Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Dracula by Bram Stoker

16 reviews

white_tea_beluga's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

It was beautifully written and to be honest, I loved every bit of it. I did not give it a full five stars because of the frequent misogyny and sexism but it is a victorian book, an exceptional one but still a product of its time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Animal death, Blood, and Child death

Minor: War, Violence, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Physical abuse

mme_carton's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Xenophobia, Confinement, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Violence, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Ableism

Moderate: Cannibalism and Gaslighting

Minor: Gun violence

margztgz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

If vampire bad why sexy???

Read this for my classic monsters class, this novel feels like an epic tale that is long and laborious yet with some beautiful writing. Mina pissed me off. Literally everything seems to go back to gender roles and sex, but it's brilliantly done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Murder, Stalking, Violence, and Sexism

Minor: Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

lillythebluepaladin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

This was a great, BUT LOOONG, read! I did really enjoy most of the book, even though I skipped a certain zoo scene, you can too, it's not that important.
It is a very old book, so the treatment of its female characters were... interesting. Definetly don't expect some Mulan type of badass female characters, because those poor women weren't allowed to do so, but expect to love them none the less!
It's definetly not a very scary story, but a fun one to read, and I can definetly recommend for others who want to read the classics like me <3

OKAY, MINA AND VAN HELSING WERE THE BEST CHARACTERS OF THIS BOOK! I loved them so much! Mina and her clever brain and her trains, and Van Helsing and his serious "vampire stuff is happening" face", I loved them a lot. The main men and their "oh no, you soft tiny woman thing, we most protect you from the TERROR of KNOWING THINGS oh nOOO" attitude towards Mina AND Lucy was extremely annoying at times, but I guess it was understandable.
Morris was cleeeaaarlyyy written by a man who has never met an American in his life, but the human manifestation of Texas was a fun character, and I was so sad when he died :( 
One thing I'm not sure about are the Romani, the romanians, and the hebrew character... I AM WHITE, SO I HAVE NO WORD IN SAYING IF THEY'RE APPROPRIATE OR NOT, but I got some feelings, so definetly check up on that before reading, just in case <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Body horror

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Gore, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death, Cultural appropriation, and Racial slurs

pola_pocket_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I'm a horror fan and despite the problematic things of the book in continues to be one of my most loved stories. I like to read it yearly, following the dates of the book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Death, Mental illness, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Murder, and Racism

waterisntreal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Violence