I Got Drunk and Read The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice So You Don't Have To.

[@AcademyNS]

Aw, man. You skipped the part where his mom came in for that sweet maternal bedside chat and mentioned how she thinks about going to the local tavern and getting railed by all the peasants. Good times, good times.

[@freddyjafar1490]

I'm sorry, what now?

[@AcademyNS]

@@freddyjafar1490 Page 35 in the hardback.

[@annabelvanpelt]

Lmaooo I just read that scene 💀

[@glamazon6172]

Gabby is a wild lady.

[@jessicagudino8461]

Gabrielle needed a spin off, i cant believe that Anne Rice wouldnt wrote more about her

[@evangelinasmusic]

“I probably shouldn’t have done that” - Lestat most of the time, but does it anyway 😂

[@9401maru]

"But why, Lestat? “ he asked a little suspiciously. "Why the danger, the risk? After all, you have done it. You have come back. You’re stronger than ever. You have the old fire as if it had never been lost, and you know how precious this is, this will simply to go on. Why risk it immediately? Have you forgotten what it was like when we had the world all around us, and no one could hurt us except ourselves? ” “Is this an offer, Louis? Have you come back to me, as lovers say?” His eyes darkened and he looked away from me. “I’m not mocking you, Louis,” I said. “You’ve come back to me, Lestat,” he said evenly, looking at me again. “When I heard the first whispers of you at Dracula’s Daughter, I felt something that I thought was gone forever- ” He paused. But I knew what he was talking about. He had already said it. -------- They're totally a thing

[@TheNaughtyLibrarian]

I love a second chance romance for them.

[@gregkral4467]

I absolutely love Lestat. After seeing the first movie, I had to buy the books, I was so in love with the story. I loved this character immediately, And Lestat was awesome when it came to looking after his people. His friendship with Nikki, awesome, Lestat, the wolf killer....... damn, and medieval weapons, mace, sword, gun, damn, what a cool dude.

[@glamazon6172]

"By 16 I was practically living in the field." Little Bear Grills out there.

[@GlynDwr-d4h]

Out of all of Rice's vampires, Claudia was always my favorite. In real life, Rice had a daughter who died at a young age before she started writing novels. As for the music that Lestat hears, it's goth rock, of course. The 1980s was its golden era.

[@MARKNUUUUUT]

Lestat would LOVE the way you described "Armand wouldnt let him [Lestat] drink any of his blood, he's being an ASSHOLE about it" lmaooooo

[@HoundsBane]

Lmao. That is perfect.

[@glittermethis]

Loving the drunk reads❤️ Just wanted to point out that when Lestat woke up he found out about IWTV spilling the tea about him. He knew that was a big no no and punishable by death for Louis. Lestat decided to become a rockstar and have a huge concert take the heat off Louis who was an outcast and in hiding from the other vampires because of IWTV. Then Lestat wrote his own book to tell us all about it because who gonna check him boo 😂 Also, I think it’s already been said, but…Armand was mainly pissed because Lestat rejected him, again. Armand totally would’ve given Lestat blood if Lestat would’ve agreed to be with him.

[@RaelNikolaidis]

There have been times in my life where, if taking a long extended nap had been a reasonable option choice, I would most definitely have picked that. Reason number five on my list of reasons to be a vampire. Long , extended naps. 😊

[@TinyNDangerous]

"This is questionable at best." Something I can say about every (8) Anne Rice book I've read so far. The Keebler's tree took me out 🤣 I still had the mental image of the creepy tree from my memory of reading it, but this is better. Lestat can be annoying but his relationship drama is always entertaining, and he shares the gossip...overshares, even. Gabrielle? an icon, a legend, the baddest.

[@TheNaughtyLibrarian]

Gabrielle is a total badass! I hope she has a big part in Queen of the Damned.

[@gregkral4467]

This was fun, reminds me first time I read this book, I thought there was a shitload more to Lestat than in interview with the vampire, loved the book totally, I laughed at his misadventures, laughed at the image of him sitting on top of the carriage laughing at what he sees, with his new found senses..... damn, was so fun.

