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perkyanda's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-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
1.5
It is truly impressive that a book with such a cool concept managed to be so thoroughly boring from beginning to end. I like a good character story but dear god, it’s repetitious ruminations for over 100 pages. The same general thought is repeated and reworded consistently throughout the book. I get that as a device it’s effective in demonstrating his obsession but damn is it boring to read about.
Technically decent book, but good lord it was so so boring and neither fun nor enlightening,
Technically decent book, but good lord it was so so boring and neither fun nor enlightening,
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Homophobia, Grief, Sexual content, Blood, Colonisation, Death, and Gaslighting
sofipitch's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
5.0
Much more erotic than I expected. 😂 The prose is sensual, and a lot of the imagery and horror momentsIsuperb. I also think vampirism = homosexuality is so common but it is usually implicit or simply presented with gay vampires. It's interesting to see the story of a gay man who has been persecuted like a monster realize he isn't one when faced with the real thing
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Blood
Moderate: Pedophilia and Gore
renegadegrocerycart's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I am broken. This book has broken me.
A bold and inventing re-envisioning of the Demeter episode in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, this novella makes textual what was only subtext about queer desire in Stoker’s novel. Locked in the mind of a repressed and deeply guilty queer man, this novel delves deeply into the metaphor of vampirism and homosexuality—and, most satisfyingly, wrenches the two apart by the question of consent. I’ve struggled for months after reading Dracula to figure out the queer reading I’ve heard discussed, and this novella explores and explains it in a way that finally made it click for me.
The captain ties himself to the helm in defiance of the monster and declares himself not to be a monster, absolving himself of the guilt that was never really his and instead imposed on him by society and the people of the village who killed his first lover.
This novella is wild and surreal and nothing like I’ve ever read. I docked a half star for the translation, because I didn’t love it and felt that something was lost in the translator’s clinical and stilted word choices.
A bold and inventing re-envisioning of the Demeter episode in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, this novella makes textual what was only subtext about queer desire in Stoker’s novel. Locked in the mind of a repressed and deeply guilty queer man, this novel delves deeply into the metaphor of vampirism and homosexuality—and, most satisfyingly, wrenches the two apart by the question of consent. I’ve struggled for months after reading Dracula to figure out the queer reading I’ve heard discussed, and this novella explores and explains it in a way that finally made it click for me.
The captain ties himself to the helm in defiance of the monster and declares himself not to be a monster, absolving himself of the guilt that was never really his and instead imposed on him by society and the people of the village who killed his first lover.
This novella is wild and surreal and nothing like I’ve ever read. I docked a half star for the translation, because I didn’t love it and felt that something was lost in the translator’s clinical and stilted word choices.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Murder, Self harm, and Suicide
Major trigger warnings for homophobia, violence & death, gore & body horror. Described by not condoned are adult/minor relationships and sexual exploitation.
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