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Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Religious bigotry
The characters however, have much more depth than I expected and it has made me question the later interpretation of some characters. If you are a horror fan and haven't read this one, I recommend putting it on your list just to understand some of the beginnings of our supernatural tales.
I do want to add that for the times Mina seems to be a particularly strong female character. The way she is described by the men is annoying "fair but having the brain of a man" but I understand that for the time that was likely a huge praise. It is her and Van Helsing that put it all together, find all the pieces and track down Dracula. Without her the men would have been lost and that is proved in a major plot point when they try to lock her away for her safety.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Alcohol, Colonisation
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content
Moderate: Child death, Sexism, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Confinement, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Racial slurs, Xenophobia
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping
Pois, isto foi assim de confuso para mim em termos cronológicos. Eu queria perceber a história e os planos do Drácula, por isso, precisava de me organizar e ficava difícil com todos os saltos temporais e geográficos.
• O que é de criativo e inovador neste livro em comparação com outros clássicos que li foi também o que me incomodou e me impediu um pouco de me conectar com ele.
Toda a história é contada por meio de: diários, cartas e telegramas. Todas as personagens humanas têm direito a expressar-se um pouco.
Se juntarmos saltos cronológicos + cartas como meio de narração + vários narradores = muitas características grandiosas para eu gostar do mix.
Só ficou melhor quando todos se juntaram no mesmo espaço.
• Em termos de facilidade de leitura, pareceu-me ser um clássico com um passing rápido com ação constante e o vocabulário acessível.
• "Drácula" não é a história original de vampiros, aliás, conseguimos ver as semelhanças e diferenças entre este e "Carmilla". Eu queria muito ler ambos por causa do lore vampírico e comparar com o que conheço de séries modernas.
No meu Buddy Read com a bestie estava sempre a dar comparações entre o livro e as séries. Diverti-me com isso!
Ótimo manual para criar vampiros e exterminadores. O que não gostei? Os vampiros eram uns fracotes - queria luta!
• É um livro do séc. XIX e escrito por um homem branco, claro que tem aqueles elementos de: mulheres desejosas de casar; elas têm de ser protegidas e salvas; temos uma mulher inteligente, mas comparam-na a um homem, etc.
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟
Graphic: Death, Death of parent
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Grief
Minor: Suicide, Blood