[@UncleTonyK]

For my money, this was some of AR's best work. But, I gotta say Thank You. Your perspectives on this book have helped me to see some characters in a new light. I used to think that Nicky was the most loathsome creature in the TVC series. I blamed him for making us all suffer through the life of Louis (Nicky Light) Now, I can see that he and Lestat were just a pair of troubled kids who were shown too much truth at too young an age. That said, I do still blame him for Louis.

[@glamazon6172]

Just started rereading this and I am still absolutely sold on this maniac.

[@cipherbloom]

Lestat takes vampirism pretty well, until one gets to Tale of the Body Thief. Excellent reviews, though, well-presented--thank you!

[@gregkral4467]

I also loved how the lawyers in general commented on his archaic use of language and old words not used anymore,.... sorry for filling these comments up with me, is such a fun story,

[@gregkral4467]

Oh, I love Marius, and Mael as well, that druid, And Armand was Maruis's ward as well, but still Armand was dying from a sword wound when Marius turned him...... Oh, I gotta say, what a world Anne Rice created..... damn......

[@cassiethebookishwitch5448]

This was one of the best drunk classics yet! Your editing in this was 🤌🤌🤌The Keebler tree sent me! I cannot wait for Queen of the Damned! As for other books in the series, I remember loving Armand and Marius' books. Armand is book 6, I think and I can't remember where Marius' falls in the series. I know I loved them because I loved Armand and Marius lol.

[@TheNaughtyLibrarian]

I'm pretty excited to continue on with the series. Especially with that ending!

[@sarahannsmith3129]

I read that series in mid to late 90's....loved it! Anne Rices' other series, The Mayfair Witches was really good too...

[@TheNaughtyLibrarian]

I think I have one of the books from that series already. I need to check it out.

[@angelamccollister]

I've gotta tell you. Last night, as I was going asleep, the words 'vampire jerky' and the image of two people in a coffin popped into my head and I was like where the hell did that come from. I haven't read or watched any vampire stories recently. I wasn't able to go to sleep until I remembered it was from drunk classics. 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheNaughtyLibrarian]

hahaha! I hope your dreams weren't super weird too.

[@smt4148]

Your impression of them eating had me laughing my ass off…

[@TheNaughtyLibrarian]

haha! glad you enjoyed.

[@mayaamis]

I read all VC books and lot of them many times over the years so not here so much for the book review or summaries, I'm here for your hilarious drunk book rants and entertainment love it!! 🤣

[@mayaamis]

EDIT: Just finished the video and man it was awesome.. originally I was going to go into it in detail post timestamps and comments on all the funny stuff, and also my thoughts on many details but there would just be too much to say it'd be too much spamming I'll just say I had such a blast with commentary laughing my ass off 🤣🤣 cant wait to binge your whole VC series! :) Vampire Lestat will always be my fave book of the series tho :)

[@redchristmas]

Spoilers. (Sidenote, please don't take any of what I'm saying as angry. I just sound that way. It's enthusiasm, not anger.) Lestat will get to a more specific response to Louie over 4 chapters, I think. It's probably in the last 6 chapters. Keep reading. Also, Lestat very much did explain how he became a rock star. Lestat went looking for those wolves after he was sent to protect the village because of his nobility.

[@redchristmas]

(More spoilers. Minor vague spoilers but spoilers none the less.) There you go! I couldn't agree more with that 1 characterization that I just heard you say in the video. 1 of Lestat's dominant personality traits for a while is to kick hornets nests .. aggressively .. to see what will happen. That's very accurate. However.. Armand doesn't hate Lestat, not really. Armand wasn't still mad about the old coven after the long 3-vampire-meeting in the tower. The old beef about Lestat's blasphemy was water under the bridge, and the other old beef about the old coven was just details after that. Armand said in IWTV and in TVL AFTER Lestat & Gabrielle spent that night in Magnus' & Lestat's tower with Armand when Armand gave Lestat, Gabrielle, and the audience our 1st glimpse into Armand's backstory that Lestat rejecting Armand was Armand's real beef with Lestat from then on. Armand confirms that multiple times in multiple chronicles after the fact. The old coven thing does come up as a point of contention from time to time, but it's most always brief when it does come up and it is completely dismissed afterward. It's water under the bridge. Armand wants Lestat like a puppy wants treats, but Lestat is disinterested & just a bit mean about it as A.R.vampires go. For a while at the beginning of the chronicles, Armand is more of a jilted stalker to Lestat than a true menace after the long talk in the tower. Armand's just being spiteful because of the rejection. Remember in TVL, Armand offered Lestat the blood that Lestat needed for recovery but it was a package deal that came with Armand too which Lestat promptly refused and knocked Armand off of a roof despite Lestat's injured state at fhe time. That's not the first or the last of that dynamic. Armand wants and needs to be someone's passionate submissive. Without Marius around or Armand's coven to rule in submission to that cult's dogma, Armand wanted his dom to be Lestat, but Lestat keeps rejecting him for the sake of doing so. I say for the sake of doing so because Lestat really does have feelings of affection and care for Armand and they grow over time but none of that ever stops Lestat from keeping Armand at a distance or outright rejecting him on occasion. Now that I think of it, it was a callous, inconsiderate way to treat him, given what the truth really was. Lestat also contradicts Armand whenever Armand tries to be a voice of reason to him, but that's later.

[@glittermethis]

Excellent comment!

[@Frstn20]

I love how your describing the book! Funny as hell.! I’ve read all of the Chronicles.! Years ago … and there all wonderful.! Don’t forget the rest.. David , The Talamasca

[@devoutlytobewished2784]

The Hunger by Whitley Streiber. Fantastic vampire novel, adapted to a less than fantastic movie in the 80s I think. Well worth the read, it takes a little different approach.

[@rustytooth8860]

Love your reviews of this series😂

[@bookishtheory]

My reaction to Gabrielle the Vampire; Me: yay a vampire named Gabrielle that’s my name blah blah blah Me, after hearing that WAS his mom and now she’s not and now they kiss: I can’t have anything good I swear

[@TheNaughtyLibrarian]

Hahaha! I’m so sorry for you! 😸

[@tiredcatman7381]

When I first started reading I highly identified with Lestat, his thoughts, family dinamics, dumb reactions, etc. Then his first boyfriend has the same name as my first ex. Then his mom has the same name as my mom. THEN HE KISSES HIS OWN MOTHER AND FCK NO THAT'S WHERE I DRAW THE LINE

[@theunwantedcritic]

Glam rock was the 70s. Hair metal is kind of a mixture of glam rock, classic rock, melodic, heavy metal , punk and pop. That was a 1980s. And Lestat would’ve been perfect for that.

[@ratatataraxia]

You’re hilarious! 😂 💀

[@justberriesallday]

I just found your channel--and have been binge-listening to your videos--so good! I started reading these books when I was 11 so I actually didn't pick up on a lot of the biblical or homoerotic subtext in these books (at least not in the early books), but now that I've started to reread them as a 40 year old (so weird to be 40 now), there is this whole other side to them that I appreciate. The depth of their angst, their sorrow, their pain, their love... things that I didn't have much experience with yet as a child. I did read somewhere that Anne based Louie off of herself and Lestat off her husband, and Claudia after their daughter who died of leukemia at a young age. There are parts of the first book where Anne is literally describing through Louie her own personal grief she felt once her daughter died. That said, I am really enjoying rereading them and then listening to.your tipsy take on each book! :D

[@TheNaughtyLibrarian]

Thanks for watching! Glad you’re enjoying re-reading them. 😸

[@steve_davis_music]

I am new to your channel but the number one thing I'm wanting to know is how many proposals do you get a week on average? You are gorgeous! In your sense of humor is fire!!

[@harryo82]

36:32 this is top tier content 👏👏👏

[@SkellaTore]

Love this format!!! Please read all the chronicals books

[@TheNaughtyLibrarian]

So far I've done the first 3 books and I'm planning on continuing on. The Tale of the Body Thief will be out in a few weeks. :)

[@SkellaTore]

@@TheNaughtyLibrarian can't wait

[@freddyjafar1490]

@@TheNaughtyLibrarian I support your drinking

[@Uberspanker]

Lestat de Leoncourt: if Alice Cooper was NOT kidding

[@samf.s.7731]

This book is part Lestat origin, part Interview with The Vampire, and part Queen of The Damned. 😂 Not that I didn't expect Lestat's book to be all over the place.

[@Frstn20]

Trilogy.?? There’s like 9 books in the Vampire Chronicles. If you don’t read them all, you’ll be doing yourself a disservice for sure.! The best way to read them is by the order in which they came out. But I do believe Queen of… is the next in line. Also, The Witching Hour is amazing too and there’s a whole series of those that should be read as some cross paths with the Vampire Chronicles.! Have fun!!!!!!

[@larissadasilvamanara7383]

Queen of the damned is my favorite of this serie. The vampire Armand is also good.

[@TheNaughtyLibrarian]

I'm so excited to read it this month!

[@anastan5445]

Your tipsy reviews of anne rice stuff? Pure serotonin, happiness, best thing i have ever watched. Not to sound cringe but ilu! Sending all ghe good vibes from Romania!❤❤❤❤❤❤ P.s I think Anne's lore around being turned into a vampire is quite good. A bit funny when everyone just has to... Purge their stomach contents, but it makes sense and I love that she added that. It's like when bodies are embalmed and contents have to be removed. Cause technically their digestion doesn't.... Work the same way after turning. And the blood cannot be wasted cause it needs to.... Animate them basically. So ofc the stomach is gonna basically need to... Mummify itself.

[@angelaholmes8888]

I read the vampire lestat several years ago it was nice i decided to continue the book series because I really enjoyed the tv adaptation

[@samf.s.7731]

Tbh, always found Anne's description of Gabrielle through Lestat's eyes to be ... More on the Oedipal side....

[@cliftonmoore8316]

i have the Graphic Novel, great book.

[@katthyl]

Lestat and "feeling a presence" 😭😭

[@gregkral4467]

Madam, you remind me of an apprentice fellow whom myparents and I loved, the master, he was potlicker, he told me and brother the best synopsis of idniana jones, first movie, we were entrhralled, and we saw in our heads, then two years later was on tv..., potlicker did not dissappoint, and I remember his tale, as I hear you.

[@SavannahCoomer]

I'm desperate to read The Vampire Lestat, but our library here has little to nothing to offer, it's very rural and I can't find a pdf? Do u know of anywhere I could download it? P.S. I love ur stuff so much ur a woman after my own heart..❤

[@jessicahenchir8395]

Check out black dagger brotherhood series by J.R. Ward. 😊

[@Frstn20]

I just realized that I’m seeing your video 2yrs after you’ve posted. But I already sent 2 comments, this will be my last. After listening to your review I think maybe you should try reading it sober. Cause the way Rice goes back in history and enriches each character is amazing and all of her characters will reappear in future books. So it does have great meaning. Hopefully you’ll read this and my earlier comments cause there’s like 5 or 6 more of these Chronicles and the Witching series will shed even more light. Keep Reading.!!

[@TheNaughtyLibrarian]

I’ve read and recapped all the Vampire Chronicles and Mayfair Witches series.

[@JimmieHammel]

I read book one at 14 and books 2 and 3 at 16. Maybe someone should have been monitoring my reading...

[@llb7869]

You poor thing, didn’t think you’d do a three day thing. Drinking wine for 3 days in a row for us ❤ that hangover must have been 🎊 🎉😅 xxx

[@gregkral4467]

hey, the kissing, gabby and leslie..... well, they are french...... is a European thing i think. Had a latin/chinese roommate in first year college, he was always wondering, why can't dudes kiss each other in friendship kinda thing. not on lips, cheeks, hugs, and here is me in my leather jacket, goatee, looking dang evil quite honest, but hey, there was a dude, who is not a dude anymore, saying "I'm gonna kiss Greg" He was dared, so he came into my room, with my knives on a chain on the wall, a 66mm LAW rocket laucher, playing doom, and here he comes in kisses me on cheek, expecting some kinda backhand i think.... but, I paused whaat I was doing, turned off the GWAR music, and looked him in the eye, and said "Thanks dude!" Totally effed him over...... hehehehehe.

[@CorasAtHerCorner]

The closest to a vampire book that I love is the Blood and Ash series by Jennifer Armentrout. Can't wait until the next drunk read!

