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Some disjointed thoughts.
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xansIt's been a long time since I read this book, but one thing that stuck with me over the years was how much of a struggle it could be to read. The way Louis speaks, how he tries to explain things, I sometimes find myself reading a sentence two or three times because by the end I've forgotten what he said at the start of it. And I don't remember caring, the first time around, but this time, I kind of hate the way Daniel is "the boy" as he interviews Louis. Maybe it's a stilly thing, but I wonder if I'd be less distracted by him being referred to by name or as the interviewer than just "the boy."
Louis isn't really that sympathetic, is he? I wonder if the attraction to him as a teenage girl was because he was so self-involved and constantly putting on airs that it was totally relatable. I'm not like other vampires = I'm not like other girls for emo/goths? :P
For all his protests that he didn't like Lestat, he doesn't really show any attempt to bond with him? Lestat could be a dick, but when did Louis ever ask about how he came to be in New Orleans with a living father? And oh, Lestat is so handsome but soooo annoying I'm totally not into him, boy are you ever lying to yourself Louis.
Lestat seems to have read a whole lot of fanfiction.BedCoffin sharing, anyone? Also, I can't help thinking if Lestat had tried at being a woe-is-me emo about his life, Louis would have fallen in love with him in a trice. Instead he rather bumbled about trying to make Louis happy with pretty shiny things, and then, some "accidental" baby acquisition to try and solve things. (I am way more creeped out this time by Louis describing her turned into a vampire as now having a woman's eyes and a sensual voice, what the fuck. What the fuck.)
As much as I complain about Louis being a whining dramatic emo, this quote stood out to me beyond its context:
"People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know why. No, I do indeed know why. Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult."
I thought that was one good descriptor of the struggle with human nature, the struggle to be kind or good is not naturally easy for people.
Louis isn't really that sympathetic, is he? I wonder if the attraction to him as a teenage girl was because he was so self-involved and constantly putting on airs that it was totally relatable. I'm not like other vampires = I'm not like other girls for emo/goths? :P
For all his protests that he didn't like Lestat, he doesn't really show any attempt to bond with him? Lestat could be a dick, but when did Louis ever ask about how he came to be in New Orleans with a living father? And oh, Lestat is so handsome but soooo annoying I'm totally not into him, boy are you ever lying to yourself Louis.
Lestat seems to have read a whole lot of fanfiction.
As much as I complain about Louis being a whining dramatic emo, this quote stood out to me beyond its context:
"People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know why. No, I do indeed know why. Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult."
I thought that was one good descriptor of the struggle with human nature, the struggle to be kind or good is not naturally easy for people.
