sophtanda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Racism, Racial slurs, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Mental illness, Gun violence, and Misogyny
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
katie69's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Murder, and Blood
Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia
paularize's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Confinement, and Blood
Moderate: Xenophobia and Racial slurs
lunam0uth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, Murder, Injury/injury detail, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Mental illness, and Racial slurs
Minor: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Animal death, Body horror, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Stalking, and Sexism
meganeorcx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Racial slurs
emmaward55's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Okay now that that's out of my system, I have to confess, I read this book is a rather unorthodox fashion, as part of the Dracula Daily emails, whereby the letters in the book are emailed out to readers on the corresponding dates. It's a fun idea for an epistolary novel and I found that it suited the format well. However, did I manage to keep up with those emails? Heck no! In fact, I only managed to finish it now, a month after the book has ended, because I started copying the emails into a text-to-speech bot and listening to months at a time.
The above being said, I really enjoyed my first experience with Dracula! I especially loved the characters of Mina and Van Helsing, and Jonathan "wifeguy" Harker gets a mention too. Although the book some times suffered for it's period typical Christianity and sexism, it was refreshing how Stoker broke free of that at times and allowed Mina to be more than just the wife in jeopardy. Like every man in this book, I too would give my life for Mina Harker at the drop of a hat.
In term of the ending, it did feel somewhat anti-climatic. I understand that an outright fight between Dracula and the party would have ended in Dracula's survival, but I was expecting more than just a quick brawl with a group of unnamed (and unimportant) men and them stabbing the Count as he slept.
Graphic: Grief, Gore, Mental illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Confinement, Racial slurs, Murder, and Sexism
Moderate: Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Terminal illness
Minor: Alcohol and Cursing
orchidlilly's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
All in all, an interesting read, but a good bit of the charm and suspense is lost to the changing principals of time.
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Misogyny, Sexism, and Classism
Moderate: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Murder, Blood, Stalking, Violence, Ableism, Cannibalism, Death, and Grief
Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Drug use, Misogyny, Colonisation, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, and Child death
ina_loves_books's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Graphic: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, and Blood
persephonefoxx's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Animal death, Death, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny
Minor: Racial slurs
oh_w0rm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Moderate: Death of parent and Medical content
Minor: Racial slurs