Interview with the Vampire: Vampire Chronicles 1

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Love Ann Rice. Start here. You will not be disappointed. She describes being a vampire, becoming a vampire and writing about other vampires in the most romantic way possible. I am sad that I have read it all.

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This is the most epic book i have ever read! It's filled with passion, and yet filled with a gothic gloom of seeing through a vampire's eyes.

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I've always wanted to read a gothic, truly vampire story, and I've always heard Anne Rice was the one who made those books possible. I never really thought that I would find her book "Interview with the Vampire" at my school library, but when I did I was estatic. I devored and finished the book in a day and a half and I now know what a real vampire story is. Anne Rice crafted a masterpiece when she wrote this book. I highly reccomend you read it!

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Louis is a 200 year old vampire. He has lived many lives, known many people and other vampires, struggled with balancing his remaining human thoughts and tendencies with the necessities of vampiric life and seen history being made. Now he is going to share his story with the world. I have to admit to being disappointed with this book. It is not that the plot or characters are poorly crafted, indeed, they are quite interesting. However I had a strong dislike for the writing in this book. It was extremely melodramatic and Rice clearly had an absurd love of wordy, overused, cliche terms and descriptions. When there were not enough ridiculous, but well known, terms already in the English language, she seemingly spliced them together, resulting in some completely foolish words when used as descriptions for vampires. (When Louis called himself a "supermortal" I groaned aloud and hit myself in the forehead with this book. Luckily it's not very large, so no harm was done.) Having read Lestat, which is not a masterpiece but not bad either, I guess you can tell what an advantage 10 years of practice gives. I recommend those interested in Anne Rice's works skip this one and just start with Lestat. You don't need the torture.

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Anne Rice is without a doubt the queen of vampire novels. She creates a world that is both beautiful and disturbing and full of subtext (unlike today's genre of vapid, teenage romantic vampire fiction). Nor are her characters simple monsters; they are metaphors for lost souls in a world without clear meaning. Interview with The Vampire is an amazing book, and I recommend it to any one who is looking for an intellectually stimulating and intriguing read.

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I truly love this book - the rich, dark atmosphere; the full and troubled characters. It's the ultimate vampire story, and I must read it every year around Halloween.

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my favorite book of all time.i love it so much.anne rice is the best writer this is a must read