Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Dracula by Bram Stoker

72 reviews

aardwyrm's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

It's. The one with Dracula. 

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Content Warnings

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

vezreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.25

An absolutely epic tale. I'm glad I've finally read it, it's clear why its a classic. I struggled with the misogyny and the infantilization of the women. I know, I know, "it was a different time" I get that, but I was still reading it in 2022 and I can't just turn off the part of my brain that recognises these things. But that, and the occasional use of racial slurs, were the only things I didn't like. It was a marvellous book and I understand so many other pieces of media better now that I have finally read the source material.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Violence

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.5

This book was so slow and confusing! I didn’t know what was happening most of the time because it’s formatted/told through letters and diary entries from several people. Plus I read it on audio with only one narrator doing slightly different voices which is probably why it was so confusing

I wish I had listened to the Audible version because I just saw it has a full cast including Tim Curry and Alan Cumming 😩 Maybe I would’ve enjoyed that one better?

Only reason I finished was because 1) I was doing the audio version while painting 2) it’s for my book club 3) by the time I thought about DNFing I was a little over 50% through  (plus I was hoping the second half would be better) 🙈 and 4) I can finally say I’ve read Dracula

The pacing took away from the horror and the story dragged longer than it needed to because the climax is two sentences long.

There were some interesting parts and I enjoyed the first 100ish pages, but honestly I can’t recommend this book to anyone and I couldn’t tell you much about what happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism, Racial slurs, and Animal death

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

serenedancer's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

3.5

I read it by listening the OSP stream, so that may have increased my enjoyment more than normal. 

But it is well put together with great characters. And despite being as racist as expected for the time (lots of use of the g-slur) it has surprisingly feminist parts. Specifically how smart Mina is and the fact that the one time they cut her out of the action, it bites them in the ass, showing it was the wrong thing to do. 

Overall a great horror classic and perfect for spooky season. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs

eib_21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Blood, Murder, and Death

Minor: Sexism

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Sexism, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Antisemitism, Homophobia, Racism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Classism

Minor: Drug use

gwrhyr'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

Whilst the book is beautifully written, the characters are all exceptionally ignorant in favour of withholding information from the reader.

Van Helsing knows exactly what is happening to Lucy, yet he does not seem to care enough to share his theories. Lucy's death could have easily been avoided had Van Helsing been a little less secretive.

Then there is the error of Van Helsing being a Dutchman from Amsterdam, yet speaking German.

Not to mention the whole blood transfusions affair. Blood types were discovered four years after the publishing of Dracula, so Lucy is unbelievably lucky that all her donors' and her own blood type all seem to agree with each other.

The 'us, womenfolk' speeches given by Stoker through Mina and Lucy also tend to become annoying after the twentieth time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Sexism

roaze's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Medical content, Gore, Grief, Animal death, Death, Murder, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Classism, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, and Xenophobia

blueteacup's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Animal death

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism