Interview with the Vampire

If you like vampire stories, this is the vampire story of the stories! I love Anne Rice's writing and would sugest all her books in a heart beat!

The "Interview with the Vampire", is a title that literally goes with this epic life story of a vampire named Louis. Anne Rice re-writes her own version of vampire tale. Filled with love, betrayal, loneliness, and a never before felt hunger, a young plantation owner named Louis is turned into a vampire who is distraught after losing his brother and giving up on life himself. The vampire Lestat who gives him the choice to die being nearly drained of all his blood or as he states "drink from me and live forever", takes Louis under his wing, teaching him of what he knows when Louis makes the choice to drink.



This whole book is about one man interviewing Louis as he has grown to be a vampire that is 200 years old. Louis tells of all that was changed when his rebirth took place and how his new broadened senses brought him to see the world as he had never seen or experienced it before. As Louis is taught by Lestat, he is to feed off of living creatures and their blood in order to have strength and survive. Louis chooses to stick with feeding off animals for a while, and is later bended by Lestat to accepting his "Killer" nature and begins to get used to feeding off humans.



Louis later in the story makes the mistake of feeding of a young child and then Lestat turns her into their vampire "daughter". Her real name is never revealed but Lestat decides to name her Claudia. Louis at first does not agree with this act, but begins to love and care for her as if they were family. Claudia becomes a fast expert at her new life and is just the cute and innocent looking little girl for the job. This is a great book to take a bite out of, and I myself did not want to put it down and the ending was definitely worth the wait.

I'm not sure if this book was any good or not. I haven't finished it. I couldn't. I never thought there would be a book that I couldn't finish, no matter how bad. I could never leave a book unfinished...until I read this. It bored the pants off me. It's still sitting on my bookshelf right now. Vampires are a very interesting subject...when Anne Rice isn't writing about them. Probably not worth the $0.29 my friend paid for it at Half-Price Books.

Ann Rice takes us into a world as few authors can do with her most magnificent novel. I was so taken with her characters that I could not resist finishing the entire saga. I would say that this is certainly her finest work. The story is dark and beautiful. After reading this I understand how one could know that a choice may be most evil and also completely irresistable.

Who hasn't heard of this book? Who hasnt heard of its utter perfection? I implore anyone who hasn't actually read it, to give it a try. It will not dissapoint. Louis is a sad soul. He is the speaker of this book and his sorrowfull words will stay with you until the end of the novel. His journey is one of heartache and that mood resonates throughout the entire novel. The mood is often gloomy, dark and depressing, but it is NOT, I repeat, no your typical Vampire novel. It is unlike any thing you've probably ever read about vampires. It is unique and beautifully written by the brilliant Anne Rice. She is the reason I love reading now. Her descriptive writing is brillianty realised on each page. I can read this book over and over again. I actually own a signed first edition, and I will treasure it forever.