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Interview with the Vampire
By: Anne Rice , Mary BlaireBook Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Random House Publishing Group
Series: The Vampire Chronicles #1
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Reader Review: As a matter of practice, I try and read a book *before* I watch the movie. 'Interview with the Vampire' is no exception, it's merely taken me longer than I would have liked to accomplish everything. With that said. my best friend in high school *loved* Anne Rice's works and tried on many occasions to get me to enjoy them as well. Back then, I never could. Now, as an adult, I don't know if my tastes have changed that drastically or if her style has merely grown on me...but I found that once I started 'Interview with the Vampire', I had a nearly impossible time putting it down. It wasn't just her characters that had sucked me in either. (Sorry for the bad pun. lol) It was the story as a whole - her description of place and time. The way she made me *feel* as if I were there, beside Lestat, Louis or Claudia. It was nothing short of amazing for me. I found that as soon as I finished 'Interview with the Vampire' I couldn't wait to begin the next book in the series ("The Vampire Lestat") not because I wanted to know 'what happened before' ("The Vampire Lestat" is actually a prequal of sorts). I wanted to keep going because I had become invested in the characters lives and needed to know more about them. I wanted to continue with her on the ride she had began for us, to see where we would both end up and where it all began. I needed to know more about the characters I had grown to both love and hate because of their actions and very nature. In short, I found 'Interview with the Vampire' to be very well written and thought out - from all angles. It is a timeless vampire "classic", and unfortunately, as so often happens, they took a good book and turned it into a movie. While the movie was good in its own right; it failed to simply do the book justice. Overall, I highly recommend this book - as well as the rest of 'The Vampire Chronicles' series - to anyone with more than a passing or glorified interest in vampires. This isn't 'Twilight' by a long shot so don't expect a story anywhere along those lines. 'Interview with the Vampire' shows a much darker side to the life of a vampire. A life that draws you in and keeps you close until the very end.
Here are the confessions of a vampire. Hypnotic, shocking, and chillingly erotic, this is a novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force–a story of danger and flight, of love and loss, of suspense and resolution, and of the extraordinary power of the senses. It is a novel only Anne Rice could write.
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| Title of eBook: Interview with the Vampire | Series: The Vampire Chronicles, , #1 |
| Release Date: 11-17-2010 | |
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| Publisher: Random House Publishing Group |
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Interview with the Vampire
Chapter One
"I see-" said the vampire thoughtfully, and slowly he walked across the room towards the window. For a long time he stood there against the dim light from Divisadero Street and the passing beams of traffic. The boy could see the furnishings of the room more clearly now, the round oak table, the chairs. A wash basin hung on one wall with a mirror. He set his briefcase on the table and waited."But how much tape do you have with you?" asked the vampire, turning now so the boy could see his profile. "Enough for the story of a life?"
"Sure, if it's a good life. Sometimes I interview as many as three or four good people a night if I'm lucky. But it has to be a good story. That's only fair, isn't it?"
"Admirably fair," the vampire answered. "I would like to tell you the story of my life, then. I would like to do that very much."
"Great," said the boy. And quickly he removed a small tape recorder from his brief case, making a check of the cassette and batteries. "I'm really anxious to hear why you believe this, why you-"
"No," said the vampire abruptly. "We can't begin that way. Is your equipment ready?"
"Yes," said the boy.
"Then sit down. I'm going to turn on the overhead light."
"But I thought vampires didn't like the light," said the boy. "If you think the dark adds atmosphere-" But then he stopped. The vampire was watching him with his back to the window. The boy could make out nothing of his face now, and something about the still figure there distracted him. He started to say something again but he said nothing. And then he sighed with relief when the vampire moved towards the table and r
...Title: Interview with the Vampire February 12, 2012 As a matter of practice, I try and read a book *before* I watch the movie. 'Interview with the Vampire' is no exception, it's merely taken me longer than I would have liked to accomplish everything. With that said. my best friend in high school *loved* Anne Rice's works and tried on many occasions to get me to enjoy them as well. Back then, I never could.
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Now, as an adult, I don't know if my tastes have changed that drastically or if her style has merely grown on me...but I found that once I started 'Interview with the Vampire', I had a nearly impossible time putting it down.
It wasn't just her characters that had sucked me in either. (Sorry for the bad pun. lol) It was the story as a whole - her description of place and time. The way she made me *feel* as if I were there, beside Lestat, Louis or Claudia. It was nothing short of amazing for me. I found that as soon as I finished 'Interview with the Vampire' I couldn't wait to begin the next book in the series ("The Vampire Lestat") not because I wanted to know 'what happened before' ("The Vampire Lestat" is actually a prequal of sorts). I wanted to keep going because I had become invested in the characters lives and needed to know more about them. I wanted to continue with her on the ride she had began for us, to see where we would both end up and where it all began. I needed to know more about the characters I had grown to both love and hate because of their actions and very nature.
In short, I found 'Interview with the Vampire' to be very well written and thought out - from all angles. It is a timeless vampire "classic", and unfortunately, as so often happens, they took a good book and turned it into a movie. While the movie was good in its own right; it failed to simply do the book justice.
Overall, I highly recommend this book - as well as the rest of 'The Vampire Chronicles' series - to anyone with more than a passing or glorified interest in vampires. This isn't 'Twilight' by a long shot so don't expect a story anywhere along those lines. 'Interview with the Vampire' shows a much darker side to the life of a vampire. A life that draws you in and keeps you close until the very end.
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