[@TheNaughtyLibrarian]

thanks! Every month this summer I'm doing a Drunk Classics double feature. For July I'm reading A Midsummer Night's Dream and Queen of the Damned.

[@CorasAtHerCorner]

@@TheNaughtyLibrarian I can't wait!

[@Ultimat3Broski]

loved this!

[@TheJohno95]

Just recently read this book! I loved it! I enjoyed Interview with the Vampire, but I was cracked up by how Louis was such an unreliable narrator! Of course, the same can probably be said about Lestat! It's like watching two KZbinrs tear into each other after each diss video! Lestat is far more likable, so even though you can tell he's playing with the facts, he's more entertaining. Lestat got the Dark Gift against his will, as well. But he has just accepted it and moved on. Louis' griping keeps annoying me. If he hates himself and his nature so much, just take a sunbath. One thing I like about these books is the fact that for the most part, not a lot of action is happening, but the facts are so engrossing that I just get enthralled and will read half a book in one sitting! And the facts that drop about halfway through each book just draw me in! Anne was really good at creating mystery and revealing secrets within the story and making them seem really powerful! Getting to find out about Akasha and Enkil was such a moment! The people behind the Queen of the Damned movie should REALLY have not tried to skip over this book! Everything in that story is way more impressive if you have read this book and have some preconceived notions going in. Oh, well. Maybe the new tv show will not try to blaze through the stories. Interview Season 1 was good, anyway. Nice video!

[@TheNaughtyLibrarian]

thanks for watching! I still love the movie version for its campy goodness but it's a wildly different story. haha

[@michaelacollins1649]

I love me some Lestat 🥰🥰🥰🥰 that is my boo lol

[@JCResDoc94]

i love that gabriel was made, then they dont get along anymore - its amazing. _JC

[@redchristmas]

Spoilers. Lestat showed interest in women as a mortal and as a vampire. He was not gay. Probably, bi but not gay in mortal life. Stop trying to make them like humans. People can be a variety of things, that's true, but these characters are not normal humans anymore. They aren't gay people or straight people because they aren't people. These are mutated monster creatures, a.k.a. vampires. They are a different thing than humans. They are creatures & monsters. As vampires, their nature to a degree is alien to humanity. Regardles of AMC trying to make a gay romance out of Lestat & Louie, these are their own thing. As a vampire, they, as in most of them, show no preference for either sex they just respond to both. That's pretty much true for every character in the chronicles, BUT it's the least true for Armand. Armand showed interest in both sexes, too, as a mortal and a vampire, but it's not an even split. Armand, as a mortal and as a vampire, shows a very clear preference for same sex attraction. If you want to lean into 1 of the vampires being gay, it's Armand .. by far. I hope that didn't come across as angry, it's not. It's just enthusiastic.

[@sian2337]

Armand has always been my favourite. I just wish productions would cast him properly. It’s always wrong.

[@catsinq5726]

Technically he didn't ghost Nicky - he vampired him.

[@TheNaughtyLibrarian]

Touché

[@samanthacharlton4123]

Genuine question: When did Louis lie? Lestat said he lied a few times but I'm not clear on when/about what

[@TheNaughtyLibrarian]

It’s not specific things but more so everything. He basically refers to Lestat as a vulgar, evil, illiterate, gold digger and he’s none of those things. Well… he may be vulgar sometimes. Haha

[@rachreid8746]

I just reread this book and came her after

[@rachreid8746]

So adorbs

[@heatherracho]

I love this book the movie was amazing though I like it better honestly

[@rachelstechman5959]

Step 1: Get a lawyer 🤣

[@JCResDoc94]

*17:30** your parents are always people.* but i get it's weird. but thr vampires & that. we're lucky you drink so much. powering thru. _JC

[@anniekay3564]

