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A review by broccoli_mmm
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
The original lesbian vampire. very mixed feelings. some parts were a little underdeveloped and others were repetitive.
there were some lines that just … agh excellent, like:
“I live in you; and you would die for me, I love you so.”
It’s visceral and emotive and really clever foreshadowing. I just left wishing there was more time spent on Carmilla and Laura themselves. The ending chapters felt a bit anticlimactic. Also read critically, of course, because there’s definitely a bit of “girl is in love w girl BECAUSE she’s a monster”
BUT its worth reading. Some of the descriptions are genuinely unsettling, not because of anything graphic or gory, just from the sense of being violated. Also excellent foreshaddowing.
there were some lines that just … agh excellent, like:
“I live in you; and you would die for me, I love you so.”
It’s visceral and emotive and really clever foreshadowing. I just left wishing there was more time spent on Carmilla and Laura themselves. The ending chapters felt a bit anticlimactic. Also read critically, of course, because there’s definitely a bit of “girl is in love w girl BECAUSE she’s a monster”
BUT its worth reading. Some of the descriptions are genuinely unsettling, not because of anything graphic or gory, just from the sense of being violated. Also excellent foreshaddowing.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Homophobia and Racism