Interview with the Vampire

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Summary: Cool in a freakish sort of way...
Review: This is the first book of hers I've read, and it definitely won't be the last. Sure, the fact that it's entirely a story being told annoyed me at first, what with quotes-inside-quotes and stuff, but I got over it. The plot is well-drawn and not too complicated, but it's impossible to predict what will happen next. She creates solid characters with realistic weaknesses. I liked Louis's struggle to accept immortality and Claudia's eternal form as a child. If blood bothers you, you're not going to like this, but it was told so poetically that it was easy to forget that hey, Louis is killing this guy! It's told very well from a first-person perspective, making you feel like you're right there with him, morbid as that may be. Highly recommended, but not for the very faint of heart.

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Summary: VAMPIRES... Oooooohh!
Review: I loved this book... It really got a hold of me from the first page... However, towards the middle of the end, really bored me! This is the third novel I read by Anne Rice, and I do love the movie better as well... But you miss alot that's in the story than the movie, so I recommend reading the book and then watching the movie...

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Summary: MESMERIZING
Review: The very fact that Anne Rice could make a very unlovable character, such as a vampire, quite lovable, is an astonishing feat in itself. In beautiful, straightforward prose, Rice explores the inner life of a vampire and manages to make him sympathetic. Louis, Lestat and Claudia are fascinating characters we come to know and identify with. On a larger scale, this talented author very deftly explores deep philosophical questions concerning the mystery and meaning of life and death and immortality through the eyes of those who have actually experienced it. Philosophical treatise or fascinating story--this book truly has it all. Rich in metaphor and imagery, I think it is the very best of Rice's Vampire Chronicles, the most atmospheric and, by far, the most cleanly plotted.

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Summary: hummm
Review: I read this book before I saw the movie.I like the movie alot more it was much more fun. I thought that for the book was slow it did not keep me up at night.I love a book that can do that. There are other Anne Rice books that alot better like Queen of the Damned which is alot of fun.

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Summary: A book to be savored
Review: "Interview with the vampire" was my first Anne Rice's book and I've been enchanted with her dark universes and eloquent poetic-prose ever since.In fact, when I first started reading this book I couldn't put it down and I carried it with me everywhere I went. I wanted to finish it quickly and discover its end but at the same time I wanted to savor every word and when I did finish reading it, I turned it back and read it again.I believe that Anne Rice has created this universe of vampires with all their extra-senses and exaggerated feelings to depict humanity so charmingly and realistically. Her vampires are just close-up pictures of us, humans. In her book, she proves her magical ability to make you, so easily, fall in love with her creations and I've fallen so hopelessly in love with Louis with the very first few lines he spoke. He is the most human in her books. He is even at times more human than humans themselves. I've loved his sensitivity, his guilt, his melancholy, his hatred to himself, his torture by the hatred and the love he feels towards Lestat, his absolute love for Claudia despite all that she is, his confusion, his questions and I've loved him most of all for all what he is. But Louis is not the only reason for me to love this book.I love it for all its depth, all the questions it seems to raise and the silent quest for the truth behind all its confusion and dark world."Interview with the vampire" is a book of the heart. It is a book not to be simply read but reread again then again and again and savored with every reading.

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Summary: eh.......
Review: It was ok not the greatest. Maybe because I watched the movie before I read the book. Although I did like the differences between the two. But Louis was just starting to annoy me. Got really boring and some parts. Lestat was alright but over al the coolest person was the little girl "Claudia". She was just pure evil. I loved her she was the greatest. She was the only reason i read almost all of it. She was just horrible it was great. It was over all an all right book......just read the book before the movie....

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Summary: The best of the Vampire Chronicles
Review: This is the most engrossing book of the celebrated Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. I love it mostly because of Louis, who I prefer over Lestat. Louis is a vampire who still has his humanity, and his tormented searching is something that we can all find within ourselves. Lestat is much better as the evil and mysterious vampire in this book than the sly hero he became. The child vampire Claudia is the most heart wrenching character ever brought to life. Or is it death? A mind that is old but must stay trapped in the body of an innocent child. Because of her monstrousity or lack thereof, she is destroyed by Armand and the rest who reside at the Theatre des Vampires. After all of this, Louis finally has his humanity stripped away from him, never to return. IWTV is wonderfully, poetically written, and stands tall against its successors. Long live Louis. I hope Anne Rice writes another novel about him someday. I love this book, and you will too.

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Summary: Hypnotic in its confessional tone
Review: I have to agree with Lestat-- Louis does whine. However he whines in a truly fascinating way. The language and the confessional tone draws you quickly into a dark and morally ambiguous world. Perhaps most fascinating is Louis' inability to truly grasp his own culpability. In the end I consider The Vampire Lestat the more exciting book, but this novel of addiction, love, and hate puts you under its spell and keeps you there as Louis is seduced by Lestat, Claudia, guilt, and Armand.

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Summary: A must read!
Review: Well,I remember when I first picked this novel up.After that,i couldn't put it down!I loved Louis for all his mourning,Lestat for his cruelness and mischievious nature,and Claudia for being just her.This unruly family captivated me for hours, then i read the book again!

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Summary: Shocking, hypnitizing, and a well-written story
Review: This book pulled me right in as soon as I started it. I couldn't put the book down but at the same time I really wanted to pace myself and take in every word and I didn't want it to end. After reading it though I was shocked. It wasn't what I had expected. I don't know what I expected but shocked is the one of the best words to describe how I felt. Louis is a character that I think almost everyone can relate to. And Anne Rice makes you love all the characters and then she can make you hate them but there is always that connection to Louis, the sadness, and the loss that I think makes you love him or at least understand him through his whole story.