Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Carmilla and Laura by S.D. Simper

9 reviews

kiwis_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Lesbian vampires need I say more 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Lesbophobia, and Sexual violence

wordwilderness's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Suicide, Lesbophobia, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Includes mention of forced marriage to rapist (past)

chena_reads_romance's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this book! The prose is beautiful, the romance is sweet and sexy, the vampire elements are present and spooky, and it definitely reminded me of the first time I read Carmilla.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

wrenny03's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

I loved the story and characters I really did but I can't get past the americanisms 😭

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Rape, and Blood

smartie_chan's review against another edition

dark hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia and Blood

Moderate: Death and Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Murder

shector1's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

 I liked this version of Carmilla. I have not read the original version yet but this is encouraging me to do so. But Laura is better than me…to die for someone GIRL 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Suicide, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

alexfromistemor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I'm not sure why I was surprised at how short this was, given the length of the original, but still I was thrown off. Not dissuaded, however, far from it. I loved this. Simper's text is true to the prose and language style of the era, and of the original story itself, but definitely adds a sense of beauty and love, and more importantly, a sense of agency and choice on the part of Laura, particularly at the end. And I love her added bookends of the prologue and epilogue. This was romantic and sweet and even hit me in the feels. Great book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Rape

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Gore

queergoth_reads's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-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? Yes

4.25

You know what, I really enjoyed this retelling. I read Carmilla for the first time last year and this did not disappoint. It felt very true to the original while making it more explicitly queer and I loved that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Blood

actually_taylor's review

dark emotional 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault