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sagadotter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Gore, and Cannibalism
Moderate: War, Physical abuse, Grief, and Mental illness
Minor: Incest
mothie_girlie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: War, Chronic illness, and Confinement
MC calls her love interest "sister" while they do it.....bazkrekker111's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Gore, Violence, Murder, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Infidelity, Drug use, and Misogyny
Minor: Mental illness, War, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Incest, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Cursing, Rape, Sexual violence, and Torture
amytunnicliffe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Graphic: Blood and Death
Moderate: Gore and Body horror
Minor: Incest
brucethegirl'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? Yes
4.75
My favorite aspect of this book was that while watching Constanza fall prey to the abuse and controlling whims of the vampire, she regularly uses language that makes it clear she is now aware of his abuse and how he wielded different emotions and controlling tactics. To paraphrase one of my favorite lines: "I was thriving as you were miserable, I later realized my thriving is what made you miserable"
Watching the world change through her eyes was gorgeous and haunting, as she explained the constant thrum toward modernization, as she watched the world change outside her window. I loved how the other characters could double as actual historical figures linked to the specific place and time they were found. How each bride of the vampire brought their own habits and interests to the passage of time. And how those interests were stymied and crushed by the Vampire out of jealousy and an incessant need for complete control.
Equally a great guide on abuser red flags, and a feel good horror read, there was very little I disliked about this book. Suffice to say, which reading there were some aspects, but once I finished the book- I couldn't tell you what they were. I honestly just adored everything about it.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Murder, Violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Confinement, Gaslighting, Classism, and Gore
Minor: Incest
celestriakle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The main weakness of the book however is the characters relationships outside of Dracula. The book ends with
Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Grief, Confinement, Bullying, Blood, Gore, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, and Death
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Murder, Abandonment, and Incest
Minor: War, Homophobia, Death of parent, Torture, and Misogyny
I tagged for incest, but it's not true incest: all four main characters are not related, but are frequently described with family terminology, despite being in a romantic relationship. Alexi and Constanta in particular are constantly described as mother/son, with Alexi's youth compared to everyone else frequently mentioned, but they still end up romantically entangled and share a sex scene.anapthine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Confinement, Bullying, Blood, and Toxic relationship
Minor: War, Incest, and Fire/Fire injury
annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
speaking of calling her "the narrator," it's interesting that it shares this unnamed-woman-narrator quality with the last book i read, The Handmaid's Tale, but a notable difference is that here the narrator only refers to her Commander-equivalent as "you" and never his name in order to strip him of his power.
Graphic: Death, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Murder, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual violence, Body horror, Child death, Alcohol, Incest, Infidelity, and War
Minor: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Drug use, Self harm, Sexism, Death of parent, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Genocide
no biphobia. homophobia and lesbophobia are only mentioned once as a concern of the narrator but are never realized. adult/minor relationship and incest are debatable because of the characters being immortal vampires and having an …unusual family dynamic, but there's definitely something messed up therequeenbeemimi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood and Violence
Moderate: Incest
inferiorwit's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexism, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, and Incest