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Dracula by Bram Stoker

129 reviews

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Medical content, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

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

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: Ableism, Animal cruelty, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Xenophobia

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.5

This book was so slow and confusing! I didn’t know what was happening most of the time because it’s formatted/told through letters and diary entries from several people. Plus I read it on audio with only one narrator doing slightly different voices which is probably why it was so confusing

I wish I had listened to the Audible version because I just saw it has a full cast including Tim Curry and Alan Cumming 😩 Maybe I would’ve enjoyed that one better?

Only reason I finished was because 1) I was doing the audio version while painting 2) it’s for my book club 3) by the time I thought about DNFing I was a little over 50% through  (plus I was hoping the second half would be better) 🙈 and 4) I can finally say I’ve read Dracula

The pacing took away from the horror and the story dragged longer than it needed to because the climax is two sentences long.

There were some interesting parts and I enjoyed the first 100ish pages, but honestly I can’t recommend this book to anyone and I couldn’t tell you much about what happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Racial slurs, and Sexism

le_mur's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Confinement, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, and Medical content

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: Blood and Murder

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

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

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

Minor: Drug use

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

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

blueteacup's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism