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adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Blood, Murder
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
*nic nie motywuje do skończenia książki tak bardzo jak kończący się okres próbny subskrypcji na audiobooki*
(Czytane przez audiobooka, po angielsku)
Jak zobaczyłam liczbę stron to podeskcytowałam się, bo miałam nadzieję, że warto będzie przebrnąć przez całe to tomiszcze. Niestety zawiodłam się.
Rozumiem, że głównie Stoker zwrócił uwagę na psychologię kilku głównych postaci, i to mu wyszło. Na pewno znajduje się tutaj wiele materiału dla badaczy literatury, psychologii postaci, historii psychiatrii. Mamy też dużo teorii o samym wampiryźmie.
Niestety pod względem fabuły książkę można byłoby skrócić o połowę i nadal zawierałaby dokładnie tę samą akcję. Nie polecam więc nastawiać się na początku lektury, że doświadczymy ponad 400 stron przepełnionych akcją, walkami, zmienianiem w wampiry.
Poza niespełnionymi oczekiwaniami stworzonymi przez lata oglądania mediów o wampirach, nie mam tej powieści nic do zarzucenia. Polecam jako klasykę i materiał do poznania wierzeń i zwyczajów XIX-wiecznych, nie jako wciągającą powieść grozy.
(Czytane przez audiobooka, po angielsku)
Jak zobaczyłam liczbę stron to podeskcytowałam się, bo miałam nadzieję, że warto będzie przebrnąć przez całe to tomiszcze. Niestety zawiodłam się.
Rozumiem, że głównie Stoker zwrócił uwagę na psychologię kilku głównych postaci, i to mu wyszło. Na pewno znajduje się tutaj wiele materiału dla badaczy literatury, psychologii postaci, historii psychiatrii. Mamy też dużo teorii o samym wampiryźmie.
Niestety pod względem fabuły książkę można byłoby skrócić o połowę i nadal zawierałaby dokładnie tę samą akcję. Nie polecam więc nastawiać się na początku lektury, że doświadczymy ponad 400 stron przepełnionych akcją, walkami, zmienianiem w wampiry.
Poza niespełnionymi oczekiwaniami stworzonymi przez lata oglądania mediów o wampirach, nie mam tej powieści nic do zarzucenia. Polecam jako klasykę i materiał do poznania wierzeń i zwyczajów XIX-wiecznych, nie jako wciągającą powieść grozy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail
dark
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Sexism
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Murder
Minor: Animal death, Death of parent
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
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Not much on vampires, which surprised me. Overall, I thought this book was fine. I found several parts to be boring though I did like the background information and some of the worldbuilding. I found the pacing to be too slow at times.
Not much on vampires, which surprised me. Overall, I thought this book was fine. I found several parts to be boring though I did like the background information and some of the worldbuilding. I found the pacing to be too slow at times.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Violence
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Antisemitism
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Racism
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death
Minor: Forced institutionalization
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-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:
No
watched dracula (1931) for the very first time, and the script wasn't all that to my liking (i did actually enjoy the film, though it wasn't my favorite), so all i could think about was how much i wanted to finally read this damn book. and now, here i am. hello, 2025. god, it took a while for me to finish this. but i did it, i got through it, even if it felt like a drag sometimes. it was extremely slow, and written in the way i'm not really used to. but i enjoyed it, overall. i would have to read it at some point anyway, otherwise i would continue feeling like a fake vampire lover.
i found the novel surprising, most of all. it was what i expected, but also not at all. it was a very interesting read, that's for sure. especially the entire concept of ignorance being the thing that kills. there were so many people who were treated less human than dracula, the vampire himself.
i found the novel surprising, most of all. it was what i expected, but also not at all. it was a very interesting read, that's for sure. especially the entire concept of ignorance being the thing that kills. there were so many people who were treated less human than dracula, the vampire himself.
the one character that made me feel the most emotions was probably lucy. i thought mina would be at the center of it all, and she was, but it was lucy as well, for a good portion of the novel. i did not care about count dracula as a character (he was more of a concept, really, a boogeyman) all that much, but mina and lucy were everything to me. i laughed with them, i cried for both of them. poor lucy especially brought me so much heartbreak. the fact that she died before she was even twenty is heart wrenching. she was younger than me when she had to suffer her every waking moment, barely able to wake up, when her mother died in her arms as they both slept, when she passed herself. oh, my poor lucy. but i loved jonathan harker as well, of course (he was so real for wanting to get the recipes of every single dish he's tried on his "travels"). i cared about him a whole lot, especially when he was talking about mina and how much he adored her. will he ever be able to make a simple round trip and get a recipe for his beloved? i wish i could know. and, look, i get the appeal of mina and dracula as a pairing, same with jonathan and dracula, but can we talk about mina and jonathan being one of the healthiest and loveliest couples in all of classical literature as well? because i loved them, i loved them a lot. i also loved how arthur, jack and quincy all got along so well, and even admired each other, despite the fact they all wanted to marry lucy. they all seemed to adore one another, and there was none of that traditional loathing you would usually expect in a dynamic like this. that brings me to the point i'm trying to make here. they all should've dated each other. here. i think polyamory would have helped them. helped, not fixed, because they were already perfect.
and lucy and mina? mina mentioning how pretty lucy was as she slept? 🏳️🌈 romance was the best part of the novel actually. friendship and romance. and the tragedy of it all.
and lucy and mina? mina mentioning how pretty lucy was as she slept? 🏳️🌈 romance was the best part of the novel actually. friendship and romance. and the tragedy of it all.
also, dracula was bisexual. that's all i have to say, really.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder
Moderate: Sexism, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Child death
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Goodness, I've wanted to read this book for so long and I got it from my library a couple of days ago. And it was worth it.
I had a bit of trouble with Van Helsing's dialogue at first (This doesn't change my review; it's a personal thing because I was tired while I was reading the book).
I had a bit of trouble with Van Helsing's dialogue at first (This doesn't change my review; it's a personal thing because I was tired while I was reading the book).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Violence
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Antisemitism