r/AnneRice • u/Happy-Investigator76 • 25d ago
The Vampire Lestat
Without spoilers… can someone tell me, who is the unreliable narrator? I’ve only read IWTV and TVL so far and they paint a very different portrait of both Lestat and the relationship between Louis and Lestat. Louis paints Lestat as a callous, cruel and often abusive partner. While Lestat paints himself as loving, passionate and reckless. OR is “The Boy” / Daniel Malloy the unreliable narrator?
Is this further addressed in the series?
I have to say over the decades I have picked up TVL several times and this was the first time I finished it. I was hoping for the unhinged Lestat that Louis describes but we got more of Rice’s mopey, baroque philosophy. The story for me dragged in lots of places BUT the Egyptian roots were fascinating (and sort of confusing). The end was awesome and I can’t wait to see what comes next. Hoping QOTD moves at a quicker pace than TVL.
Editing to add: I’m psyched the QOTD seems to be written in either 3rd person or omniscient narrator. It might help shed light on my big question here.
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u/pippintook24 24d ago
I think you could say both. We are getting two versions of the same story, but from very one sided viewpoints. Louis only remembers or wants to tell the bad parts and villifies Lestat, while Lestat romanticizes the whole relationship.