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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)

Anne Rice

Start date: October 1, 2025

Finish date: October 31, 2025

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Interview With a Vampire

IwaV: October 2025 Pick - Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice
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Jul 29, 2008 Chadwick rated it did not like it

This book suffers from what I call the "Margaritaville" effect. See, I have this friend who insists that Jimmy Buffet actually wrote and recorded a few really good songs before he became the father of Parrotheadism. Hoswever, it is my position that "Margaritaville" and "Cheeseburger in Paradise" create a sort of negative songwriting credibility, that the rest of his works are lessened by association. Interview is actually a pretty decent pulp novel, if you can get past the fact that vampires are ...more

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Oct 04, 2010 Gloriana is currently reading it

I finally bought this. After reading so many other paranormal and vampire series, I decided to go for it since I'm going to New Orleans in a few weeks. Let's see how Lestat treats me... ...more

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Aug 07, 2007 Amy Ravenel rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, historicalfiction, owned-books

Easily the best of The Vampire Chronicles. Louis tells a compelling and heartbreaking story. Very, very good.

Updated 5/24/24: I still enjoyed this book all these years later. But what seemed interesting to 17-year-old me comes across as a bit whiney to 46-year-old me. ;)

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