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Dracula: New Edition - Dracula by Bram Stoker by Bram Stoker

172 reviews

willow1113's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood

jonwood's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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: Yes

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This is really good, I was surprised, but 'Dracula' reads surprisingly modern and I really enjoy the prose of the journal entries. I'll say the book does fall flat a bit when characters, especially Van Helsing, deliver dialogue in a rather purple-ly prose sort of way that is hard to take seriously at times, does undercut serious moments. Most of the suspense is undercut by popular knowledge that Dracula  is a vampire, but despite back, this enjoyable like any well-crafted story, and as Dracula is more of a tertiary character, that doesn't impact the experience too much (at least for me) as the book is more about these characters reacting to his presence than Dracula himself. Highly recommend, and if you aren't one for horror, I still think this is rather readable and enjoyable, it's not that scary, more a supernatural adventure.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content

Minor: Body horror, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

kurumipanda's review against another edition

4.0

dark 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Chronic illness, Gore, Sexism

Minor: Animal death

teslis's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This is a book we read in my bookclub. We have read allot of horror this year, something I don't normally like. But this book I quite enjoyed. I listened to the audiobook with Jake Urry while reading it and I'm 100% happy with that decition. 

It was a scary book, but I enjoyed it anyways. Its written a long time ago, but I still liked it and found it interesting. Really recommend reading it even if its not a 5 star. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Sexism

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence

jelliestars's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racial slurs, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, Alcohol

peppypenguin's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

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This is a classic for a reason. It's a wonderful story that's well developed and full of suspense. Strongly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death, Sexism, Classism

loveisabird's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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this is no doubt a very good book and a classic for a reason but it also gave me such a deep and bone-chilling panic attack over the inevitability of death and nothingness that i was unable to finish the last chapter and a half for over five months and have been fixated on my fear of death everyday ever since. so thank you bram stoker for that i guess. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Misogyny

mellifer's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I was surprised how much I loved this book. It’s probably one of my all time favorite reads, which I definitely did not expect. 

I don’t love it so much for the horror, although there is plenty of that. Dracula is a really great monster and there are plenty of spine chilling moments. But I think the reason I love it so much is the good characters, and the relationships between those characters. Without giving too much away, these characters and their bonds to each other bring light and hope to what could otherwise have been a very dark and depressing read. 

I finished this via the podcast “Re: Dracula”, an unabridged, full cast audio version of the book, with some parts slightly rearranged to be in chronological order. I highly recommend this. The voice acting is perfect, the soundscaping is excellent, and overall it really breathes life into this book. I will most definitely be re-reading and re-listening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

crunchylettuce's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Medical content

Moderate: Sexism, Medical content, Grief

Minor: Ableism, Kidnapping

silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark inspiring tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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2023 reread (Dracula Daily): Still absolutely love the themes of good vs evil here. I'm glad I experienced the 'real time' reading (and surprised myself by only getting a few days behind, so got most of the effect of the experience despite not always sticking to a schedule well) but I think in future I'll stick with the ability to slow down or binge as mood dictates for my re-reads. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Blood

Minor: Terminal illness, Stalking, Sexual harassment