I'm not a huge fan of vampire stories, but "Interview With A Vampire" was an interesting look at the duality of said characters. Most of the vampires I've seen in media have left a bad taste in my mouth (such as Twilight). That being said, this story does a great job at using the undead as a way to show the idea that people want to live forever.
We mindlessly go through our everyday lives, wishing to continue it for as long as we can, and Anne Rice does a great job at framing this within her story. The constant dread of having to relocate to hide who they truly are (as well as doubting if they're really the villains or not just like Frankenstein) paints an interesting tale of back-stabbing, revenge and regret.
All the characters (especially the vampires) are always trying to get the upper hand on one another, adding tension. This novel also shows that no matter how hard they try to live together with one another and to have some sort of relationship with themselves (in a genre that loves to create romantic plots), the undead are more miserable than the living. This is why Louis, the interviewee, gets upset when the person who's interviewing him asks him to turn him into a vampire, not understanding the emotional and physical stress being a vampire has given him.
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