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nokvi's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Only a homophobe could sit and go I'm writing this to explain that lesbianism is bad and then produce homoerotic content in 100 pages. Like Camilla was confessing and wooing this woman, and sometimes you felt her ick towards it (yeah could have had more lesbians)
0.5 star because there's a line where a character is stated to describe a hideous black woman and I'm taking it as racism because look at the time period of this book, mans was probably racist as well
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Child death and Murder
Minor: Suicide and Racism
_p0ssum_'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Sapphic vampires Sapphic vampires Sapphic vampires
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood and Violence
Minor: Racism
salem99's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Enjoyable classic! Wanted to read before some upcoming novels on my TBR that are inspired by Carmilla. Found the writing very fun and descriptive!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
There's a random scene that includes a disturbing description of a black person. Was unnecessary to the plot.hexedmaiden's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
4.0
This one is a reread for me and having already read the original book I wanted to see what Carmen Maria Machado would add to the original text. I enjoyed her contributions a lot. It was already very queer and I feel as though Carmen's little edits and anecdotes made it even more abundantly queer
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Suicide and Racism
ominousspectre's review against another edition
4.0
Huh... apparently men are capable of writing toxic yuri
Content Warnings
Minor: Racism
lexybexy's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Ableism, Racism, and Racial slurs
takarakei's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I highly recommend this version of Carmilla edited by Carmen Maria Machado who provides much needed historical context in the introduction and with footnotes throughout. It's also a beautiful edition with a few illustrations.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Racism and Sexual content
sympatheticdroid's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Sometimes its absurdity made it absolutely hilarious, but I think overall it's more about the dark romantic undertones than the funnies. The dark romantic undertones are between this weirdo Carmilla and this really sad girl Laura, both who you can interpret in a billion different ways. There's a lot of speculating to be done while reading, and even more to be done after you're finished. The length is short, it's in the public domain and the pacing is lightning quick so there's really not much reason to avoid reading it if you're at all interested in vampires, lesbians, lesbian vampires, historical queer fiction and/or historical fiction featuring women.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Death
Moderate: Gaslighting and Emotional abuse
Minor: Racism and Child death
Racism is minor the same way your seemingly okay acquaintance one day walking up to you, slapping you in the face and never referencing or repeating the offense would be a minor assault. To be explicit, a handful of unnamed brown characters show up as the servants of mysterious white women characters. The description in the book and commentary of other white characters paints these brown characters as being ugly and evil, and that is all the characterization they are given. It seems to reflect the views of the author. Once that scene ends you only ever see similar characters one more time as background characters in a flashback and there's no more overt racism anywhere in the book. I honestly highly recommend this novel, but I don't want anyone to not expect the racism. Every other warning is just standard vampire stuff.f18's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and Toxic relationship
Minor: Racism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
probable hypnosishannahduda's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Racism