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This is the story of the Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal life. Louis recounts how he became a vampire at the hands of the radiant and sinister Lestat and how he became indoctrinated, unwillingly, into the vampire way of life. His story ebbs and flows through the streets of New Orleans, defining crucial moments such as his discovery of the exquisite lost young child Claudia, wanting not to hurt but to comfort her with the last breaths of humanity he has inside. Yet, he makes Claudia a vampire, trapping her womanly passion, will, and intelligence inside the body of a small child. Louis and Claudia form a seemingly unbreakable alliance and even "settle down" for a while in the opulent French Quarter. Louis remembers Claudia's struggle to understand herself and the hatred they both have for Lestat that sends them halfway across the world to seek others of their kind. Louis and Claudia are desperate to find somewhere they belong, to find others who understand, and someone who knows what and why they are.
Louis and Claudia travel Europe, eventually coming to Paris and the ragingly successful Theatre des Vampires--a theatre of vampires pretending to be mortals pretending to be vampires. Here they meet the magnetic and ethereal Armand, who brings them into a whole society of vampires. But Louis and Claudia find that finding others like themselves provides no easy answers and in fact presents dangers they scarcely imagined.
Louis and Claudia travel Europe, eventually coming to Paris and the ragingly successful Theatre des Vampires--a theatre of vampires pretending to be mortals pretending to be vampires. Here they meet the magnetic and ethereal Armand, who brings them into a whole society of vampires. But Louis and Claudia find that finding others like themselves provides no easy answers and in fact presents dangers they scarcely imagined.
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Meg C. (
7 member(s) found this review helpful.
I finally picked this up after years of avoiding it. I really, really enjoyed the first part of the book. The history of how Louis becomes a vampire and the time and place (Louisiana during the plantation era) are fascinating, as is Rice's attention to detail as regards New Orleans at the time. I quickly got bored with the second half of the book though. It just seemed like Rice suddenly realized that there was a story that had to be finished by a certain number of words and she'd better get it done. The history and aura of it all was lost in favour of driving the plot.
It's not that I didn't like the plot. Just that I liked the plot a whole lot more when Rice was in touch with the pulse of the time and place she was writing about. That said, I know that she lives in NO and so has a very good understanding of the city and its history, so it might be for that reason that the parts of the book set in New Orleans are better simply because of Rice's intrinsic knowledge and understanding of it. Overall, it was a decent book that could have been better if the knowledge of Paris had been as good as Rice's knowledge of New Orleans.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
I wanted to like this book, and there was quite a bit to like about it, but eventually I got bored. I rarely fail to finish a book, but I actually put it down with about 75 pages to go, and just never picked it up again.
I like some vampire lit - most notably the Southern Vampire mysteries - and I enjoy some horror genres (went through Stephen King and Edgar Allen Poe phases) but this book just didn't do it for me.
I did love the author's Christ the Lord novels, as well as her memoir, which is why I gave this one a go.
Kate K. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I've never really been a person into the vampire genre, but after reading this book I think I'm going to pick up the rest in the series. I love the way the story is told, I love the history and the details used. I'm fascinated with New Orleans and I feel that Rice's descriptions of old New Orleans are beautiful. I didn't find the story over the top, it caught my attention and kept my interest.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Just read this again for the second time since young adulthood. Found it just as engrossing and fascinating as the last time. Her writing really sucks me in (pun unintended!).
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
These are the shocking confessions of a vampire. Hypnotic, erotic, chilling, and yet... a novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force that spans several generations, because, as we all know, vampires never die . . . or do they?
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Beautifully written; gorgeous, descriptive language depicting grief-stricken Louis' terrible struggle with adjusting to life as a vampire after being duped into it by the super-seductive Lestat. Rice was an alcoholic when she wrote this novel, and you can see the parallels to alcoholism with Lestat as the angry alcoholic, Louis as the co-dependent "spouse" and Claudia as the affected child.
I preferred the first part of the novel (which takes part in New Orleans), prior to Louis' trip to the old world but it is still a fascinating world to enter into, one you will not forget.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a very interesting book I read it and enjoyed it greatly. I am now reading the series. And have started book 2. this book really shows the other side of the vampire life and what it is to live as a vampire instead of the human aspect of hunting them. Very good book recommended for all vampire fans and Anne Rice fans.
Shaun
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
i hesitated with reading anne rice , due to people calling her writing erotic, but i regret holding out on her. i think this was an exellent but , shes a very great story teller. im looking forward to reading more.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Great introduction to the Vampire Series!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Written from Louis' point of view, the more romantic side of vampirism. The basis for the rest of the vampire novels out there.
Please Rate these Book Reviews
I enjoyed this more than I expected and I love the movie. In fact, that was part of it - I felt like watching the movie and picked up the book instead. I am very glad that I did. Of course, now I want to watch the movie even more, to spot the differences.
Still, it was beautifully written and surprisingly well constructed throughout, keeping the formula of the interview with all the words (almost) in dialogue. I definitely can see why Rice is so popular.
Within are the confessions of a vampire. Hypnotic, shocking, and chillingly erotic, this is a novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force - a story of danger and flight, of love and loss, of suspense and resolution, and of the extraordinary power of the senses.
LYNN K. (This book is well written, but did not hold my interest. This was probably because I'm not really interested in vampires. I think that anyone who does like reading vampire stories will enjoy this one.
Konnie K. (Engaging and at the time it was written, quite fresh. Vampire books are quite common these days but this was a good read.
Jennifer L. (Fabulous story that delves into the loneliness and pain of a vampire who must live a life he doesn't feel that he chose.
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