Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) in Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library

Aug 29, 2009 Gaijinmama rated it it was amazing

Shelves: paranormal, fiction, re-read, favorites

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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Jul 15, 2011 Dale Pearl rated it really liked it

Shelves: modern-fantasy, 2013, first-in-a-series, audio-book, vampire, y2013-july

A good read. Not a great read.
I flopped between a 3,4, or 5 star review. I wanted to give a 5 star review because of its significance to horror writing and to the billion dollar vampire and goth industry. This book was written in 1976 so it could very well be responsible for a generation of folks running around dressed in black, insane makeup, and getting drunk inside of graveyards.

Interview is crazy scary at times. but the part that has me wanting to give it a 3 star review is that quite a bit ...more

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May 09, 2009 Celeste rated it it was ok

I must admit I'm not an Ann Rice fan. ...more

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Mar 13, 2008 Amy rated it really liked it

i read this book when i had a mind to mold. i really enjoyed the novel, it was different from anything i had read at that time. it opened my mind to different themes in writing, from suspense, isolation and sexuality. i should re-read it, seeing as it has been over 10 years since i first picked it up. anne rice is obvisouly a talented, established author, so reading her work is very satisfying.

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