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The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
Review: after reading "interview.." i was bit scared to read this because i love the first book so much and louis' style of narration...and after the first few chapters i HATED it..lestat as a rock star??? huh???? HATE this..then it gets into his life story and it's simply amazing..i loathed him after first book but now think he's kinda cool, simply amazing book in a amazing series. Astounding.
Review: What a turnaround this was. Lestat was a hollow and heartless character in the first book. This book turns all that around and you see why he behaves like he does with Louis and his links to Europe. Even better than the first book!
Review: After reading Interview with Vampire I immediately moved on to read this and agin I was gripped. Since first reading about Lestat I had wanted to know more, and this does not disappoint. The tale is magnificently told and the character of Lestat is described so well that it seems as if he could be real. This novel is enchanting and weaves an almost perfect tale, yet more late nights were had reading this and you will have them too...buy it now!
Review: Anne Rice's amazing character Lestat comes vividly alive in the second and best enstalment of the Vampire Chronicals with all the beauty and savagery of a phoenix rising from the ashes. Her amazing narative as Lestat leaves you feeling wrung out with emotion as he tells his story of how he was made and all the pain and inner turmoil that came with the first few centuries of his life as a child of darkness. The passion of his creating companions over the years and his search for knowledge of his nature and others of his kind is such a relfection of the human search for love and answers, I really think Rice has a deep understanding of psychology.
Rice captures perfectly how tortured the human soul can be so that everyone can relate to Lestat who is in turn as monstrous and inhuman as he is compassionate and complex.
Some of the scenes have had me in tears such is the intensity of them.A must read if you love vampire novels as this is the ultimate and the only one you'll ever need, but beware you might just loose your heart to the vibrant, tortured, cruel and beautiful Lestat in the process and never quite be the same again.
Review: This book is must have for anyone who has had read interview with a vampire, or likes the movies (iterview with a vampire and queen of damned). A very well written book, tied up all the bits missing in the first book and films. You find out how Lestat knows Armand, and it fills in the bits missing between films. You get a real sense of who lestat is. You find out more about akasha and enkil (the mother and father) and how they came about. A very gripping read. It's 3 vampire storys in one book.
Review: As the sequel to Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat changes the focus away from Louis, and towards the true protagonist of the Vampire Chonicles, Lestat. The novel beginning with Lestat's childhood (far before the timeline of Interview), continues with a retelling of the events in the previous novel (revealing that Louis version of events is a bending of the truth at best - also many events that were omitted in the first novel are included here that enhance the story) as well as continuing the story onward post Interview timeline telling what becomes of Lestat, Louis, and many other intriguing characters. The Vampire Lestat is an excellent novel and rivals its predecessor in quality. After reading this novel, I would highly recommend to continue with the third novel in the Vampire chronicles, The Queen of the Damned. Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, and Queen of the Damned are in my opinion the best three novels of the series and are true classics of the genre.
Review: This is strictly a sequel. What I mean is that it is an absolute MUST to read Interview with the Vampire first. Actually, not so much as a MUST, but more like a strong suggestions. The vampire Lestat portrayed in I.w.t.V. is so different from this. He's not the cruel blood thirsty villain we've come to know (and possibly to love) in the previous book, but a young vampire searching for his roots. I especially loved Marius, and his portrayal, who comes to be very important in Lestat's life. This is not a book to be read lightly, and probably will take a while to complete, but at the end, it's going to leave such a beautiful taste in your mouth, especially when, at the end, Lestat finds himself in the company of.. Well, shouldn't spoil it.
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