Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)

by Anne Rice

mass market paperback, 342 pages

English language

Published Nov. 6, 2004 by Ballantine Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-345-47687-6
Goodreads:: 43763

Interview with the Vampire is a gothic horror and vampire novel by American author Anne Rice, published in 1976. It was her debut novel. Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter. Rice composed the novel shortly after the death of her young daughter Michelle, who served as an inspiration for the child-vampire character Claudia. Though initially the subject of mixed critical reception, the book was followed by many widely popular sequels, collectively known as The Vampire Chronicles. A film adaptation was released in 1994, starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, and a television series premiered in 2022. The novel has also been adapted as a comic three times.

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excitalopram! reviewed Interview with the Vampire - Book I of the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice

Review of - Interview With the Vampire

3 stars

Read this after watching the AMC show but before watching the movie. Any point Anne might've been trying to make about Claudia being a metaphor for a disabled person who looks visibly young is thrown violently out the window as Louis does not view Claudia as an adult at the same time that he views her as a sexual being and his bride. Armand walking off into the sea was the funniest shit I'd ever read, though.

M reviewed Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) by Anne Rice

None

4 stars

Muchísimo mejor esta relectura décadas después, quizás porque ahora puedo entender mejor a un protagonista deprimido, desquiciado y con picos de ansiedad

sunstone reviewed Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) by Anne Rice (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)

Inconsistent

2 stars

Some brief moments of beautiful writing but mostly dull and melodramatic. I just wasn’t into the vibe but I can see how people can be enamored by it.

DavidB_Tn@books.mxhdr.net reviewed Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) by Anne Rice

Review of 'Interview With the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles)' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I'd read this gem when it came out in paperback, and I was 12 years old. I loved it so much, I did an except of the interview as a skit in camp that summer.