Interview with the Vampire Individual reading Politina 18824

The Vampire Chronicles;
Interview with the Vampire is her debut novel (1976).

and also I was looking for a new hyperfixation, so I decided that going for The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice would be a really nice idea. Interview with the vampire is the first book of the series. The style is easy-to-read yet I learnt a lot of new words and enriched my vocabulary.

1791, living just south of New Orleans. Distraught after the death of his brother, not even wanting to live, he meets Lestat. Lestat turns him into a vampire after expressing a wish for his company, and the two live on the plantation for a while. Lestat feeds on the slaves, but Louis is overcome with guilt and survives on animals.

instigate an uprising. Louis sets the plantation on fire to prevent word spreading about vampires. Gradually, Louis begins to feed on humans, but he is bothered by Lestat’s disregard for human life.
Lestat has very questionable morals, he’s arrogant and irritating. Louis feeds on a plague-ridden child found next to the body of her mother and begins to think of leaving Lestat.

a vampire to give Louis a “daughter.”
Their small dysfunctional family lives in the middle of Paris and feeds on humans, they have a lot of money and power.
The child, Claudia, comes into killing easily, but as she ages, she grows discontented. Her mind matures into that of a woman, but her body never does.
Claudia keeps her rage against Lestat because she knows what he did to her, that he saved her from dying but forced her to be a five-year-old girl forever.

A little child she was, but also a fierce killer, now capable of the ruthless pursuit of blood with all a child’s demanding.

Lestat by poisoning him and cutting his throat. Louis and Claudia dump his body in the swamp and prepare to leave for Europe.
Lestat appears again, and they set their house on fire leaving him to burn and perish.
Louis and Claudia go travelling around Europe together, hoping to find another vampires. Lestat is dead and they are finally free.

characters: a humanlike vampire Louis, moody and violent Claudia and arrogant yet charming Lestat.
Claudia’s story really made my heart ache. She didn’t deserve being forced to live her life like an eternal child.
Lestat tried to create his own family and failed miserably. When he was a human he had a lot of siblings and uncaring parents. When he was young he was turned into a vampire against his will, so behind his ignorance and acrimony hides a hurt soul. Lestat took care of his sick father even after he became a vampire. He did everything wrong and didn’t learn from his mistakes, and I can’t even verbally explain how much I love him.