Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Dracula by Bram Stoker

224 reviews

hexadaisy's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The abysmally slow pace and casual discrimination is typical of the times but definitely killed the book for me. Had it not popularized vampires, I feel like it would have been forgotten to time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

phvntomstvrs's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief

Minor: Mental illness, Racial slurs, Alcohol, War

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