Reviews tagging 'Death'

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

125 reviews

bolivianrash's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

vixenreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book hits a lot more differently now than when I read it seventeen years ago. Just because I can see the cracks does not mean that the spell has been broken. It lives in my heart, forever and always.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Grief, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Abandonment, Death, Gore, Murder, Toxic friendship, Blood, Child death, Pedophilia, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gaslighting, Alcohol, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Body horror, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Torture, and Xenophobia

Minor: Drug use, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Claudia as a five year old adds a disturbing layer to her scenes involving intimacy and violence, there is biting galore, property damage is imminent, and the complexity of destructive relationships (both with ourselves and others) is at the heart of the novel.

thebibutterfly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Well-written and developed, but I was not prepared for the heavy sexual themes around children and the casual mention/reference to slavery in this book. Disturbing doesn’t begin to describe it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Slavery, and Child abuse

kiira_56's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death

lennie_reads's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

tanacef's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I’m aiming to add more classics to my repertoire which is the only reason I pushed through to finish this cult classic, I’m sorry to say. I understand that this was a pivotal classic in its time, and maybe that’s the missing piece for me, but I wouldn’t say it’s timeless, and honestly I can’t imagine that this loquacious vampire’s interview was anymore interesting to read in the ‘70s either. This book was just so dull. Essentially, a slice-of-life diary of a very boring, introspective vampire. It was a little compelling in the beginning, naturally, as the exposition was laid, but then I was bored all the way until Part 3. And then eventually Part 3 also dragged on. I couldn’t wait for it to end. I wanted so badly to enjoy it. I always liked the 1994 film and more recently the 2022 TV adaptation. My personal feeling is just that this book was too slow-paced and ponderous. I relied heavily on the audiobook to get through it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Child death, Pedophilia, Stalking, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death

mandalabumblebee's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Child death and Pedophilia

andrealinia's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood

crows_in_a_trenchcoat's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

elenushka8's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death