It's been forever since I read it. I enjoyed it. I thought that the rest of the Anne Rice books I've read didn't hold up as well and eventually I stopped reading them. But Interview I remember liking.

This book combined with The Vampire Lestat are a favorite of mine. The movie was good but I prefer the book. A lot of the queer subtext got removed from the movie and I prefer book Louis.

I did struggle a bit with the series when I got to the third book but you're a ways off from there.

Thank you 🙏🏻 I was looking at Prince Lestat too

Was there a specific order you read them in? When I looked it up it said they were designed to be able to be read in any order but start with Interview with the Vampire

I read up to Memnoch the Devil I believe before losing interest. It just got harder to get invested in the characters for me.

I would definitely read The Vampire Lestat second because it's Lestat's origin story and part of it overlaps with the events of Interview. Neither Louis or Lestat are reliable narrators so it's interesting to hear about the two events from both sides.

I loved it. I also loved The Vampire Lestat and Especially Queen of the Damned.

I have so many follow up questions. Is it super queer coded? I saw that the show kind of makes it seem like there’s tension between Louis and Lestat. I do enjoy that tension sometimes and I figured there’d be something because vampires are always made to be sensual

Is that the fifth book in the chronicles?

Thank you 😊

Yes. I can't recall exactly, it was either that or Tale of the Body Thief that I stopped at

I've had a copy for probably fifteen years due to a couple boxes getting mixed up when me and a roommate moved out of an apartment. I never had any real intentions of reading it so it just sat on a shelf for a long time until we had a couple days without power. I wound up reading it and while it's definitely not my cup of tea, it was at least enjoyable. If you're into vampires I'd imagine you'll like it.

Interview is more reading-between-the-lines and unreliable narration when Louis is talking about his time with Lestat.

The Vampire Lestat, on the other hand, it's textual. Not traditional romance with kisses and sex but it's a romance in a vampire way and Lestat was canonically queer before he was turned into a vampire. I don't wanna spoil it by going into more details than that. Lestat and Louis are, for all intensive purpose, a couple and in love at different points throughout the timeline.

It's why people joke that Lestat babytrapped Louis with Claudia.

I haven't watched past the first episode of the show yet (it's on my list) but they definitely made the queerness far more textual than the books.

So in order of gayness, the movie had the least, the books had a vampire-level of gay and the show is queer af.

I liked it, though I read it a long time ago. The movie isn't wildly inaccurate, but the tone is different, and Tom Cruise isn't how I pictured Lestat.

Someone that I want to mention, mainly because it might interest someone who read the book or saw the movie: there is a recent anime The Cast Study of Vanitas, that is strongly influenced by the book. There's an obvious Lestat character, and an obvious Louis character.

I read it quite a while ago but I remember enjoying it. The movie captures the characters fairly well, however the events of the story play out differently from the movie and having the inner voice of Louis telling the story adds more depth.

Thank you 😂💕 I’m really excited to start the book I’ve been wanting to get it for at least ten years and I just never did

I didn’t realize Queen of the Damned the 2002 movie with Aaliyah was part of it all

I like vampires a lot. Thank you!

I’ll add the anime to my list after I read the book! Thank you ☺️

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I read this last year for the first time and I loved it. I love the relationship dynamic between the characters and the philosophical that the book raises, but the thing that surprised me more than anything was how beautifully written it was, I wasnt expecting it.

I've since watched the film which I found to be 'ok', I wasn't that keen on the film version of Lestat, I have recently watched the new TV series adaptation and it is brilliant. There are some big changes but the heart of the characters and plot are there and Lestat is absolutely fantastic, so once you've read the book I'd recommend the NBC series.

Enjoy!

Thank you! It’s so funny everyone says the movie Lestat is meh but that’s the only movie I actually like Tom Cruise in, I don’t like him much otherwise 🤔😂