I adored every minute I spent reading Interview With The Vampire. Vampire Lestat was a close second. Then I got to Tale Of The Body Thief, and it was just ridiculous!
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Lestat trades bodies with this guy to be mortal for a day. Fun idea. Then the guy never has any intention of giving Lestat his body back, and Lestat is surprised at this...because???? Lestat has already been set up as utterly brilliant, and I'm supposed to believe that he never thought for a minute that this guy intended to use his vampire powers to wreak havoc? If even I figured that out, I think Lestat would have. And the way it was portrayed, it seemed like Lestat only wanted to do it so he could get it on with some people and taste food again. It was a novelty. If it had been established that all Lestat wanted in the world was to be a mortal man, it would have been different. I would believe that he might not think things through, because he wanted it so badly. And maybe he intended to stay a mortal, but then the guy was using Lestat's body to cause trouble. But no, he REALLY BELIEVED that the guy was going to show up the next day and give him his vampire body back! It was not a tedious read, but I found it silly.