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Dracula The Original by Bram Stoker by Bram Stoker

15 reviews

andmingmingtoo's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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: Complicated

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I had never read dracula prior to doing dracula daily! The first year I tried it, it was difficult to keep up the motivation. Once you get far enough into it, though, it really takes off, and the pauses and pacing accentuate the experience by drawing out some of the tension, as well as really highlighting when the book gets action-packed.
All in all, this book has changed who I am as a person and how I will consume all subsequent vampire media. I fully recommend to anyone who wants to check it out, but I also acknowledge that this is not everyone's cup of tea. While some characters were really easy to understand

like Mina

, others

Van Helsing

can get difficult if you struggle with older english. There's also a really vibrant online community, as well as several related works and interpretations (like the re:Dracula podcast).
I'm already looking forward to rereading (and crying my eyes out again) next year!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, Torture, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Colonisation

Minor: Child death, Alcohol

cleotheo's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Religious bigotry

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Medical content, Death of parent, Classism

Minor: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Alcohol

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

1.25

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical trauma

aardwyrm's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious reflective 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: Yes

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It's. The one with Dracula. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Colonisation