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Summary: Mesmerizing Is Definitely The Word
Review: I have been reading portions (one or two pages at a time) of this book in random order on three to six days per week for about three years. I thus have a vague notion about the story it tells, and the relationships of the characters, but I could not explain the narrative in chronological order. The writing is beautiful, as lulling as warm water, and I literally cannot read more than two pages without becoming drowzy, feeling compelled to turn off the light and go to sleep. That's why I read from this book almost every night -- I open it wherever it might fall open, it seems to be a great book, well written with interesting characters and incidents -- but it simply puts me right to sleep every time I read from it. It's downright hypnotic.
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Summary: Amazing Book!
Review: Anne Rice has such quality with words! This book represents the troubles that vampires go through in their eternal life, living hell on earth. Louis goes through a series of events that cause him to finally realize his destiny, and the destiny of his daughter, Claudia. The feelings between these two characters is truely unique with passion, and much love. Claudia is enchanting, and her words towards Louis are suspenful, and quite chilling and mature for such an extraordinary little girl. This book in fact grabs you into this magical world of vamipres, and doesn't let go. It captures you into the essence of the time and place that the charaters are in.
This book is absolutely mind-trapping, in which readers are interested in ofcourse, because when this book had that effet on you, you feel what Lestat feels, you feel what Louis, and Claudia feels, and the other characters too. This book is wonderful, exciting, erotic, chilling, and it gives you this thrill...into the world of Anne Rice's vampires.
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Summary: Mesmerizing, haunting, and intriguing; a triumph
Review: Anne Rice is now one of the most popular novelists alive. With "Interview with the Vampire" it is clear why; it's mesmerizing, haunting, and intriguing - one of the best novels I've ever read. It's a dramatic, horrifying and even sad tale of a vampire surviving through the ages while tormented by unanswered questions, love, and his hunger for blood. "Interview with the Vampire" is a triumph of modern fiction.
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Summary: first of the vampire chronicles books
Review: I've read this book several years ago i believe, and i guess i can say this is a so-so book. Reason i'm rating this book 3 stars is because there are a lot of confusing parts and i had to re-read most of them to get some sense in what they meant. And her language was very confusing. Still it was so and so, not good not bad.LOuis becomes a vampire by Lestat and the two live together with Claudia.
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Summary: Brilliant novel delivers more than just horror
Review: Anne Rice's fascinating novel catapulted her into literary superstardom and redefined the vampire for the modern age. A trio of vampires--Lestat, comfortable with his nature and capable of reveling in his power and cruelty; Louis, conflicted by his dark cravings but unable to resist them; and Claudia, tortured by being forever trapped in the body of a six-year-old girl--provide the prism through which we are introduced to a meticulously crafted vampire underworld that exists parallel to our own. Those who are put off by the dark, mopey, tragically romantic, gothic cliche that the vampire has become should not be deterred from reading this book, even though it is responsible for launching that cliche. Rice's prose is lovely and there is much interesting contemplation on the nature of evil and redemption. Not to mention a great story as well.
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Summary: Bloody Book
Review: This book is brilliant.I am not much of a reader but when I find something of interest like vampires, I am hooked.This is the very first vampire book I've ever read and it's great.The characters,storyline,and detailed scary destriptions make it hard NOT to turn pages.Definietly read it if you like fantasty creatures like vampires,it'll keep you on for long.
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Summary: Save yourself the time and effort; go see the movie
Review: This book is so long; it has to go into the detail of every litte thing that happened to Louis. I loved the parts where he was talking about how miserable it was to have to live forever, but then it goes into how he hates Lestat and discusses every movement Claudia makes, and yadda-yadda-yadda! This book just goes on and on and on. Just rent the movie, it has everything the book does, and isn't 300+ pages long.
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Summary: An Interview to Remember...
Review: Magnificent! This story takes you aflight on wings of incredible imagination so like a god or goddess you can cast your eyes upon an enchanted world of vampires...The tale memorizes, and its characters speak to the most intimate heart. This is a glimpse into the existence of a vampire named Louis, of his search for unattainable salvation in an eternality of damnation. His endless night is the soul of this book, and such a journey engulfs yet two other vampires in its curse, the vampire Claudia doomed in the body of a child and the vampire Lestat shackled in chains of unbreakable loneliness. Together they roam the world in a haze of sorrow, and each time the vampires take life for sustainment, it is not blood that fills them, but the hellish acknowledgement that they are forever children of the darkness. The gauntlet of each vampire to obtain what cannot be obtained gives them the quality of being human, and in their struggle for resurrection they themselves are unknowingly made beautiful...
I highly recommend this book for readers who love to suck all the marrow out of a story's life, because Interview with the Vampire will stir both the romantic and the philosopher in each of us and open our long-shut eyes...
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Summary: A masterpiece!
Review: This type of fare is usually not quite my cup of tea. And yet, when I began reading it, I just couldn't put it down. It is honestly, quite different from anything I had expected, with engaging, complex characters and lush description. I would recommend this particularly to those who enjoy fantasy, rather than those who like straight, undiluted horror. [website]
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Summary: BEST BOOK EVA
Review: This was the work of a genius. Anne Rice was near the tope of her game with this (non-fiction) work. (I like to think that vampires exsist, so leave me alone.) Rice's in depth with character and the mystery of it all will of course lead to Louis appearence again. Of course I am speaking (or rather typing) of Rice's other novel Merrick, which lets Louis do some things I will not type here. Just remember to READ THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES IN ORDER! It hurts if you don't. Overall, this book was fantastic, and I can't wait till Louis writes again!
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