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Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

34 reviews

martamae77's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence and Suicidal thoughts

betweendotsandletters's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

Sagen wirs mal so, mein Lesegeschmack hat sich sehr verändert, seit ich die Vampire Academy Reihe zum ersten Mal gelesen habe.

Ich achte mittlerweile auf so viel mehr, was mir damals nicht auffiel. Es ist für Jugendliche geschrieben und das ist sicherlich ein großer Grund dafür, warum ich für mich nur sagen kann, es war entertainment und okay. 
Das slutshaming und generelles Lästern und Runtermachen der weiblichen Charaktere hat mich doch immer wieder gestört. 

Die Anziehung und sich aufbauende Spannung zwischen Rose und Dimitri wirkte auf mich überhaupt nicht mehr so überzeugend und spannend wie ich es in Erinnerung hatte. Eher stellenweise ein wenig plötzlich und wenig entwickelt, was die Entwicklungen am Ende (obwohl ich wusste was passieren würde) plötzlich und etwas unverhältnismäßig erscheinen ließ. 
Mir ist klar, dass das hier weniger ein Review über die Schwächen und Stärken des Buchs als vielmehr ein Resume meiner Re-Read-Erfahrung ist. Und dazu gehört eben eindeutig auch, dass sich mein Lesegeschmack verändert hat und mich Teenie-Fantasy-Romanzen aus den späten 2000ern nicht mehr so mitreißen, wie mit 13 oder 14.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Kidnapping, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content and Sexual violence

andreapazos's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

simba524's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

beaudoindani17's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

This rating is reflective of how much I enjoyed this book when I originally read it, however I recognize a lot of the issues this book has now, and probably wouldn't rate it as highly anymore, despite really enjoying all rereads. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

ttatlow's review against another edition

medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, and Kidnapping

leahjanespeare's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

4.5

Whoa that holds UP

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Torture, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Sexism, Torture, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

just_klaudia's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Car accident

Minor: Mental illness

a_dara_ble's review against another edition

medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

Starting to reread a bunch of series I read in highschool. For what it is- a highschool vampire series, the first book is pretty good. I don't really get why they're in highschool if all the things happening seem a bit more college age (drinking, sex, dorms etc) but I guess if they're in highschool then the mc attraction to her teacher is more "forbidden."

the back cover is sort of a fake out, the strigoi don't even show up or even pose much of a threat (other than "one day you'll have to fight them") until the very last chapter

. It's mostly teen drama, but if that's what you're looking for, then this one's pretty good 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Kidnapping

Minor: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Car accident, and Death of parent

one of the mcs cuts herself when her emotions get "too much" to pull herself out of it, there's also brief descriptions of some dead animals, & a character is briefly described as being tortured by someone with air powers (mostly suffocation)

psydneigh's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This was good. The movie was true to this book, so unfortunately I pretty much knew what was going to happen. Rose is a great character to view this world through. The age gap didn’t really bother me in this book because Rose seemed a lot older than 17 in my mind, but when I think about real life 17 and 24. Yeah creepy. Excited to see where this goes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Self harm, and Kidnapping