Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Dracula by Bram Stoker

65 reviews

leoniefnk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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

2.0

Obviously this book is dated in its views, but as a woman this was hard to read without being offended. Beyond that, I felt no real tension, as it felt rather predictable and with no real risk. Still, I don't regret reading it, as it was interesting to read one of the principle foundations in vampire lore in literature.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Blood

Minor: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Violence

kstericker's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content, Self harm, and Sexual content

naomi_k's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Animal death, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Xenophobia, Misogyny, Medical content, Death of parent, Classism, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual content and Terminal illness

cgibson25's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Sexism

theslowreadernumber5's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexism, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Stalking, and Addiction

xwritingstoriesx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

4.5! A treasure piece of gothic fiction. Though it was a slow-paced read, I enjoyed it and the suspense made up for it. I grew fond of the companionship and camaraderie of the group, I find that horror is much more poignant when utilising an ensemble of characters in a fight against the antagonist, especially when that bond is heartened through pain, struggle and loss. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, and Death

vcords_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Ableism, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Stalking

mhhmm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Animal death, Child death, Child abuse, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Suicide, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Forced institutionalization

rory_john14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Animal death, Cannibalism, Classism, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Gun violence, and Torture

Minor: Racism, Alcohol, Dementia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and War

sunny_not's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

At times it was very very bleak and I really didn't wanted to continue it. However, as I read more of it I became more invested in the story and I cared about some of the characters which also made me enjoy the story more. Still I really didn't like the ending, it felt super rushed and I felt like even Bram Stoker himself was like "Let's finish this I'm bored".

It was like boom Dracula dies boom Quiencey also died, boom years have passed and Jonathan and Mina have a boy called Quincey now. The End.

After all that epic build up I would've wanted a lot more pay off. Also this was definitely of its time with all the racial stereotyping and gender roles. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Racism

Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny