Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Dracula by Bram Stoker

78 reviews

bookgurl488's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, and Bullying

Minor: Grief, Classism, and Colonisation

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Stalking, Terminal illness, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

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

mjones14's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.5

Very tough to get through. Whilst the initial 4 chapters and latter half of the novel were ok, it was way to dense to be enjoyable. The diaries were written in the same style making the characters lack that extra depth. The end felt too rushed. However it is understandable why it infiltrated the literary cannon and modern culture as it remains iconic to this day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Grief

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

pollydye's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? No

3.0

lucy definitely  listens to lana del rey on a daily basis xx

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Misogyny, Violence, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Grief, and Miscarriage

Minor: Child death and Sexual content

la_lela's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Death, Gore, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexism

rory_john14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Animal death, Cannibalism, Classism, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Gun violence, and Torture

Minor: Racism, Alcohol, Dementia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and War

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

emorine13's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Great and interesting story! I love that the entire story is from the writings of the characters, and the diverse voice cast was excellent!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Mental illness

Minor: Gore, Grief, and Stalking