Kelly's review of The Vampire Lestat
The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, Book 2) by Anne Rice
Kelly's review
rating:
bookshelves:
fiction
recommended for:
people are perversely drawn to anti-heroes, those starting the Chronicles
status:
Read in September, 2001
I'm going to just put this out there: Lestat is among the most fascinating minds I've ever been inside in literature. He just is. I understand that this is an erotic horror novel but that doesn't diminish the truth of that statement. This book holds up to the test of time. I re-read it last year, and found out that I had not had a silly teenage fancy about it.
I did not like Interview with a Vampire (mostly because I think Louis is whiny bitch), and I was going to quit reading the series. But I thought I'd give it one more shot with Lestat, since I was at least interested in seeing more of him from the first book. I am /so/ glad that I went on. I would have missed out on so much.
Lestat is just one of those... well the main review says Faustian, and I'm going to have to agree. His journey through sensuality, spirtuality, violence and meaning is one of the most fascinating I've ever read. It comes to a culmination in "Memnoch the Devil," I feel, but this is where it begi...more
I did not like Interview with a Vampire (mostly because I think Louis is whiny bitch), and I was going to quit reading the series. But I thought I'd give it one more shot with Lestat, since I was at least interested in seeing more of him from the first book. I am /so/ glad that I went on. I would have missed out on so much.
Lestat is just one of those... well the main review says Faustian, and I'm going to have to agree. His journey through sensuality, spirtuality, violence and meaning is one of the most fascinating I've ever read. It comes to a culmination in "Memnoch the Devil," I feel, but this is where it begi...more
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