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Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Gaslighting
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder
Minor: Sexism
Gosh that was long-winded and repeptitive. How many conversations of "hey last time we didn't take Mina seriously was a bad idea, maybe we should include her in the plans" do we need before we can treat Mina like an equal member of the group? I much preferred the beginning section of Jonathan Harker's diary, before the mixed media element really kicked in. When Bram stoker is just listing every scary thing he can think of is where the fun's at.
Graphic: Death, Sexism, Blood, Grief
Moderate: Gore, Racial slurs, Violence, Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Suicidal thoughts
Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War
Some great things:
-Stoker wrote this book in part to roast his boss.
-It’s hilarious.
-A lot of it is various characters writing about reading.
-Imagine reading this in the 1800’s and being like “why can’t they see him in the mirror??” Every clue becomes foreshadowing to a modern reader.
-There are some really well-written moments of tension.
-Stoker is gay everyone is gay.
-Mina Murray’s gay revenge arc.
-Abraham Van Helsing is basically good at everything and is named after Stoker’s father.
-(Stoker is also named after his father.)
Not as great:
-Ending is a little abrupt.
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Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Blood, Stalking, Murder
Moderate: Violence
Graphic: Death, Violence
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Racial slurs, Xenophobia
I do have critiques of the novel itself, like how the doctors consider Lucy's receiving a blood transfusion from more than one man as polyandry/as a slight to her reputation, marking her as a whore. The male main characters also fall into the exact same pitfalls as Victor Frankenstein when he destroys his creation's half made wife and fully disregards the possibility of revenge harming anyone beside himself, leading to the death of his betrothed. In them killing and redeeming Lucy after Dracula had made her a part of his harem in his slow killing of her, how could they not suspect Mina would be in danger of the same fate as her best friend while living next door to the vampire? I did enjoy the "dracula polycule" moments in the book, as is related to the sexualization of Lucy Westenra, especially since John, Quincey, and Arthur remained close and devoted to each other even after Lucy's death.
Overall, wild book from start to finish, while also somehow managing to be boring often.
I need to read this again, in its book form.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Alcohol, Classism
Minor: Genocide
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Blood, Murder
Minor: Mental illness, Violence
Graphic: Violence, Murder