Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

10 reviews

moreau's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

solid, short book. good story, read it all in a day. literally my only complaint is it shouldve been longer because its so good

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Medical content

littleflowerfairy's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Chronic illness, Medical content, Murder, Blood, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Grief, Ableism, Racism, and Body horror

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

jelliestars's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Medical content, Lesbophobia, and Racism

Minor: Sexual assault, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, and Child death

danajoy's review against another edition

4.5

I didn't expect to find this book accessible but I really did.
It was fun and atmospheric. It felt very sapphic and characters weren't punished for it. Even though one was a vampiric monster that was the problem, not that she's a girl but that she's feeding. 
There are some slurs and ablist statement that are uncomfortable, especially for a modern reader but overall this story was a fantastic piece of short literature filled with fantastic spooky atmosphere and heavy wlw tones.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Toxic friendship, Medical content, and Racial slurs

Minor: Death of parent

thenerdybookwitch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

This pleasantly surprised me! I was expecting it to treat Carmilla and Laura’s relationship negatively but it’s not at all. Their romantic relationship is not judged by anyone. I can see why so many Lesbian bookworms absolutely adore this book. It is a vampire classic that has set a huge standard especially in the Lesbian vampire genre. It is a very good read and I highly recommend it.

Note: This is a book from 1872 so problematic themes are still going to be present. Especially outdated terms that are Ableist today. It also has such a negative view on Suicide at the end. Just keep that in mind when reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Abandonment, and Ableism

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Suicide, Medical trauma, and Racism

jojo_'s review against another edition

dark 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Ableism, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Lesbophobia, Medical content, Racism, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Classism, Incest, and Sexual content

jessthanthree's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Murder

flamesocks's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Medical content

paladinosaur's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

If you’re in the mood for some very gay, gothic vampire literature I can’t recommend Carmilla enough. Its a good length little novella, only took me a little over an hour. It’s also available for free on Project Gutenberg so…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Chronic illness

Minor: Gore, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Medical content

batwinggoth's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content, Sexism, and Slavery