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bearystarry's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Blood
Moderate: Chronic illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, and Murder
mutamam's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
An intense novella that describes its story beautifully. The tense story alongside the beautiful prose leads the reader to feel anxious. As such it is a real page turner! Definitely recommend this book.
It contains contemporary views of homosexuality in a way that demonizes it. However, from a 21st century mindset it adds even more depth to the book and creates a perspective shift allowing the reader to actually empathize with the vampire as well!
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Death and Terminal illness
aliyachaudhry's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Suicide and Death of parent
savvyrosereads's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Moderate: Terminal illness and Blood
Minor: Sexual violence
maregred's review against another edition
- 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? No
3.0
Moderate: Terminal illness and Blood
el219's review against another edition
5.0
edit im lying actually i think about this every day five stars
Moderate: Toxic friendship
Minor: Death, Terminal illness, Blood, and Pandemic/Epidemic
danimacuk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, and Terminal illness
littleflowerfairy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Racism, and Grief
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
saraaaa's review against another edition
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I think its main problem is that it didn't fit the novella format that well. Everything felt rushed, especially the ending chapters, as if Le Fanu was running out of ink. By the end, the line between the protagonist-narrator and the author blurred every few paragraphs rather noticeably. Had it been a novel, there could've been enough room for both of them, without the technical information taking up precious space from the plot, that could've been better developed. Many plot points were left unexplored in their potential, some were just plainly ignored –
At the same time, almost paradoxically, the prose was so complex, the periods so long and full of subordinate clauses, that I found the pace rather slow.
Graphic: Terminal illness and Blood
ggcd1981's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Confinement, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, and Toxic friendship