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A review by happi_mess
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
2.0
Here's me finding out that there was a vampire book even before Dracula:
I mean, this was a cultural shock to me. All along I thought it has been Dracula who established the entire vampire genre and all along it was actually a female vampire who was first. And she said lesbian rights in 1872. Now I understand why Mobile Legends have that hero Carmilla alongside Cecilion.
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Laura lives in an isolated castle until a carriage accident leads them to housing Carmilla, a mysterious beautiful girl who seemed to be more active at night. Strangely enough, day by day, Laura found herself getting weaker and the nightmares never seem to end.
─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───
Rating: ★★
I think the main reason I picked up this book was that I wanted to know what has inspired Dracula in the first place. So here we are and all I hope to say was that I was bored out of my wits reading this. It's a short novel and I still struggled for three days just to get through it. It could have been shorter in my opinion and I would have definitely preferred to read this in a summarized version as there was not much to it.
I would have rated this higher if I was in the 1800s as this was the pioneer vampire book at the time and it could have been groundbreaking. The mystery that was keeping this book was kind of anticlimactic because of the prevalence of the genre in today's time.
─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───
In sum: I think this is must-read for the lovers of the vampire genre. But somehow, reading this felt like you're only going through it just for the sake of it. Nevertheless, I would still recommend as this is a historic book in the world of literature.
I mean, this was a cultural shock to me. All along I thought it has been Dracula who established the entire vampire genre and all along it was actually a female vampire who was first. And she said lesbian rights in 1872. Now I understand why Mobile Legends have that hero Carmilla alongside Cecilion.
─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───
Laura lives in an isolated castle until a carriage accident leads them to housing Carmilla, a mysterious beautiful girl who seemed to be more active at night. Strangely enough, day by day, Laura found herself getting weaker and the nightmares never seem to end.
─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───
Rating: ★★
I think the main reason I picked up this book was that I wanted to know what has inspired Dracula in the first place. So here we are and all I hope to say was that I was bored out of my wits reading this. It's a short novel and I still struggled for three days just to get through it. It could have been shorter in my opinion and I would have definitely preferred to read this in a summarized version as there was not much to it.
I would have rated this higher if I was in the 1800s as this was the pioneer vampire book at the time and it could have been groundbreaking. The mystery that was keeping this book was kind of anticlimactic because of the prevalence of the genre in today's time.
─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───
In sum: I think this is must-read for the lovers of the vampire genre. But somehow, reading this felt like you're only going through it just for the sake of it. Nevertheless, I would still recommend as this is a historic book in the world of literature.