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Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

quakeherself's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-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

this book was interesting, although le fanu villianizes carmilla into the stereotypical lesbian vampire (violent, seductress, manipulative) machado’s footnotes and introduction reclaim an inherently queer story while allowing the text to present itself as it was written (albeit in all its heteronormativity and homophobia), machado is brilliant and allows for affirmation of the novel’s queerness and its real life queer basis

timothyjmcl's review against another edition

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4.0

A really fun, quick, spooky story. A little too short to really dig in to character development. The audiobook was dramatized nicely.

emeswann22's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

bookwrapt's review against another edition

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dark funny

4.5

An ingenue swept up in the spider’s web of a young vampire? More please

katefromthenorth's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-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

4.0

mustarastas's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-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

3.5

fromsevern's review against another edition

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4.0

only the carmen maria machado version

vireum's review against another edition

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

3.5

wast's review against another edition

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3.0

Good English from the author.
But the story is very short, who was Carmilly's mother who left her to live on different estates?
And what was the point of this lodging story if Carmilla could have killed all the people supposedly anyway?

majorrogue's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0