Anne Rice is often hailed as a good author. Some of her books are enjoyable, but I find it hard to understand why people hail them as such good literature when every time I read one of them I am convinced she just asks herself "What is the most depraved thing I can have this character do and still justify it?" over and over.
I never really got into Anne Rice's vampire books. It just seemed like she tried too hard to make the characters seem badass. Interview with a Vampire was ok, but never got very far into The Vampire Lestat before I couldn't read anymore. There was this whole huge rant about how rock music is so vampiric. I like rock music, I find vampires interesting, but the whole rant annoyed the s**t out of me. Just like in Interview with a Vampire, where Lestat made this whole big deal about drinking blood out of a glass (I believe it was a wineglass). It was stupid, pointless and pretentious.
I really enjoyed The Witching Hour. But I couldn't finish Lasher because I wanted to punch Mona in the face so bad. For some reason, her family doesn't think it's a big deal that she sleeps around even though she's only 13 (in Lasher). And that's ok because "She's so mature." She's a pretentious, self-centered, manipulative b***h, who uses people up and spits them out. She doesn't care who she hurts in order to achieve her means.
Would someone please explain to me why people think these books are so good? I don't mind if you yourself disagree with me, just be civil. Do keep in mind that it has been a while since I read these.
Khiwanean · Tue Dec 07, 2010 @ 03:16pm · 0 Comments |