Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

77 reviews

judassilver's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Racism, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Blood

theaceofpages's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

2.5

Yay for lesbian vampires but I wasn't a huge fan of the style. Contents are somewhat surprising for the time but I struggled to get into it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, and Violence

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

anna_17793's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Murder

kurumipanda's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Stalking and Racism

cosmicsapphic's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Death

geno's review against another edition

challenging mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

"Carmilla" es una historia corta de vampiros. Mezcla romance y horror y planta las bases para lo que serían los vampiros años adelante.

Es dificil juzgar un clásico gótico con los estándares actuales, aún así, esta historia soporta el paso del tiempo con elegancia.

Aunque se pueda sentir lenta de ritmo, el estilo gótico ayuda a que sea fácil sumergirse en la historia. Los fanáticos del género no pueden dejar de leerla.

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"Carmilla" is a short story about vampires. It mixes romance and horror and lays the foundations for what vampires would be.

I know it's hard to judge a gothic classic by today's standards, yet this story stands the test of time gracefully.

Although it may feel slow-paced, the gothic style helps make it easy to immerse yourself in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death and Murder

kelisabeth's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Lesbophobia, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Blood, and Death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

mfrisk's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

This was a great short read that very quickly immerses you into a world of dark forests, gothic castles, and mysterious women. I really enjoyed the descriptions of the setting and towards the end the laying out of vampire lore. What I felt was missing was more depth to our main character Laura and more background to our mysterious stranger Carmilla. Though perhaps that second part is more intentional. 

It’s a novella so totally makes sense we don’t get more but that’s what I would have loved along with more of a satisfying conclusion. What we got was not much of a battle but more of a convenient end which felt rushed. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Death, and Blood

seraphimgt's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Racism