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Dracula by Bram Stoker, Sparknotes

108 reviews

never's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious 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

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Xenophobia

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

amandag's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark tense 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Racial slurs

rambles's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Xenophobia

ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition

3.25

dark 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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Read Frankenstein a few years back so it seemed fitting to finally read Dracula. Found the first part of the book, Jonathan's journal, to be the most interesting. Slow in the middle with lots of info dumping so by the time the end came it seemed a bit anti-climactic. I am glad I read it though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism

acogna's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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My best friend Jonathan Harker, his wife Mina, and his great band of friends at the rescue yet again! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content

Moderate: Racial slurs, Xenophobia

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

vezreads's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense 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: Complicated

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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

2.5

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

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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, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Racial slurs, Sexism

directorpurry's review against another edition

4.25

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs