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Dracula by Bram Stoker

68 reviews

jiyajiyajiya's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia

muffmacguff's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I read this via the Dracula Daily emails. It was a fun way to do it and following along the memes was very fun. Disappointing to see the great cowboy Quincey is left out of almost every movie! Anyway the book was decent, I doubt I would have enjoyed it as much had I just read it normal, so I’m glad I read it this way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Violence

Moderate: Racism

appurusakura's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Blood, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Body horror, Racial slurs, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Classism, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, Grief, Death of parent, Racial slurs, and Cursing

spacerkip's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Child death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Animal death

Minor: Death of parent

katetherine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Sexism, Blood, Racial slurs, Ableism, Death, Misogyny, Racism, and Classism

romani slurs often used

lucdiamant's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective slow-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

4.5

So much more charming than I'd expected. Turns out that no matter how many adaptations you've seen, you know nothing about the plot of Dracula. The characters stole my heart instantly. Reading it in the Dracula Daily format is extremely fun, especially if you follow all the memes and historical explanations on Tumblr. Never have I felt so actively engaged with a book since childhood.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia

sylvia_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I (like many) read this book as Dracula Daily and I can’t believe I spent half a year reading a piece of Dracula almost every day.
I loved the experience, I loved being able to talk to others about it and I did very much enjoy the book. 
Of course the whole Dracula Daily experience does cloud my judgement a little but I found the characters surprisingly relatable and funny and I would of course die for Mina and Jonathan. 
You can see how my judgement is clouded by how much I say things are complicated in the standard questions, because for many the answer would be No in the whole, but because of this very intense reading and overthinking, I feel so full of nuance about the characters that everything seems complicated - not helped by the fact that the novel is over 100 years old and therefore quite outdated in many aspects.
Anyway this was a great experience 10/10 would recommend and I will definitely reread the book one day in its original order.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, and Racism

toffishay's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I liked Dracula, but I wanted to like it more. I liked the style of writing, telling the story through letters, memos, notes, and updates from all of our characters. There were times where this slowed the story down when characters were recapping the same events and, at times, not adding additional context or a new perspective. And at times, each update was so minimal that it could feel unnecessary. I loved how central Mina is to the story, she is sidelined at times, but she is present at least for all of the action and the other, largely male, characters make several points to acknowledge her smarts and critical contributions to the whole endeavor. I do think that it could have been shorter. The end drags a lot too and the ending fight was very disappointing. <SPOILER> It ended up being primarily a fight between humans and not enough of Dracula, which particularly sucks because it the books starts so strong with showing how scary and cunning Dracula is. Only to end the book with him being killed in his box in transit without even hearing from him again, let alone fighting our heroes. <END SPOILER>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Racism, Xenophobia, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Racial slurs, and Blood

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I read Dracula many many years ago, and thought it was interesting. Didn't give it much thought except for a few school assignments, or considering a reread along with some other classics. Then, in 2022, people started sharing a link to a substack, where someone was emailing the novel to readers, in real time. I signed up. 

All of the characters keep a journal of some form, and it's all dated. In the standard printing of the novel, all of Johnathon's several months at Castle Dracula would have been first, then followed up by Mina and Lucy's correspondence. In this case, it's in real time, so you only see what happens on any given day. There are long gaps between Harker's entries, as he starts to realize what is really going on and how he is trapped in the castle. Lucy's death scene, a chapter or so in the book, is stretched over the almost a month Dracula fed on her until she became a vampire, making it all the more emotional when they have kill her. Or when the group heads to Castle Dracula, and it takes the same number of days for us as it did for them. Very interesting way of reading a novel, and one that several other people are putting together. 

Edit: 2023-11-07: After forgetting to unsubscribe from Dracula Daily before the novel reset, I decided to reread it. Still a fascinating way to read a novel, in chronological order. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Rape, Stalking, Body horror, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Grief, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

ellanarose's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Death, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Classism, and Racism