Book Review: Interview with a Vampire

The Interview with the Vampire 
by Anne Rice

• Publisher: Ballantine Books (March 18, 1997)
• ISBN-10: 0345409647
• ISBN-13: 978-0345409645

Review by Kendall L. 

*This book is Adult Fiction

This book is about a vampire named Louis. He decides to tell his life story to a man. So he tells this guy his life before and after he became a vampire. He faces a lot of obstacles during his vampire life and loses a lot of people he loves because of it. He travels, fights, falls in love, and betrays his creator.

There's not a whole lot to say about this book. He is basically telling about his life story. There's a lot of description and really gets into what life was like back in the 18th and 19th centuries. But of course it's a fictional story, so not everything is true.

I thought the book was okay. It got interesting at some parts, and made me want keep reading without stopping; other times it was just going on with the same subjects and I didn't read it for days. The book was also long to read. I'm a slow reader so it took me a long time to finish it and it seemed to go on forever. But if you like they historical fiction/ sci-fi stuff then it's perfect for you.

Book Review: The Help

The Help

by Kathryn Stockett

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
• Publisher: Berkeley Trade; Mti Rei edition (June 28, 2011)
• ISBN-10: 0425245136
• ISBN-13: 978-0425245132

Review By: Kendall L.  
The Help is a story about Jackson Mississippi in the 1960s. During that time there was still segregation so there was a lot of feelings towards races, black and white. There's 3 main characters, Skeeter ( or Eugenia), Aiblieen, and Minny. 
 
Skeeter, a white woman, just got a degree in English, and was in the hopes of getting a job in New York City in the publishing industry, but was turned down due to lack of experience. Aiblieen is a black maid and works for Skeeter's friend Elizabeth. Minny is also a black maid and Minny's best friend. She has 5 kids and an abusive husband. Minny has a major "sass-mouth" and doesn't know when to keep quiet or stop!
 
These 3 women come to a weird friendship and decided to make a book together , but the laws during the time of the 1960s strained their friendship and forced them to keep quiet about the whole thing, in fear of being tormented or going to jail. People get kicked, beat to death, put to prison, and all in between in this book, but it shows what it was like back then so it makes it really interesting. 
 
This book isn't like your average book with chapters, but each chapter is different perspectives of each of the 3 characters I described above. It shows the struggle for everyday life or just some drama, but it's a really awesome book!!!