TVL: Topic #2

[tirlaeyn]

Opinions on Gabrielle, Lestat's mother? Thoughts on womanhood and motherhood and her life of quiet rebellion against them?

Comments

[suttonstrother]

Reading this book as an actual grown-up now, I can better appreciate just how much Gabrielle's life has SUCKED up to this point. And not just the loveless marriage and obligatory motherhood. Girl went from living this wealthy, educated, cultured life in Italy to being stuck in a drafty castle in bumfuck France as pauper nobility. And then on top of not wanting to be a mother to begin with, she's had to watch most of the children she's borne die. What a bummer.

I'll have more to say about Gabrielle in the next couple of weeks, as things change for her (avoiding spoilers here since I know at least one of us hasn't read TVL yet!), because I think the book gets into some interesting stuff with her about gender and agency going forward.