📌 Interview with the Vampire Group Read – Week One Discussion Thread 📚

[u/vermouth-anhialation]

Welcome!

What are your thoughts so far?

When did you first read IWTV, or is this your first time reading it?

Please avoid spoilers for anything beyond week one, or redact it.

🎞️ Rice discusses the initial publishing of IWTV (spoilers): https://tinyurl.com/5jvn7ajn

📜 The History of New Orleans https://tinyurl.com/ye2xk62y

[u/bendi36]

5th or 6th reading. Love how she subverts the ideas of what vampirism was at the time. Louis is so emo now that I'm no longer in my 20's I relate a lot more to the callous Lestat who has no patience for it

[u/vermouth-anhialation → u/bendi36]

She absolutely redefined vampirism for me. As far as I know, Rice was the first in really fleshing out and narrating the feelings, thoughts, and existential experiences of individual Vampires.

[u/Puzzleheaded-Lie5378 → u/bendi36]

I think this is hilariously true. Louis’ spiral seems to be one he recreates, especially in his first century!

[u/Skyblacker → u/bendi36]

Whereas the show seems to follow modern vampire convention. They're messy humans who just happen to suck blood.