Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Dracula by Bram Stoker, Sparknotes

222 reviews

jairereads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Banger from front to back. Oh Irish people, thank you for making me fall in love with the English language time and time again. Also, this about solidifies horror as my favorite book genre. I'm a happy boy.

I'm gonna be quoting Van Helsing's "King Laughter" monologue for the rest of my life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

solegatta's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Brilliant. I wasn’t sure I was going to get into it while reading part 1 but I stuck it out. I think the fact that the book is written as journal entries took some time to get used to but wow. It was so good. I’m going to read it again because I know I missed a lot of minor details the first time around. I definitely recommend following a study guide while reading it - there is so much subtext to unpack. I understand why this is a much loved classic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Gore, Misogyny, Blood, Medical content, Murder

rednomii's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

grillycheese's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I really enjoyed listening to this on audio. I think my favorite voice was Dr. Seward, because it really made his character come to life. However, I expected there to be a lot....more of Dracula than there was. I was a smidge disappointed that there was more planning about fighting him than there was about actually fighting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia

Minor: Child death

silverwoof's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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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Very good, but Van Helsing talks too much :p

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Blood

Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism

erikwmj's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Murder

Minor: Ableism, Sexism, Xenophobia

apparentlyme's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark tense 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: Blood

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Violence

mxine_'s review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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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this is why you dont use airbnb

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking

Minor: Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Grief, War, Classism

hunterofdaisies's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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: Mental illness, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

kaszanka1726's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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*nic nie motywuje do skończenia książki tak bardzo jak kończący się okres próbny subskrypcji na audiobooki*

(Czytane przez audiobooka, po angielsku)

Jak zobaczyłam liczbę stron to podeskcytowałam się, bo miałam nadzieję, że warto będzie przebrnąć przez całe to tomiszcze. Niestety zawiodłam się.
Rozumiem, że głównie Stoker zwrócił uwagę na psychologię kilku głównych postaci, i to mu wyszło. Na pewno znajduje się tutaj wiele materiału dla badaczy literatury, psychologii postaci, historii psychiatrii. Mamy też dużo teorii o samym wampiryźmie.
Niestety pod względem fabuły książkę można byłoby skrócić o połowę i nadal zawierałaby dokładnie tę samą akcję. Nie polecam więc nastawiać się na początku lektury, że doświadczymy ponad 400 stron przepełnionych akcją, walkami, zmienianiem w wampiry.
Poza niespełnionymi oczekiwaniami stworzonymi przez lata oglądania mediów o wampirach, nie mam tej powieści nic do zarzucenia. Polecam jako klasykę i materiał do poznania wierzeń i zwyczajów XIX-wiecznych, nie jako wciągającą powieść grozy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail