Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Dracula by Bram Stoker

73 reviews

spacerkip's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Child death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Animal death

Minor: Death of parent

divine529's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

Dracula is and probably will always be one of my favorite books. 

I read along with the Dracula Daily crew this time around and had an absolute blast reading it this way. 

From the characters to the plot and overall story it's just a fantastic book on all fronts (as well as an excellent Gothic novel). 

Definitely a book I'll revisit many times again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Blood, Confinement, Death, Medical content, Mental illness, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Alcohol, Sexism, and Animal death

Minor: Child death

toffishay's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

I liked Dracula, but I wanted to like it more. I liked the style of writing, telling the story through letters, memos, notes, and updates from all of our characters. There were times where this slowed the story down when characters were recapping the same events and, at times, not adding additional context or a new perspective. And at times, each update was so minimal that it could feel unnecessary. I loved how central Mina is to the story, she is sidelined at times, but she is present at least for all of the action and the other, largely male, characters make several points to acknowledge her smarts and critical contributions to the whole endeavor. I do think that it could have been shorter. The end drags a lot too and the ending fight was very disappointing. <SPOILER> It ended up being primarily a fight between humans and not enough of Dracula, which particularly sucks because it the books starts so strong with showing how scary and cunning Dracula is. Only to end the book with him being killed in his box in transit without even hearing from him again, let alone fighting our heroes. <END SPOILER>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Racism, Xenophobia, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Racial slurs, and Blood

aardwyrm's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

3.0

It's. The one with Dracula. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Medical content, Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Child death, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, and Terminal illness

mmefish's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

Terrifying in the best way possible, “Dracula” is an iconic piece of literature for a reason.
If only the lengthy dramatic exclamations by the characters were cut by half…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Ableism, and Grief

Minor: Xenophobia, Animal death, and Child death

samsonian's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

i love this book so much its so gay

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Blood

Moderate: Racism, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Sexism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, Animal death, and Xenophobia

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Stalking, Terminal illness, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Sexism, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Antisemitism, Homophobia, Racism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Classism

Minor: Drug use

marareading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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

5.0

Read this (again) today. It is my favorite classic. I enjoy it every time. I love the epistolary form, and I love the suspense. It's always great. I will always be at the mercy of vampire stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Murder, Violence, Blood, and Death

roaze's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Medical content, Gore, Grief, Animal death, Death, Murder, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Classism, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, and Xenophobia