AD León | Amateur Writer, Certified Doofus

There comes a time in every young reader’s literary journey where they will stumble upon a book that just captures every bit of attention they have and doesn’t let go. These books, like many other media, have the potential to form a sort of expectation for other storylines and even, if one is inspired to, one’s own creative narritives. For the ever-so edgy teenager I was, that book for me was titled Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice.

Interview wasn’t just a spooky tale of a solemn, hundred-year-old vampire, but that of the realization and pain that immortality wasn’t a gift to long after but a curse to dread. Yeah I was young and by this point the most complex book I’ve ever read was one of the later entries of the Harry Potter series, but Interview allowed me to view the intricate machinations of an old, immortal vampire that really did not want to be there. I always imagined that something like vampirism would be awesome to have (edgy teenager, remember?). As I continued reading, Rice’s style of getting deep into our main character’s head and give us a peak behind the vampire curtain was astonishing to me. By the time I was done, I had re-programmed my brain to really think some philosophical subjects through. What would I actually do with immortality? Would it be worth it considering the pain I would feel to see the ones I loved die of old age or worse? Would I be able to live with myself if if I felt like the main character and afflicted someone else with this curse?

Truly a work of art in my opinion. Interview with the Vampire sunk its teeth into me and pierced into the metaphysical. It is, without a joke, a silver lining if I would to ever experience memory loss as I would then have the ability to experience this book for the first time again. But for the time being, and admittedly I hope it continues to be so, I will re-read this story to my heart’s content with a healthy brain even if I know what’s coming. That’s how good it is.