A review by booksandbesitos
Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No

3.5

I want to challenge myself to read more classic books, and while I typically haven’t been a fan of classic books, I actually enjoyed this one a little. It was kind of fun to see where the inspiration for some of my favorite vampire characters came from. I was kind of disappointed to see that.
carmilla gets killed in the end

But overall, it was still a pretty good read, and one of my favorite classics I’ve ever read

I don’t want to say that it doesn’t hold up because again pretty solid read- however because of modern day vampire stories using a lot of the tropes from this and other classic vampire stories, it is very very predictable.

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