Interview with a Vampire Revision

So the first time I wrote this I think it came out too messy. So revision.

I've always wanted to read this book and start this series. Anne Rice is just one of those writers that you just have to read so now I got my chance. I LOVED this book. And damn the movie adapted to it really well. I was able to get a really good picture in my head at what everything looked like and the time period. Louis was a lot more depressed in the book than he was portrayed in the movie which is what I seem to compare it too since thats what i saw first. Lestat was also a lot more pathetic in personality then what i expected as well. He was controlling and rude and mean but that was only because he was lonely, desperate and bad with money which is the opposite of Louis. I really enjoyed the back story of more of Louis life. To learn about his family and especially his brother who was really important in defining him as a person. When Lestat's back story became known i actually expected him to be a lot older than what he was. It was strange, with his cruel personality, to know that he still kept care of his elderly father and spoiled him with all the wealth acquired through Louis. Claudia comes into the story basically as a way to keep Louis in Lestats company. A 5 year old girl who will be damned for the rest of her life as she mentally grows but physically stays the same, how much that would suck... They treat her like a child and care for her like their own, but soon she surpasses the cleverness and cunning of both Louis and Lestat which isnt surprising. How easy it is to underestimate her with her small size. In the years with Lestat, Louis takes a really hard look at his life and what it means. He comes to the realization that he doesnt need to be a monster like Lestat and if hes going to live forever he might as well make it worth while and learn stuff. So i liked that, its definitely a more positive direction than brooding and self loathing all the time. Plus its like a way to rebel against Lestat. But he still broods.
Lestat is just completely unbearable to live with, what a pain in the butt and so rude! I was glad that they tried to kill him, more in the book than the movie. Louis and Claudia are much better off without him, even though both men represent a part of the girl shes much more at home with Louis, he completes her in a way. What a strange sexually forbidden relationship there. Its not like they cant but physically they cant, plus sex really never comes to mind for anyone really. Its all about the blood lust. So off on the journey to Europe to learn the truth of their kind where sadly they are as truly cruel as Lestat made mention, but Armand was an interesting character. I cant wait to read his specific book. Such an understanding guy, there was definitely a manly love between him and Louis. You could just sense the attraction by Annes writing. This book was pretty intense in the idea of God and what makes you a monster, and then to learn that this was all in relation to the death of Anne Rice's daughter who died it really makes sense. To question those kinds of things…The death of Claudia was really sad as well, i wanted to cry. Poor Louis forever alone.