Reviews with content warning for Racism - Carmilla

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Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

85 reviews

solflo's review against another edition

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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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celestriakle's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious 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

3.75

Dreamy and extremely gothic. Some of the luster and horror has been lost with modern knowledge and tropes, but fascinatingly compassionate to even its monsters.

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deadlamp's review against another edition

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mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Despite the homophobic and sexist intentions of the book, it’s become an iconic lesbian classic, and I hope the author is rolling in his grave. Carmilla bangs, but only if you can look past its original hateful intent

I hated the ending though, the main character didn’t even do anything?? Another character showed up out of nowhere and ended the entire plot. I know he was mentioned in the beginning, but wow that makes for a really bad narrative

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nerdysread's review against another edition

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dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Ce fut un livre intéressant. Mais j’avoue que je m’attendais a plus… tout d’abord je me disais que les personnages seraient plus âgées mais aussi qu’il y aurait plus de… plus quoi. Plus de lesbianisme, plus de tension, plus de spice, plus de leaning… bref plus.

Je m’exprime très bien okay!

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penguinsquack's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

Almost any other character would have made a better narrator for this story, but at least this way we got lesbians 🤷🏽

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broccoli_mmm's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? It's complicated

The original lesbian vampire. very mixed feelings. some parts were a little underdeveloped and others were repetitive.

there were some lines that just … agh excellent, like:

“I live in you; and you would die for me, I love you so.”

It’s visceral and emotive and really clever foreshadowing. I just left wishing there was more time spent on Carmilla and Laura themselves. The ending chapters felt a bit anticlimactic. Also read critically, of course, because there’s definitely a bit of “girl is in love w girl BECAUSE she’s a monster”

BUT its worth reading. Some of the descriptions are genuinely unsettling, not because of anything graphic or gory, just from the sense of being violated. Also excellent foreshaddowing.

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