Interview with a Vampire

This was my second Anne Rice read (the first was Vittorio the Vampire) and I must admitt i fell in love with it from the first couple of pages. It really drew me in. Beautifull crafted and absolutely exquisite. I love vampires, and, having started to write my own novel about them, I found this very inspiring. Thorougly enjoyable read, and much more deep and thoughftul than Vittorio the Vampire.

Haunting, beautiful, elegant -- this novel shaped how vampires are represented in modern fiction. This is an excellent novel, it is poetic and mysterious and a worthy successor to the vampire mythos. Sadly, the rest of the "Vampire Chronicles" series fails to live up to this novel.

Read it when I was 16, in the run-up to the film's release (there was a long delay between US film release and South African film release, and I was gagging to see the film, so I decided I might as well read the book in the something-stupid six month or so gap between US and SA release). The book was a bit dense for me at the time, but I also remember enjoying the way it unfolds slowly and...more

Read it when I was 16, in the run-up to the film's release (there was a long delay between US film release and South African film release, and I was gagging to see the film, so I decided I might as well read the book in the something-stupid six month or so gap between US and SA release). The book was a bit dense for me at the time, but I also remember enjoying the way it unfolds slowly and elegantly. And also remember wanting to skip ahead through some of the middle stuff.   hide

Anne Rice is a very talented author. I personally enjoyed this book. She uses historical facts in her writing which is quite interesting and i found that she created a lot of deep thoughts and emotions in this book. Things that you wouldn't think about every day. As I haven't read many of her other work i can't really compare, but it was a great read over all!