Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

35 reviews

paladinosaur's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

If you’re in the mood for some very gay, gothic vampire literature I can’t recommend Carmilla enough. Its a good length little novella, only took me a little over an hour. It’s also available for free on Project Gutenberg so…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Gore, Sexual content, Medical content, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

_piercingwords_'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? No

3.25

As a bi vampire lover, I liked this book and found it interesting to see the resemblance and differences to more modern adaptations of the vampire myths. 

I also liked how Carmilla's and Laura's queerness was not directly demonised and found it very progressive for its age in comparison to other classics.

It was, as one of the first influential vampire stories, predictable but nevertheless an enjoyable read.

Did I get that right though? That Carmilla was actually remotely related to Laura? The thing I actually did not expect and threw me off a bit oof

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death, Incest, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment

katielaine_w's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

batwinggoth's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexism, Sexual content, and Slavery

ladylothlorien's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

It was enjoyable to listen to this as an audio drama. I think it made it more engaging since it’s a pretty slow paced story. Overall I liked it a lot. It’s one of the original vampire stories and although the themes and tropes have been done a lot, this was one that did it first. It’s a bit melodramatic and over the top sometimes but I listened during a road trip and it went by so fast because I was so engrossed. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Lesbian vampires!