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Minor: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Murder
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
The acts of killing are also strangely sudden (being a few paragraphs at most) compared to the human deaths that take place over multiple chapters. Between that and the sections of nothing but planning travel - the pacing some of the worst I've ever read as the author focuses on mundane information of the world rather than plot.
However, that all being said, I still enjoyed the main story beats. I would recommend an abridged version.
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Stalking
Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping
Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: War
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Terminal illness, Blood, Stalking
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder
Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Self harm, Sexism, Trafficking, Stalking
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder
Minor: Animal death, Forced institutionalization
Story was slow a lot of the time, but it was relatively suspenseful and mysterious for a classic (note: the novel is more mystery than it is horror). Implemented the idea of “not much happening” in order to create that suspense, which worked well when the novel first started, but not too well at the end (I don’t really enjoy reading multiple POV on people just traveling).
Overall messages were concerning—E.g. xenophobia and stereotyping (this, unfortunately, probably reflected the thinking of some communities at that time…).
The characters were kind of dry, except for Mina and Renfield. There isn’t a lot of character development overall.
I also feel like the author also left out necessary details at times. I still don’t understand why some of the characters did certain things? E.g.
In Short - Outdated messages and plot drags a lot, but interesting to consider the story that popularized the vampire myths.
Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping
Minor: Animal death