I first read these books way back in the beforetimes of 1993 when I was in middle school, and it was just as cool to be carrying around an Anne Rice book as it was to be carrying around a Stephen King book. That was done well in the film, but reading several hundred pages of Louis being a crybaby, was no fun, I can tell you that. We learn that they cry tears of blood, that they're capable of reading other people's minds, that they can be destroyed by fire and sunlight. [ Lestat gets in trouble because he published that book revealing all the secrets of the vampires, names, locations, everything and he's there being a rockstar, exposed to the world without keeping any secrets nor respecting vampire rules. Magnus was a vampire who made Lestat de Lioncourt his sole vampire fledgling as told in The Vampire Lestat.. Magnus is characterized by his black hair and eyes of the same color. Lestat later turns Nicolas into a vampire, but the transformation drives him mad, and his resentment of Lestat quickly destroys their friendship. It took the villain of the first book, made him kind of a lovable douchebag, and turned the events of the first book on their head, leaving you to decide which of the two narrators was more reliable. The Vampire Lestat is Lestat's story told in his perspective. Phew!!! The present-day setting of the book is in the 1980's and I loved Lestat's view on the 20th century, along with his view on humanity, good versus evil, life and death, and his fellow vampires. See all 13 questions about The Vampire Lestat…, Original Review @ Metaphors and Moonlight, Craig "NEEDS MORE DAMN TIME TO READ !!!! [13] Anne and Christopher Rice will serve as executive producers on any projects developed. As a mortal, he was an alchemist. The Vampire Lestat is a paranormal fantasy by Anne Rice.It’s the second book in the Vampire Chronicles series and it centers around a lonely, ancient vampire searching for others like him.The book received nominations for both the 1986 Locus Award and the 1986 World Fantasy Award. [7], In November 2016, Rice announced on Facebook that the rights to her novels were reverted back to her despite earlier plans for other adaptations. Lestat. The Vampire Lestat is Lestat's story told in his perspective. Lestat. Even though this question was posted a year ago, I decided to answer just in case there are others who have the same question. Cuz, yeah, Anne Rice can be quite a bit of a rambler at times, you know. by Anne Rice. In that regard, the Cruise/Pitt film, is actually a much better film than the novel is a novel, because IWTV is a boring reading about Louis' endless whining, conscience, guilt, humanism and so on. Lestat de Lioncourt is the main protagonist in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles novel series. That makes the "Vampire Lestat" and subsequent novels a more passionate and less melancholic mood than Interview with the vampire. To see what your friends thought of this book, The Vampire Lestat is a far superior novel compared to Interview with the Vampire, for various reasons, and many at that. Since then, Lestat has appeared in most novels of the series, of which some have explored his life after the events of the first book and thus the movie, in a way. Although I viewed Lestat as somewhat of a villian in the first book, the reader gets a glimpse of Lestat when he was human and first made vampire. Akasha feeds from Lestat as Lestat feeds from her. Playboy "Where Rice excels is in evoking the elusive nature of vampiric Have a rough start as an immortal only Lestat must-have for any Anne Rice 's the.. 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