I recently finished reading "Interview with The Vampire", and I gotta say, it was incredibly creepy and uncomfortable to read due to how much it sexualized children, and I don't understand why...
I recently finished reading "Interview with The Vampire", and I gotta say, it was incredibly creepy and uncomfortable to read due to how much it sexualized children, and I don't understand why there are so many people who glow about this book who seem to completely skip past that fact.
One of the blurbs on the back cover says
hypnotically poetic in tone, rich in sensory imagery and dense with the darkness that lies behind the veil of human thought.
Another:
From the beginning we are seduced, hypnotized by the voice of the vampire .... plumbs the deepest recesses of human sensuality:
This is a book where the main character develops a practically-sexual relationship with another vampire who
is in the body of a child forever
was "raised" by the main character
was turned INTO a vampire by the actions of the main character
was gaslight and lied to by the main character about how the child came to be a vampire
Not to mention the frequent usage of young boys as "meals" for vampires throughout the whole book, which is almost always cast in an extremely sexual light.
Now I get that vampires are not really 'good guys', and they do evil things all the time. But all of the moral dilemmas the book explores are related to murdering people and being immortal, while the frankly disgusting power dynamics at play remain unquestioned, both in the novel, the movie, and just about every positive review I've seen surrounding the book.
I recently finished reading "Interview with The Vampire", and I gotta say, it was incredibly creepy and uncomfortable to read due to how much it sexualized children, and I don't understand why there are so many people who glow about this book who seem to completely skip past that fact.
One of the blurbs on the back cover says
Another:
This is a book where the main character develops a practically-sexual relationship with another vampire who
Not to mention the frequent usage of young boys as "meals" for vampires throughout the whole book, which is almost always cast in an extremely sexual light.
Now I get that vampires are not really 'good guys', and they do evil things all the time. But all of the moral dilemmas the book explores are related to murdering people and being immortal, while the frankly disgusting power dynamics at play remain unquestioned, both in the novel, the movie, and just about every positive review I've seen surrounding the book.