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Dracula by Bram Stoker

grcbnntt's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

elsalindh's review against another edition

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

4.5

king_taliesin's review

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

drron's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense

5.0

kamrynharned's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

Dracula was a thrilling ride, although to be honest, when asked how I was liking it, my answer was almost always first, “Well, it’s longer than it feels like it needs to be…”. While I still feel like that is true, I am not upset by the reading/listening experience as a whole. I mostly listened to the audiobook, and the voice actors were incredible. It really brought the characters to live, especially Van Helsing.  While there was certainly a more than fair amount of dramatic flourish to roll your eyes at, it somehow worked. I didn’t find myself annoyed or even truly bored, even when the internal dialogue of certain accounts seemed to drag on much too long. As with every thriller, there were moments where I wanted to yell at the characters for being so stupid. In many ways, the death of Lucy felt so avoidable if they had just stayed awake or more vigilant, and same with Mina.  There was certainly some questionable borderline sexist remarks and while Mina was love-able, I wish she was a little less of a “picture-perfect wife & heroine that everyone is willing to die for” and more of a flawed, genuine character. However, the book was brilliantly written, Count Dracula was perfectly terrifying and I absolutely couldn’t read it at night. I might recommend the abridged version to anyone who wants to pick it up, but I am thankful for the experience.

rumblebree's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

tobyj416's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

mindycat84's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense

5.0

erinlilika's review against another edition

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there’s a hot manly cowboy in this who is somehow of both zero relevance and absolute necessity to the plot. he speaks in a ridiculous accent and shoots a gun at a bat. i love him. 

mishkin's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25