Reviews with content warning for Xenophobia - Dracula

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Dracula by Bram Stoker

112 reviews

martin27's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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icarus_has_risen's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

It has a really interesting idea - it is the original vampire book - but it is so boring. The story starts of strong with Johnathan and Dracula, but then just fizzles out. It’s quite disappointing. Also, you can really tell the time it was written in.

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alicelalicon's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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r_bridie_e's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

I’m left really conflicted on this book. It’s great from a horror perspective, and I was completely captured for the first third of the book. Unfortunately, there is very clear xenophobia from the start of the book, and I found the Victorian Values of women (which involves extreme passivity to the point of complete uselessness) to be an oppressive and constant presence throughout the book. Stroker does an amazing job at creating horror and suspense; however, the book has aged poorly due to gross subtexts. On a completely unrelated note, I was pleasantly suprised to find out that Count Dracula is a sex icon! Suddenly, vampires being sexualized in media makes so much more sense now.

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clawzdia's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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katie69's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I signed up for this as a joke but ended up becoming a die-hard Dracula fan. I did not expect this book to be as fun as it was. I genuinely loved all of the characters so much and highly recommend this version of the book to people who have never read Dracula (and to people who have). It was challenging to keep up with all the emails (this version stretches the book out over the course of about 6 months) but I was so invested I knew I had to see it through. I WILL be participating again this year and cannot wait for Dracula Daily 2023.

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paularize's review against another edition

4.0

going to miss the mails of my good friend jonathan harker and his besties

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forgetfulreader's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

It's considered a classic for a reason. The pace is slow in the beginning but once it gets going the story is everything you'd want in a book. The story is told through a collection of journal entries from different characters pov. I usually find stories like this confusing to read but this time it had me feeling more involved. It's like I was helping the characters piece the puzzle together to figure out what the hell the count was. I really enjoyed it and Bram Stroker created the blueprint for every other vampire story we have now.

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