Interview with a vampire

Interview with a vampire is set in New Orleans, a perfect place for vampires.  New Orleans is known for its corrupt politicians, social structure and Gothic themes.
Ann refers to thirst throughout the book.  Even though it is a vampire book, blood is not the only thing they thirst for, love, knowledge, acceptance and lust.  Each character searches for something their missing.
It is clear that the characters have a hierarchy, Claudia is top dog, the purest of both humans and vampires.  Turned into a vampire at the age of five, she never had the chance to learn how humans love, live and experience. She has no human ties to shape her views of life, making her the perfect vampire, ruthless.  On the other hand, the vast amount of knowledge she has can never reach its full potential.  Since her body is that of a five year old her deepest desires can not be met, which makes her sexually frustrated.
Louis seems to be the most human out of the vampires, for a large part of the book he refuses to feed on humans and takes the blood of rodents.  He is easily manipulated by others, particularly by lestat.  Lastat is the "bad boy" the only plays by his rules.  Very charismatic and sly.  He continuously seeks knowledge and never lets people learn all that he knows.  I think he believes he is something he is not.  For example he claims to be a lone wolf but always has a companion around, he continuously seduces people to believe whatever he wants to but cant trust.
I personally am not a fan of vampires in general , the book isn't my kind of story.  Ann can get really long winded with unnecessary details.  A story full of lust, love and feeding isn't what I like to see.  I prefer action oriented vampires like Blade and Underworld.  Ann is an excellent literary writer but the details bore me and take away from the overall story.