them out.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: As a vampire lover myself, i found this particular book intriguing. it is more focused on one Vampire's life and his pain is felt through his own voice. The main character, Louis's uniqueness somehow grabs me. To anyone craving an absolutely wonderful book that will keep you on your toes and thinking, I highly recommend this book. To anyone who has not read one of Anne Rice's books, please do not hesitate, you will not be dissatisfied.
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Summary: Introduction to the world of Vampires
Review: Brilliant work introducing us to the world of the Vampire: sensuous, ambitious, and eager for knowledge of the origin. Louis' quest for knowledge takes him away from his controlling mentor, Lestat, and New Orleans into the realm of the Old World vampires like Armand. Anne Rice gives each of her vampires an almost human character and personality, proving that even the living dead can be more human than human. Absolutely a must read.
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