This is one of my favorite books ever.moreĭear Anne Rice: NOT WORTHY. Lestat might not be a being of light (that's another topic) but his darkness is illuminating. Yet I am reminded of something Jung said, we do not become enlighted by imagining beings of light, but by making the darkness visible (I'm paraphrasing). I know that many bemoan Anne's move from the supernatural and to Christian writings. A lot of that was set afire because of reading this book. The questions I've asked, the roads I've taken, the experiences I've had, are all a result of my search for my own truth. Now, 17 years later I've been around the world many times, am nearing the completion of two degrees (psychology and philosophy) and am a much different, much broader, much more deepened soul. I had become a philosopher (though not a good one). With no reading, history, or even exposure to any philosophy (Arkansas public school after all) I now asked questions about ethics, the nature of God, what is beauty, morality, and more. It is a slippery slope to question everything. By witnessing the drama of Lestat's journey, this manifestation of the Shadow declaring it's evil and it's good. That queston, can something evil love? The values of the Southern protestant is one of black and white and there is no mixing, no grey, no overlap. The book engendered a question within me that never found any sunlight growing up a protestant in the Deep South. I went to the base library to check out Dracula and beside it on the shelf was this book.
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I joined the Marines in 89 and while watching a movie about a teenage vampire it was mentioned that Dracula is 'good literature'. I didn't read anything else other than fantasy novels (like Dragonlance). I don't mean that I turned goth or vampire or whatever. The book was grea This is one of those books that defined me.
This is one of those books that defined me. While you won't be lost, you will probably become very curious to know the first.
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Lastly, it seems a good thing in a lot of cases, to read the first book in a series before moving on, but this book can stand alone. Lestat in the second book (his book LOL) is much more engaging, interesting, and. However, after reading a few pages, I decided to read it - so VERY glad I did. Because of that, I almost didn't buy TVL.
Personally, while I thoroughly enjoyed IWAV and did read it first, I did not like the character, Lestat as depicted by Louis. Something to consider is that The Vampire, Lestat is written from Lestat's point of view, whereas, IWAV is written from Louis' viewpoint. That being said, I don't think it's necessary to read IWAV first. Also, this is one of my absolute favorite books, and Lestat just might be my favorite character of any book I've read. Even though this question was posted a year ago, I decided to answer just in case there are others who have the same question.
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