Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice

Why I chose this book. Being a bit of a strange vampire loving woman. I had always wanted to read these ubiquitous Anne Rice novels. Having enjoyed Rices version of Sleeping Beauty and about to embark on a long journey Interview with the vampire The first volume of the Vampire Chronicles seemed to be a natural choice. · Don?t judge a book by it?s cover? This black tome features golden gothic writing and an eerie picture of a pale man with gushing tributes strewn all over the back, ? One of the most wonderful, erotic, sensual books ever written~ Sting This quote alone almost had me starting to read in the middle of the WH ...  Read the complete review

I actually read this book after reading the rest of the vampire chronicles because a friend of mine told me that the film was pretty much the same as the book. After reading all of the other chronicles I went back and read this book and I was a bit disappointed. I just didn't enjoy it as much as some of the other books. It wasn't that it was a bad book. I was still completely hooked on it and couldn't put it down but afterwards I didn't feel that it was as good as the other books. I think it was perhaps because Louis was my least favourite of all of the vampires. I liked him enough in the other books when he was just a secondary character but I found him ...  Read the complete review

"Interview with the vampire" inspired not only an excellent film, but also Sting's song "Moon over Bourbon street" and changed the face of vampire fiction. It is a strange blend of horror, angst and guilt - a very Catholic nightmare, and one that was very personal for the author. "Interview" is the first in a long series of vampire chronicals - the others being "The Vampire Lestat" "The Queen of the Damned" "The tale of the body theif" ""Memnoch the devil" "Pandora" "Armand" plus at least one new one, which I have yet to read. These are gothic tales, seductive in their ...  Read the complete review

I haven’t read any books for years, I can’t remember exactly the last time I did, maybe as long as 20 years ago! Shame on me. And I can’t even remember the name of the last book. Anyway, after reading opinions about all sorts of different books, I decided that I must be missing out, so decided to choose a book to read. I enjoyed the film, Interview with the Vampire, and my sister was raving how good the books by the author were. Anne Rice has written quite a few books, which she calls The Vampire Chronicles, and Interview with the Vampire is the first volume in the series. It took just under a week to read. I spent a couple of hours each night ...  Read the complete review

This is the first novel in Anne Rice's series entitled THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES. It is written in the form of a vampire giving an interview to a writer (hence the title of the book). The vampire's name is Louis, and his story spans two centuries. He was once a mortal man, but was made into an immortal vampire by Lestat. Together they become vampire 'parents' to Claudia, who they turn into a vampire when she is only five years old. This means that she will never physically become a woman, and she finds this hard to deal with. The story spans continents, from America through various places in Europe, although the most significant ...  Read the complete review