- What possessed Anne Rice to write this novel?
- Why was it so popular?
- What do people find appealing about it?
- Why is it on the list?
- Can I please have the hours (not many, mind you, but still) of my life that I spent reading this back?
- Pretty please?
Where to start. Clearly I hated this novel. I think I hated everything about this novel, including the name of the main character. He was amazingly whiny and angsty. I don't think I have any sort of unreasonable prejudice against vampires. Yes, not a Twilight fan, yes, never seen Buffy nor Angel nor True Blood, but hey, I read and enjoyed Dracula! That should count for something. Plus, I think it is fair to blame a lot of the current problems with vampires on Rice.
I'm having a hard time deciding which character I hated the most. One hand, wanted to maim or otherwise destroy Claudia; other hand, loathed Lestat to an unbelievable degree; but, in all, I think Louis was the worst. Perhaps because we spend so much time with him, or perhaps because he is pretentious, whiny, obnoxious, creepy, self-righteous, stupid, boring, and cringe-inducing.
When looking up the title for this little work online (I can never remember the proper article before Vampire), I stumbled on Annerice.com, which is filled with discussion questions (22, to be exact). Let's tackle a couple, shall we?
1. Over the years Rice has been asked why she chose the vampire as her hero. If you were Rice, how would you answer the question?
With hand puppets! Or a sardonic grin.
2. Why did she write a metaphysical thriller using B-movie motif?
I reject the premise of this question; I argue that she did not write a metaphysical thriller. There was nothing thrilling about this novel, except when I reached the last page and realized that it was behind me.
The silver lining to all of this has got to be the movie adaptation. I've not seen it, but I recently googled it as well, and the pictures of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt are hilarious.
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