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Dracula by Bram Stoker, Sparknotes

3 reviews

eva_vva's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War

rehtaehwashere's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective 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: Complicated

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• What I liked: The DRAMA, the characterization of Dracula, how hell-bent they were on catching him after he corrupted Lucy,
  that Lucy's mother fucked her over by not just leaving her and her flowers the hell alone and opening windows.
    The wolves and the bats. The suspicions of Dracula's neighbors and that everyone knew and just said LITERALLY NOTHING.
  Dracula throwing the mirror out the window lmao
   
• What I disliked: that they equated soft feminine virginal girls with morality and goodness implying that Lucy deserved what happened because she wasn't 'pure' enough. That women were written as such weak little things and that they only got praise when they 'thought like men'. That the story was basically men saving 'women in distress'. That the language was so flowery and annoying to parse through.
• Overall thoughts: I think I'll stick to modern adaptations because the flowery language was so annoying to get through and I loved how dramatic Dracula was but the characterization of women left a lot to be desired. It was definitely a product of its time and a good story none-the-less if you can overlook the 1 dimensional female characters but it's hard for me to do. The men are well written, rounded out characters that show emotion which is a bright spot in this.  
• Recommend to a friend? Y 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Colonisation, Classism

theslowreadernumber5's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark 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: No

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail