The books are even far better than the movie (i'm going to neglet the Queen of the Damned movie because it was against the vision of Anne Rice and that really showed in the film, it was very bad done).
In the movie they went for a less dark gothic feeling and humanized the characters of Louis, Claudia and Armand so that the public would be less shocked.
Louis isn't the defeated, death-waiting man as he is in the movie, he's fuelled by a great desire to die yes, but he doesn't wait for it, he seeks it, he even goes as far to challenge Lestat himself to a fight to the death at first. Claudia shows more child like characteristics in the book, which we're coupled with a semi-sexual love for Lestat and Louis, thus her desire to grow and her will to murder young women was driven to a higher level in the book.
Armand is the true definition of the ambiguous sexuality of vampires, and his craving for Lous really showed in the book, which was seriously toned down in the film.
Plus there are other minute things that changed the whole flow of the history, but i'm glad that the character of Lestat didn't suffer from this, due in large to Anne Rice's demands for the film.
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