Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Dracula by Bram Stoker

19 reviews

elisamorvena's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Religious bigotry

aardwyrm's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

It's. The one with Dracula. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

roaze's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

white_tea_beluga's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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? No

4.75

It was beautifully written and to be honest, I loved every bit of it. I did not give it a full five stars because of the frequent misogyny and sexism but it is a victorian book, an exceptional one but still a product of its time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Misogyny, and Blood

Minor: Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, and War

mme_carton's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism and Gaslighting

Minor: Gun violence

margztgz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

4.0

If vampire bad why sexy???

Read this for my classic monsters class, this novel feels like an epic tale that is long and laborious yet with some beautiful writing. Mina pissed me off. Literally everything seems to go back to gender roles and sex, but it's brilliantly done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

lillythebluepaladin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

This was a great, BUT LOOONG, read! I did really enjoy most of the book, even though I skipped a certain zoo scene, you can too, it's not that important.
It is a very old book, so the treatment of its female characters were... interesting. Definetly don't expect some Mulan type of badass female characters, because those poor women weren't allowed to do so, but expect to love them none the less!
It's definetly not a very scary story, but a fun one to read, and I can definetly recommend for others who want to read the classics like me <3

OKAY, MINA AND VAN HELSING WERE THE BEST CHARACTERS OF THIS BOOK! I loved them so much! Mina and her clever brain and her trains, and Van Helsing and his serious "vampire stuff is happening" face", I loved them a lot. The main men and their "oh no, you soft tiny woman thing, we most protect you from the TERROR of KNOWING THINGS oh nOOO" attitude towards Mina AND Lucy was extremely annoying at times, but I guess it was understandable.
Morris was cleeeaaarlyyy written by a man who has never met an American in his life, but the human manifestation of Texas was a fun character, and I was so sad when he died :( 
One thing I'm not sure about are the Romani, the romanians, and the hebrew character... I AM WHITE, SO I HAVE NO WORD IN SAYING IF THEY'RE APPROPRIATE OR NOT, but I got some feelings, so definetly check up on that before reading, just in case <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death, Racial slurs, and Cultural appropriation

pola_pocket_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

I'm a horror fan and despite the problematic things of the book in continues to be one of my most loved stories. I like to read it yearly, following the dates of the book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Mental illness, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Murder

waterisntreal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, and Religious bigotry