Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice

     I was only able to read the first part of Interview with the Vampire. But it’s definitely a book I’ll pick up later on (when I have more time, of course.) The characters in it captured much of my interests. But the relationships between each of the vampires were some of the best parts of the novel (as I’m sure that was the intent.) I love that this novel takes vampirism in the direction of sexual feelings. That the act of turning someone into a vampire is, in fact, purer than the pleasure of sex. It’s an interesting metaphor and device for Vampires to form relationships. Or actually, how they form them. Because Lestat was lonely before Louis, and even despite his distant personality, Lestat wanted Louis around and even taught him how to survive as a vampire. Then there’s the relationship between Louis and Claudia. Having not read the rest of the book, I don’t know where their relationship/story goes, but it was…interesting. I loved the idea of a child vampire. The fact that they’ll never grow up despite mentally aging. Though the idea of a man having relations with a child (even though the child was mentally a woman), was uncomfortable at times. I applaud Anne Rice for pushing past the acceptable and comfortable to write this relationship, and this book.