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Summary: Decadent
Review: Anne Rice's books tend to be more like a rich, creamy cup of coffee with a decadent shot of brandy rather than a shot of espresso. This is a book for savoring, full of vivid detail, intriguing characters, and lush environments. The plot lines take time, developing slowly at times, but take quick, unexpected turns. This is not a book for the moderately literate, or for anyone looking for a quick read. Don't be surprised by violence and graphic imagery. This is a book about vampires, after all.
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Summary: Great Stuff!
Review: I must say that I usually read romance, so this was a little different adventure for me. However, I thought the book was great, the characters were extremely well developed, and to think I would actually feel sorry and sympathize with a vampire!
Good stuff. However, do not bother with the movie. Read the book and rented the movie.............YUCK! Stick with the book.
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Summary: interview with the vampire
Review: this book is definatly the best one of the series that i have read. After reading the book and seeing the movie, I personally think that the book is much better. The characters are great, especially Armand. The ending is the best, it leaves alot to think about, concerning the interviewer (who we find out alot more about later on in the series) I would definately reccomend this book to anyone that has a love of vampires, as for the others in the series they are slow at times, if you can get through the slow parts, then they are also good reads.
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Summary: A Darkly Delightful Tale!
Review: "Interview With the Vampire" is the book that started it all, the first instalment in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. Having seen the movie first, I wasn't sure how much I would get out of this book. I decided to give it a try and found that it was indeed worth my while. The story is compelling and the characters are well drawn, so that Rice's lengthy descriptions and occasional slow passages are worth the work it takes to get through them in order to enjoy this darkly seductive tale.Louis became a vampire in the year 1791. His early years were spent on his family's plantation in New Orleans, until he met the vampire Lestat and underwent his metamorphosis. Louis' first years as a vampire were filled with anguish and torment as he tried to fight his very nature, which insisted that he must kill to survive. Louis quickly grew to resent his maker, Lestat, who seemed cold and utterly heartless in Louis' eyes. Louis struggled terribly with questions about the why and the how of what he had become, with no one to guide him or give him answers.
And as Louis' contempt for Lestat grew, Lestat created a child vampire named Claudia to keep Louis from leaving him. Claudia quickly captured Louis' heart and the two of them became inseparable. But as the years passed, Claudia began to see her tiny body as a prison from which she would never escape. Her discontent continued to increase, and she yearned to be free of Lestat to discover the world with Louis. Claudia is a fabulous character, and Rice does an amazing job of portraying this woman trapped in the body of a child. In my opinion, Claudia is one of the best characters in this book. I don't want to give the rest of the story away to those who are not familiar with it, but Louis continues to search for answers about why vampires exist and his quest takes him far from New Orleans to search for other vampires in the Old World. Louis' tale is filled with heart-pounding danger, sensuous encounters, exotic new vampires, and heart-rending sorrow. We as readers become completely caught up in Louis' triumphs and failures, and are swept into the dark and seductive world of these remarkable vampires. I found "Interview With the Vampire" highly entertaining and full of wonderful surprises that weren't even hinted at in the movie. As I stated before, some of Rice's passages can become a little tough to wade through, but on the whole this book will capture your imagination and leave you looking at vampires in a whole new light. I imagine Anne Rice's style just isn't for everyone, but "Interview With the Vampire" is a great book in which to sample Rice's writing. So give this book a try, you may find it's just what you've been looking for.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: Before I read this book I had no idea the entire thing would be a conversation. At first I thought it was kind of odd because I had never read a book in that form before, but I got used to it after a while.
The story is about Louis, and his tale on how he became a vampire and all the horrible struggles he had to go through. He goes on to live with the one who made him a vampire: Lestat.
The book has a great plot and I recomend it to someone looking for a truely great vampire tale. But don't expect anything much of extreme horror.
And also, I recommend reading the book before seeing the movie.
