Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Dracula by Bram Stoker

75 reviews

spacerkip's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Child death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Animal death

Minor: Death of parent

lucdiamant's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

So much more charming than I'd expected. Turns out that no matter how many adaptations you've seen, you know nothing about the plot of Dracula. The characters stole my heart instantly. Reading it in the Dracula Daily format is extremely fun, especially if you follow all the memes and historical explanations on Tumblr. Never have I felt so actively engaged with a book since childhood.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia

toffishay's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I liked Dracula, but I wanted to like it more. I liked the style of writing, telling the story through letters, memos, notes, and updates from all of our characters. There were times where this slowed the story down when characters were recapping the same events and, at times, not adding additional context or a new perspective. And at times, each update was so minimal that it could feel unnecessary. I loved how central Mina is to the story, she is sidelined at times, but she is present at least for all of the action and the other, largely male, characters make several points to acknowledge her smarts and critical contributions to the whole endeavor. I do think that it could have been shorter. The end drags a lot too and the ending fight was very disappointing. <SPOILER> It ended up being primarily a fight between humans and not enough of Dracula, which particularly sucks because it the books starts so strong with showing how scary and cunning Dracula is. Only to end the book with him being killed in his box in transit without even hearing from him again, let alone fighting our heroes. <END SPOILER>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Racism, Xenophobia, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Racial slurs, and Blood

never's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Violence, Blood, Death, and Misogyny

Moderate: Medical content, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Animal death, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Classism

Minor: Alcohol, Gun violence, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

fazreena98's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Read this through Dracula Daily. Absolutely loved the story. I am glad I read it this way. It was so good to actually know the story of Dracula.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Xenophobia

rambles's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Xenophobia

acogna's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

My best friend Jonathan Harker, his wife Mina, and his great band of friends at the rescue yet again! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Medical content

Moderate: Xenophobia and Racial slurs

thomasdj's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Violence, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Torture, Blood, Sexism, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Gore, Death, and Misogyny

Minor: Suicide

aardwyrm's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

It's. The one with Dracula. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Medical content, Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Child death, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, and Terminal illness