There is no doubt that The Vampire Tapestry is a realistic and conceptually powerful story about a vampire. However, it is mostly boring to read. TVT (The Vampire Tapestry) is broken down in five stages of life for Dr. Edward Lewis Weyland. It is not an epic tale spanning thousands or hundreds of years; it's a compact story in terms of time lapse, only covering a few years of his life. So do not expect the kind of time lapse that you get with Interview with a Vampire (IWAV), for example. TVT actually succeeds in making a heartbreaking revelation about what it would *really* be like to be a vampire.
Unlike IWAV, which tells its story by attracting you with blatant emotion and drama, TVT tells its story with a lack thereof. TVT is a very emotionally distance story, which makes it very difficult to read and, as previously mentioned, boring. The writing style is very academic and that adds to the emotional distance, so do not expect ornate and dramatic writing here.
