Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Dracula by Bram Stoker

144 reviews

martyrbat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Terminal illness, Blood, and Stalking

elsabell's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

2.75

A boring book, famous but boring. I kept reading and finished it as an homage to the legend it created.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Blood

mothstrand's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Ableism and Antisemitism

e_ski's review against another edition

dark 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Racism, and Violence

cyluho's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia

micaelacccc's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, and Murder

jennybach's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

It’s very much a product of its time: massive sexism and colonial attitudes, and convoluted Victorian prose. Van Helsing’s lengthy and absolutely tortured dialogue were mostly hilarious though, and there were genuine moments of tension. Bram Stoker could be very good at creating a feeling of looming menace and creepiness, though he undercut it at times for no apparent reason. All that said, I really enjoyed it! It’s a classic of its genre for a reason.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Racism

b0udica's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

One of my fave books of all time, reread every couple of years and enjoy it just as much every time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, and Murder

macliffe's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

One of my favorite books of all time. It’s technically horror I suppose but I see it more as a hopeful story about good winning over evil.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror and Misogyny

Minor: Child death and Antisemitism

timmytunter's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder