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Beginning to understand why I stopped at this book in the chronicles. Book 1 was very tortured, personal and raw; book 2 was more historical (though she had a lesser grasp of how to write Lestat than Louis; Lestat tells us who he is constantly, whereas Louis' internal monologue sufficed to itself); in this one I feel like we've lost a lot of depth & are only moving forward to chase the extremely drawn-out mystery...
— Feb 20, 2024 01:57AM
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Lyx Robinson
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I also wish the Lestat rock concert wasn't so central to the plot. Not only is half the book an enormous retreading of the same narrative moment of "the eve of Lestat's concert" but from different POVs (bringing /some/ new info but mostly just building the mystery); but rockstar!Lestat also feels like an OOC AU of his character, especially with the Sudden Modern Slang thrown in. Sure he "adapts", but it's jarring af
— Feb 20, 2024 02:10AM
