(Book #1 of The Vampire Chronicles series)
Rating: 🍁🍁
Meh. I get why this book was a huge deal when it was written, and had I read it back then my socks would probably have been appropriately knocked off. Telling the story from a vampire's perspective, and thereby making him a sympathetic character, was a revolutionary approach. Reading it now, though? Socks and shoes are securely in place.
It's well-written, I'll give it that much, with a palpable sense of slow-building tension. But I want to put lots of emphasis on the slow. It almost felt like we were experiencing the story in real time, which isn't a good thing when the story covers multiple centuries. To be honest, I just didn't care enough about the characters, including Louis, to push through the cold molasses pacing with any sort of anticipation or enjoyment. It was, in short, a well-written slog.
I've heard that this may be one of the few cases where the movie is better than the book. Maybe I'll watch it and find out - at the very least, it's an hour or so of young Brad Pitt. Time well spent. ;)
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