noterinsbooks's review against another edition
5.0
read via dracula daily
I’ve never quite had a reading experience like this - over the course of months as the events pan out in the story. I feel like I’ve been on a journey with all of the characters.
note - mina, i too would risk it all for you
I’ve never quite had a reading experience like this - over the course of months as the events pan out in the story. I feel like I’ve been on a journey with all of the characters.
note - mina, i too would risk it all for you
daniyello's review against another edition
challenging
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? No
2.0
d_m's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
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
pennydryden's review against another edition
challenging
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
the formatting of this classic via emails was truly a treat. even though i did fall behind massively the experience of an internet wide book club has been so fun
thebookwormofnotredame's review against another edition
5.0
3rd read (26/10/19):
I love the gang with everything I have.
2nd read (07/10/17):
When will I ever stop loving this book?
I love the gang with everything I have.
2nd read (07/10/17):
When will I ever stop loving this book?
phileasfogg's review against another edition
5.0
I've been preparing an edition of Dracula for the past few months. I started with the Project Gutenberg text and checked it against a scan of the first US edition, making literally thousands of corrections. Hopefully other Gutenberg texts are a lot more accurate.
Anyway, I've now read Dracula very very closely, much of it five or six times, and I'm amazed at how well it stood up to such close scrutiny. The punctuation might be deeply eccentric (it is), and there may be 2,069 semi-colons (there are) but this is still an amazingly well-crafted, exciting, involving, believable novel.
The characters and their world are up-to-the-minute for the 1890s, with their new-fangled 'travelling typewriters' and phonograph dictating machines, in contrast to the musty old monster they fight.
Count Dracula refreshingly displays little of the sophisticated charm of various screen versions: he's one nasty Un-Dead Old-World warlord.
Anyway, I've now read Dracula very very closely, much of it five or six times, and I'm amazed at how well it stood up to such close scrutiny. The punctuation might be deeply eccentric (it is), and there may be 2,069 semi-colons (there are) but this is still an amazingly well-crafted, exciting, involving, believable novel.
The characters and their world are up-to-the-minute for the 1890s, with their new-fangled 'travelling typewriters' and phonograph dictating machines, in contrast to the musty old monster they fight.
Count Dracula refreshingly displays little of the sophisticated charm of various screen versions: he's one nasty Un-Dead Old-World warlord.
mndznancy's review against another edition
4.0
Lo calificaría con un 4.75
Es una historia apasionante y llena de misterio. Toda la obra está escrita por fragmentos de diarios de cuatro personas y algunas cartas y telegramas. Con más de trescientas cincuenta páginas, uno espera seguir leyendo más. Los personajes están bien caracterizados y los ambientes son variados.
¡Amo a Van Helsing! Es inigualable, un tanto bipolar, pero adorable... Me gusta tanto que por él califico el libro con 4.75, si hubiera contado qué ocurre con él tendría 5 estrellas.
Es una historia apasionante y llena de misterio. Toda la obra está escrita por fragmentos de diarios de cuatro personas y algunas cartas y telegramas. Con más de trescientas cincuenta páginas, uno espera seguir leyendo más. Los personajes están bien caracterizados y los ambientes son variados.
¡Amo a Van Helsing! Es inigualable, un tanto bipolar, pero adorable... Me gusta tanto que por él califico el libro con 4.75, si hubiera contado qué ocurre con él tendría 5 estrellas.
lischristin's review against another edition
4.0
Like most people this year I started to read it because of Dracula Daily, but because I just couldn't wait I decided to cheat and read it instead of waiting for all of the emails to come in. Even though it was a bit hard for me to get into it at first I highly recommend it to anyone. The work was well worth it.
evushek's review against another edition
1.0
Bram Stoker's "Dracula" is one of those 'classics' that everyone must (and should have) read... However, I also feel like it's a little bit of a trend to love and rave about it, simply because it is one of few classics many people read nowadays...
Personally, although I did appreciate the richness of the themes in the text (new world vs old world; fear of the foreign; domination; religion; fear + desire; gender inversion; even marxism if you will), I felt like the book was painfully written. It just left an overall taste of 'trying-too-hard' + 'over-embellishment' coupled with a disappointing ending. Dracula drew on ad nauseam and I particular dislike epistolary novels.
Personally, although I did appreciate the richness of the themes in the text (new world vs old world; fear of the foreign; domination; religion; fear + desire; gender inversion; even marxism if you will), I felt like the book was painfully written. It just left an overall taste of 'trying-too-hard' + 'over-embellishment' coupled with a disappointing ending. Dracula drew on ad nauseam and I particular dislike epistolary novels.