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Summary: It is okay
Review: Well ive love anne rice she my favorite author, but i dont like this book. louis whine way to much. someway though i feel attracted to louis. if you really want to get hooked to Anne rice's world of Vamps. then read the vampire lestat
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Summary: Moderately Entertaining Yarn of the Undead
Review: As the title of my review states, I found the book moderately entertaining as it chronicled the undead lives of several vampires. I credit Ms. Rice because some parts of the book are quite clever indeed such as the concept of a vampire growing weary of eternal life and a blossoming frustrated woman trapped forever in the body of an undead child. Others, though, aren't that exciting.
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Summary: Captivating
Review: Made me wanting more,,,and guess what there's Many, many more,,:)
The characters in this book are so multidemsional you start believing that there are truely vampires in our world. Luis and Claudia are by far the better of Anne Rices characters. I'm sorry but after Vampir Lestat, I'm bored of lestat's character.In this book he's secondary to Luis and Claudia and that's a perfect situation. If you're looking for an alternative vampire novel and haven't yet discovered Anne Rice, then read this novel first .
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Summary: Surrender to enchantment? mandatory
Review: This is a very difficult review for me to write. I had minimal experience with Anne Rice before reading this novel. I had read "The Mummy" a long time ago, and it didn't do much for me at the time. My tastes have changed, however, so I decided to reacquaint myself with Rice's work. On the back cover of the paperback, there is a quote from the Boston Globe which reads "If you surrender and go with her, you have surrendered to enchantment, as in a voluptuous dream". I couldn't agree more, since the writing style here demands that you surrender logic and suspend disbelief in order to gain any enjoyment at all out of this story. Before you jump to the conclusion that this is a negative review, please note that I have given this work 4 stars out of 5. Briefly, this story is exactly what the title suggests: it's a first-person tale told through the eyes of a vampire. The interviewer (identified only as "boy") sits with Louis the vampire and documents his life story. There are many things with these pages which, frankly, require that you abandon logic and "go with the flow". For example, we are told that, as vampires, Louis and his mentor, Lestat, must venture nightly in search of fresh, living blood in order to sustain themselves. Louis is resistant to his vampire nature, and therefore does not kill humans for their blood often, preferring animals for sustenance. Lestat, however, kills nightly in and around New Orleans, and frequently takes more than one victim a night. That is 365 + dead bodies, every night, in 18th century New Orleans. Add the bloodthirsty Claudia (an interesting character, but I won't spoil it here), and you can easily double the body count. No explanation is given from the author regarding how the vampires get away with so much mass carnage. Very little explanation is given regarding Louis' wealth either, or how he managed to maintain it through the 200 years or so of our story. He is always depicted as being wealthy and it never seems to run out, even after traveling the world with Claudia. Also, at one point we are told that the vampire trio lived together on the same property in New Orleans for 65+ years. Again, no explanation is given for how they are able to conceal their lack of aging, which becomes quite important when speaking of Claudia in particular. Normally, such anti-logic would really bother me, and prevent me from enjoying a novel. This time, it's different. Anne Rice has immense gifts when it comes to writing prose that I found myself ignoring the nonsensical aspects of the novel in favor of relishing in the language she uses. Ms. Rice's writing has a very unique, spellbinding quality which more than made up for any lapses in logic. I even found myself comparing the writing to H.P. Lovecraft, which is high praise indeed coming from a Lovecraft fan like me. In fact, I love the writing style so much that I am willing to explain away the items listed above, and save Ms. Rice the trouble. You see, Louis the vampire is telling this story from his perspective, and the trivial details of concealing their true vampire nature were deemed irrelevant to Louis. Take that. In any case, I would recommend this book, and I plan on reading the other books in this series as well. "Interview" was a pleasant surprise for me and I hope the other novels will be too.
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Summary: Classic
Review: This is most definately one of the best horror series ever written, and the first novel starts it off with a bang. The story begins in San Francisco, with the tortured vampire Louis telling a young boy his life story. Louis is made a vampire by Lestat, who offers little to no direction in Louis's new cursed life, causing him much anguish. Their adventures, including the life of their daughter, Claudia, and the eventual parting of ways are told in an elegant, sophisticated style. The novel is dark, brooding, and gothic, the perfect atmosphere for its subject matter. This is an excellent book, and better than the movie.
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