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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 the Vampire

IwaV: October 2025 Pick - Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
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Aug 29, 2009 Gaijinmama rated it it was amazing

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I am going to confess that I didn't read this book until 1993, after I'd seen the movie. I couldn't handle horror movies or scary books at the time, but Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas and a surprisingly good Tom Cruise really got my attention.
Now I'm a bona fide fan. I'm working toward reading everything Rice has written, and now I enjoy many other authors who write about vampires.
It wasn't just that the vampire dudes were soooo totally hot in the movie. As is usually the case, the book turned ou ...more

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May 02, 2009 Zachary Smith rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Ugh ...
Actually, the last 30 or 40 pages were pretty good.
But that doesn't make up (not by half) for the rest!

The story is slow, and the characters are terrible.
And not in that romantic way; the way that draws you to a villain:
The protagonist whines. A lot.
His daughter/girlfriend is just ... creepy.
And Lestat? He's just a boorish jackass.

People have told me that this wasn't her best - that it's the sequels that makes the series epic. Still ... ...more

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