Reviews

Dracula by Bram Stoker

thiswillbepubliclyvisible's review against another edition

4.0

A bit long but I'll be generous with my review, as I assume it was very innovative for the time. Gothic horror is an underused genre.

bperl's review against another edition

4.0

Quite good.

alons13's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

timmytunter's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Death

nickhorton's review against another edition

dark

3.75

maidinnah's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

An iconic piece of literature that deserves its accolades.  Personally, it wasn't my taste. At times I found the characters frustrating and the pacing a bit inconsistent.  However, I can fully appreciate Bram Stoker's craftsmanship and the cultural impact Dracula had. Stoker's choice to construct the novel as an epistolary was a really interesting one, allowing the reader to puzzle out the terror that is Count Dracula alongside the cast. The atmosphere was chilling, apt for a gothic horror, but because of its format, the novel reads more as a Victorian investigative techno-thriller. It's fun to wonder how readers at the time of its release received the novel, given how much Dracula spoke to current (at the time) events and to Victorian values. So it's no wonder Dracula (and by extension, Van Helsing) became so embedded in the monster zeitgeist. 

bekah_beks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

bearcave's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

brigii's review against another edition

3.0

It was a great book, but I still couldn't wait to get to the end. I'm not sure why. It felt so long at unnecessary parts, but maybe I was impatient.

kieranredmond's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• 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