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cleotheo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Child death, Medical content, Kidnapping, Blood, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Animal death
calamityin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Animal death, Body horror, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Stalking
marigoldgem's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Medical content, and Mental illness
Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, and Kidnapping
foxclcves's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Violence, Death, Xenophobia, Murder, Racism, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racial slurs, and Blood
Minor: Sexism, Stalking, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Body horror, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Forced institutionalization
goldfishtangerine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Racism, Xenophobia, and Sexism
emmaward55's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Okay now that that's out of my system, I have to confess, I read this book is a rather unorthodox fashion, as part of the Dracula Daily emails, whereby the letters in the book are emailed out to readers on the corresponding dates. It's a fun idea for an epistolary novel and I found that it suited the format well. However, did I manage to keep up with those emails? Heck no! In fact, I only managed to finish it now, a month after the book has ended, because I started copying the emails into a text-to-speech bot and listening to months at a time.
The above being said, I really enjoyed my first experience with Dracula! I especially loved the characters of Mina and Van Helsing, and Jonathan "wifeguy" Harker gets a mention too. Although the book some times suffered for it's period typical Christianity and sexism, it was refreshing how Stoker broke free of that at times and allowed Mina to be more than just the wife in jeopardy. Like every man in this book, I too would give my life for Mina Harker at the drop of a hat.
In term of the ending, it did feel somewhat anti-climatic. I understand that an outright fight between Dracula and the party would have ended in Dracula's survival, but I was expecting more than just a quick brawl with a group of unnamed (and unimportant) men and them stabbing the Count as he slept.
Graphic: Grief, Gore, Mental illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Confinement, Racial slurs, Murder, and Sexism
Moderate: Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Terminal illness
Minor: Alcohol and Cursing
too_hot_books_to_handle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Author: Bram Stoker
I've been wanted to read Dracula for ages. I'm a occasion horror reader who prefers to read scary books during the fall season and Halloween.
So this year when i was making my to be read list for this cozy season, i decided that it was finally time to read this spooky classic.
Bram Stoker wrote Dracula in 1897. Now 125 years later Dracula still plays a huge part in the horror genre. If we think about scary creatures vampires always pop up into our minds thanks to this novel.
It can be challenging to review such a well known book.
Therefore i would just share my thoughts. I never saw the movie so i had no clue about the actual storyline.
One of the main characters named Jonathan Harker needs to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house. Previously he had no forethought about the kind of danger that awaits him during his stay in the spine-chilling castle.
Abducted by the astute Count, Jonathan need to be clever to escape the darkness.
The entire storyline is written in diary logs. Jonathan is my favorite storyteller. I found it really entertaining to read his descriptions because they were really detailed and creepy.
In my opinion, the whole storyline is slow and too long-winded. I had different expectations. The romance part was very overpowering. To me it felt more like if i was reading a romance which included some small scary elements. What i also missed was an insight in Dracula his thoughts that would have really made it more interesting for me.
Overall, I did enjoyed reading Dracula.
What books would our future generation still be reading in 125 years?
My rating:
⭐⭐⭐
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Death and Kidnapping
melancholymegs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Sexism, Stalking, and Misogyny
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
soupply's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, Body horror, Blood, Violence, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Xenophobia
1quillb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
So, with full and complete offence meant to Abraham “Bram” Stoker: this book sucked. Horribly.
And the entire second-half of the book was devoted to… you guess it, absolutely nothing! They decide that vampires are indeed real (though it takes them some time to come to that conclusion even after they see one), and then they go to Dracula’s castle. Why? I don’t know. Dracula wasn’t even there.
Then, for about the last ten pages of the novel, they have a metaphorical snowball fight and start stabbing random Romanians. Obviously the Romanians lost, because they were exhausted from spending the last dozen hours carrying Dracula’s coffin up the mountainside because the Count was too lazy to walk. But luckily “he” dies!
Who is “he”, you may ask? Apparently, it’s Dracula, because later on the characters rejoice in the fact that they killed the vampire, but Bram literally didn’t even write that it was Dracula who died. Nor did he specify if it was Jonathan or Morris who was stabbed by a Romanian. Only in the epilogue is it made clear (a dead man can’t have children, I don’t think).
Overall, this was terrible. I’ve not read anything else by Stoker, so I don’t know if this hideous novel was just a one-off or if it’s actually how he writes, but it sucked regardless. Highly don’t recommend.
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Stalking, Xenophobia, and Kidnapping
Minor: Rape, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Self harm