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Dot de Sang

S.T. Gibson

4.05 AVERAGE

bookbaddie1206's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

seablue95's review against another edition

3.75

fast-paced

invisibleninjacat's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A Dracula retelling from the perspective of one of his wives, with Dracula presented as an abusive husband and lover. Dracula isn't actually named throughout the story - the novel is framed as a letter to Dracula, who is dead and goes unnamed as a form of revenge. It is definitely Dracula, though - there's a very funny comment about him being whiny about the Harker thing, a reference to the Dracula novel. I liked the way Dracula's abuse, largely controlling behavior and emotional abuse rather than physical violence, was entirely unsupernatural. He might be a vampire, but his abusive behavior was purely human and unconnected to his vampire nature. I really liked Constanta and her quiet persistence, and I also liked the other two spouses. Dracula's death was deeply satisfying, and the freedom Constanta got from it was sweet.

kayladamon518's review against another edition

5.0

“But I am not your wife anymore, my lord, and I don’t think you ever truly saw me as a whole woman. I was always student. A project. An accessory in the legal and decorative sense.”
That is one of my favorite quotes from this book because it perfectly captures Constanta’s relationship with him for the entirety of the book. This is the first book I’ve read that is written in second person and it was fantastic! The writing was very poetic and the pacing was perfect. 5 stars!

booksandcats29's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jasminetea98's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

geooo's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It was a good book, but I would have changed some things.

i think they should have died in the end as a consequence of killing him, it would have been very sad and tragic, but i think that is the ending this book deserves. I didn't like the incest kink, it is unnecessary and besides other small things i disliked, this novel was very heavy handed. It feels like it tries way too hard to show that it's free of prejudice. Also, while i liked the writing style, it's not as fantastic as everyone says.

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