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jerrica's review against another edition
5.0
Christabel: freaky/sexual
Kubla Khan: beautiful
The Pains of Sleep: yeah man i feel that
Kubla Khan: beautiful
The Pains of Sleep: yeah man i feel that
caughtbetweenpages's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
4.0
While the vampiric elements are fairly blink-or-you'll-miss-it, Coleridge's poem is a great addition to the early canon of vampire literature, and establishes some of the key classic elements of the monster mythos (having to be invited in, animals freaking out in vampires' presences, etc.) It definitely adheres to the old tradition of vampires as pure predators, which I enjoyed.
toad_maiden's review
3.0
Hm, maybe it's been a while since I read any Romantic poetry, but this didn't fire up my imagination the way I had hoped.
stupidpieceofhuman's review against another edition
5.0
when i read this, at first in 2014, it was like being stunned by the sheer awesomeness of coleridge's poems and the darkness inside the poem's narrative. fuck! i can still remember what kind of an evil book it was! goodness!
octavia_cade's review against another edition
3.0
A long unfinished poem by Coleridge that some argue to be an inspiration for Le Fanu's Carmilla, which I have just read. And yes, there is that shared central relationship between girls, both mirroring each other, and the fascination between them resting on Geraldine's monstrous nature just as it does with Carmilla's. What is also reminds me of, though, is Stoker's The Lair of the White Worm, because Geraldine is presented with a very serpentine imagery. If she's not a snake in a woman's skin I'd be frankly astonished, but then Coleridge only completed the first two sections of a planned five, as I understand it, and it's not like he's coming back to finish it off. Given that, I'm sticking with snake, and my guess is that Christabel's dopey enamoured dad was going to get bitten and come to a nasty, venomous end.
gabi_leoncini's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. [First part- 4 stars; Second part- 3 stars]
bookfever's review against another edition
3.0
I read this because I got offered a book (Christabel by Suzanne Sullivan) that's based on this poem. I liked it very much so I can't wait to see how the book is going to turn out!
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