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sopopia's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
hjb_128's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Child death
gossamer_lens's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
There are several POVs that are delightfully conveyed via missives and have various "newspaper clippings" and other information interspersed. It is a fun story with some delightful characters. I became thoroughly invested once I made it about 10% of the way into the book and I only put the book down when I had to read other things for book club and the like.
I 100% enjoyed this and would recommend it to anyone!
Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, and Blood
rehtaehwashere's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
- What I liked: The DRAMA, the characterization of Dracula, how hell-bent they were on catching him after he corrupted Lucy,
that Lucy's mother fucked her over by not just leaving her and her flowers the hell alone and opening windows. The wolves and the bats. The suspicions of Dracula's neighbors and that everyone knew and just said LITERALLY NOTHING.Dracula throwing the mirror out the window lmao - What I disliked: that they equated soft feminine virginal girls with morality and goodness implying that Lucy deserved what happened because she wasn't 'pure' enough. That women were written as such weak little things and that they only got praise when they 'thought like men'. That the story was basically men saving 'women in distress'. That the language was so flowery and annoying to parse through.
- Overall thoughts: I think I'll stick to modern adaptations because the flowery language was so annoying to get through and I loved how dramatic Dracula was but the characterization of women left a lot to be desired. It was definitely a product of its time and a good story none-the-less if you can overlook the 1 dimensional female characters but it's hard for me to do. The men are well written, rounded out characters that show emotion which is a bright spot in this.
- Recommend to a friend? Y
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Colonisation, and Classism
hexxchen's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Die Sprache ist gewöhnungsbedürftig, weil "haben" nicht als Hilfswerb in der Vergangenheitsform genutzt wird und einige Begriffe in ihrer Bedeutung veraltet sind. Aber für Muttersprachler stellt es kein Problem dar. Auch die Sitten und wie Charaktere übereinander sprechen, gerde im Sinn von Geschlechterrollen und Vorurteilen. Das Buch ist nun einmal über 100 Jahre alt.
Ich finde die Stimme von Mina klingt recht gelangweilt, oder soll naiv und tüchtig klingen? Sonst mag ich aber, dass die Erzählstruktur von Briefen und Tagebüchern durch mehrere Leser herausgesrbeitet wird.
Die Geschichte entwickelt sich anfangs mit Schrecken, dann aber sehr langsam und eher rätzelhaft. (Heutige Leser sind zusätzlich gespoilert und hier könnte es langweilig werden.) Zum Ende habe ich persönlich jedoch etwas Interesse verloren, vielleicht wegen einem 2023 Blick auf Van Helsings Psychologiewissen, aber eig. zieht das Tempo hier wieder ein bisschen an, da die Protagonisten nun aktiv werden. Das Ende kommt dann aber sehr abrupt und war für mich etwas unbefriedigend.
Alles in Allem ist Drakula aber eine sehr interessante Geschichte, eine der frühen Vampirerzählungen, welche unsere Popkultur für immer geprägt haben. Für Freunde von Horror und Fantasy daher eine Empfehlung.
Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Blood
sleep walking, old gender stereotypesutopiaandmelancholy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Antisemitism, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Death of parent
cooldudenick's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Mental illness, Sexism, Violence, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
jonwood's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, and Medical content
Minor: Body horror, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
emma6544's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Violence
teslis's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
It was a scary book, but I enjoyed it anyways. Its written a long time ago, but I still liked it and found it interesting. Really recommend reading it even if its not a 5 star.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Sexism
Moderate: Mental illness and Violence