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honestly, this book was meh. it's an oldie, so obviously a lot of its tropes that USED to be cool and revolutionary are now overplayed. the language is cool and i like the letter-based storytelling.
but besides that, this book is like weirdly misogynistic and dracula's closeted, like "the closet is glass and i know what you are boy kiss- i mean, boy blood sucker" closeted. like why is he so obsessed, bro coulda just killed jonathan ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ also every woman in this book is written to be weak and lucy is sexualized. 19th century L
Graphic: Biphobia, Confinement, Homophobia, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping
Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: War
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Misogyny
All in all, this book has changed who I am as a person and how I will consume all subsequent vampire media. I fully recommend to anyone who wants to check it out, but I also acknowledge that this is not everyone's cup of tea. While some characters were really easy to understand
I'm already looking forward to rereading (and crying my eyes out again) next year!
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, Torture, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Colonisation
Minor: Child death, Alcohol
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief
Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Death of parent
That being said, THIS SHIT TOOK ME SIX MONTHS TO READ! IT'S BORING AS HELL. FUCK VAN HELSING. ALL HE DOES IS CAUSE PROBLEMS. THE BOOK WOULD BE 200 PAGES SHORTER WITHOUT HIM. SCREW THIS BOOK. I LOVED ALL IT REPRESENTS BUT I HATE IT IN ITSELF. Also, Lucy Westerna, will you marry me?
Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content
Minor: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Murder, War