Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Dracula by Bram Stoker

78 reviews

alicelalicon's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Child death, Sexism, Xenophobia, Grief, and Death of parent

r_bridie_e's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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? N/A

3.5

I’m left really conflicted on this book. It’s great from a horror perspective, and I was completely captured for the first third of the book. Unfortunately, there is very clear xenophobia from the start of the book, and I found the Victorian Values of women (which involves extreme passivity to the point of complete uselessness) to be an oppressive and constant presence throughout the book. Stroker does an amazing job at creating horror and suspense; however, the book has aged poorly due to gross subtexts. On a completely unrelated note, I was pleasantly suprised to find out that Count Dracula is a sex icon! Suddenly, vampires being sexualized in media makes so much more sense now.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Xenophobia, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse

armand's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

paularize's review

4.0

going to miss the mails of my good friend jonathan harker and his besties

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs and Xenophobia

forgetfulreader's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

It's considered a classic for a reason. The pace is slow in the beginning but once it gets going the story is everything you'd want in a book. The story is told through a collection of journal entries from different characters pov. I usually find stories like this confusing to read but this time it had me feeling more involved. It's like I was helping the characters piece the puzzle together to figure out what the hell the count was. I really enjoyed it and Bram Stroker created the blueprint for every other vampire story we have now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Xenophobia, and Grief

Minor: Sexism

therowdypi's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Misogyny, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt

fjordpingvin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Sexism, Xenophobia, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, Grief, and Murder

foxclcves's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

yoursam's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia

goldfishtangerine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia