Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Dracula by Bram Stoker, Sparknotes

108 reviews

serenedancer's review against another edition

3.5

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

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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

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Blood, Murder

Minor: Sexism

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Drug use

gwrhyr's review against another edition

3.5

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

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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: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Xenophobia

roaze's review against another edition

2.5

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

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Content Warnings

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

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

blueteacup's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Blood

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism

allmight's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny mysterious sad tense 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

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Unintentionally very campy. 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood

urfavpunk's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Blood

Moderate: Death, Gore

Minor: Animal death

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

anxiousnachos's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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Dracula remains my favourite classic. I will be taking no further questions. The epistolary format works so well and in my eyes makes this one of the most accessible classics to read. I had such a good time rereading this and then made my partner watch the film version with me (Keane Reeves/Gary Oldman version) and it was an absolute WILD ride.

Content warnings: death, blood, sexual assault, murder, violence, mental illness, institutionalisation, confinement, medical content, body horror, animal death, racial slurs (G-slur), antisemitism, misogyny, sexism, ableism

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Murder