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pastelkerstin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
Graphic: Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Confinement, Gore, Infidelity, and Violence
Moderate: Mental illness and Alcohol
Minor: Physical abuse and War
a_libra_library's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Reimaging of Dracula's brides written in letter formats. It's not glamorous or sexy as vampires are usually portrayed. It shows how dangerous and seductive and abusive relationships can get. I feel weird since its an abusive poly-relationship but the three brides find comfort in each other and are against Dracula.
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mental illness, War, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, and Murder
_forestofpages'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
5.0
The metaphors and themes of Dracula's brides used to tell this powerful and unfortunately common tale of an abusive relationship is incredible. Its so gorgeously written, so quotable. Steamy and also devastating and hard to read at times.
I recommend this to everyone. Really its an exquisitely written gothic novel about escaping an abusive relationship.
Graphic: War, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
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 thererebeccaxpaige's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Cursing, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Murder