Just found you and subscribed. You are great at telling the stories and so funny while you do it. Supernatural and Syfi are my favs, but i freely admit i like some smut in my books. 50 shades of Grey anyone? I am sharing a recommendation below. If that series is too long for your channel, that same author has a much shorter series called Merry Gentry, all about the fey world and there are no fairytale fairys. Laurell K Hamilton has a series of 30 books that follow Anita Blake Vampire Hunter. This series has vampires, shifters, ghosts, etc. It follows Anita Blake who is a nice girl whose job is to raise the dead so wills can be made, etc. Anita changes over the years and becomes more powerful as she becomes more involved in the vampire world and first the wolf shifters, then all kinds of shifters and ancient suppernatural beings. As things progress the books end up with a lot of sex, because supernatural shit happens and Anita feeds off of sex. Twisty and strange, but everything gets explained so you are not left hanging. First book Anita is celibate and hates vampires, and ends up hunting them. By book 30 she is a sexed up, powerful hunter with a ton of supernatural powers and she no longer sees good and evil as black and white. She lives in a gray world and is going to marry the head vampire of the US. My collection is large cuz I have always been a reader. I am now 62 and still reading smutty supernatural.....no Harlequin Romance for me!!😊😂❤

[@TheNaughtyLibrarian]

Thanks so much for subscribing! I've only read the first book in the Anita Blake series but I don't know when I'll get to the rest.

[@anniekay3564]

If you do get back to them, make sure you read them in order. Anita changes a little bit with each book until you get to a point that you don't recognize her any more when you think back to that first book. But, I am sure I will enjoy whatever book you choose!!!

[@LillllyPad]

Not sure if it’s something wrong with the video but it keeps turn off ever 5 minutes and keeps forever to start again.

[@NerdWytch]

Lestat went to kill the wolves on purpose though

[@sian2337]

Why did he? I haven’t read it in decades.

[@Veelasiren]

@@sian2337 The De Leoncourts were impoverished, but they were still nobility. The wolves were invading the village and killing livestock so the peasants went to Lestat's father to ask him to do something about the threat to the village. Lestat volunteered and took his favorite hunting dogs that he'd raised from puppies. He rode his horse out to search for the pack. It was an epic battle that everyone was talking about. The horse was killed, Lestat was wounded, some of his weapons were broken and both of his dogs died killing wolves.

[@sian2337]

@@Veelasiren - thanks 👍

[@Daily_Survivor]

I love Lestat

[@sharcon3891]

He didnt kill the wolves, his pack of dogs did.

[@Madrid1234apa]

How is old Lestat when he is made into a vampire?

[@TheNaughtyLibrarian]

He’s about 20 years old.

[@emohuman9898]

Children of the vampire KoRn

[@jackelinemercedesmartinezd4177]

you are so funny

[@derrisreaditbefore]

Brava!

[@TheNaughtyLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@SAJDES]

why is Lestat's version the truth?...there is always 3 sides to a story..his story and the other person's story and the truth...why can't we believe Louis's story?...

[@catsinq5726]

Gabrielle was his mother, but then he was her maker ... i.e., a father figure ... maybe that put them on equal footing sexually? I don't know - it was pretty weird, agree to the max. So Oedipal.

[@gregkral4467]

You will love Casca, the eternal mercenary, by Barry Sadler. Casca was the man who stabbed Christ with his pilum, got blood in his mouth, and Jesus cursed him, "Soldier, you like who you are, then so you shall remain, until we meet again...." Casca prays for death, but the story comes into force in Vietnam. He had shrapnel wounds that kept healing, even brain tissue, and he developed some ability over time to the Jewish doctor, could show his memories to this doctor, and over time, he keeps finding this doctor over the years, to continue telling his story...... ohhhhh, you will love the first book, and all the others after, even Casca the Barbarian, Casca the Samurai, Casca.... well let's just say, he was hunted by a christian cult to keep track of him so they can find when Jesus will come back, so gotta track, Casca the Sentinel is my fave..

[@unbothered78]

😊

[@redchristmas]

Spoilers (FYI, this isn't angry. That's enthusiasm. Just to be clear, in case it comes across that way.) Maybe you should reread it sober. You are mischaracterizing things a lot. Armand was not "conscripted" into "an empire." That's what you call that? It was more like he was kidnapped at 13 from his father's father's side by slave traders and sold to brothels for forced sex work. That's what happened. See what I mean by mis-characterizing?

[@shanividal8885]

You are so unpleasant. All the forced laughing and the mocking... The worst review, most unrespectful I have ever seen