Vampires

Ok, I like vampires. A lot. But here's the thing:
Twilight=fuck
Dracula, 30 Days of night, I am legend, Nosferatu= Awesome

I read Interview with a vampire (without seeing the movie first) and it was pretty amazing. There were times where I thought it was just flat out depressing, and I was anticipating more action. (also listening to the book on tape and having the old male reader voice of Claudia was disturbing).

But the story was more romantic than adventurous and action packed, which to me I would have liked to witness more of a balance. I did think that the actions Lestat took with louise was a good push after the mellow drama of the book. Their midnight slayings were a nice pace to their passive conversations.

However, I was incredibly disappointed about the mood that the lack of vampire population in their world brought. The entire time the book felt empty, and they felt empty and alone. there was this huge sense of loneliness during Louis and Lestat's time in the US.

Even when Claudia and Louise went to Europe to find the "old world" vampires, there still was this sense of loneliness and separation from the world. In general it is depressing and I want the characters to assimilate into the human world some how. I felt that from the second Louis became a vampire. I don't know why but once he denounced his humanity by becoming a vampire, I wanted him to return to the world of people as this sort of higher being.

I feel as though at the point of the interview (post events, pre-story) that Louis has become almost comfortable with his vampirism (which to me was a metaphor for homosexuality) or at any rate is going through the motions.

Still a good book, but it's definitely depressing at times. and there isn't much of a rebound after the depressing either.

I will say that I'm confused with the fact that lestat, claudia and louis were able to cross the ocean. it hinted that they could do this without being in their coffins, which doesn't hold to the vampire lore.

Speaking of vampire lore, I still really enjoy the myth of the vampire, regardless of all the stories that try to destroy them.