Reviews with content warning for Kidnapping - Dracula

average person eats 3 flies a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 flies per year. Flies Renfield, who lives in an asylum & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

Okay now that that's out of my system, I have to confess, I read this book is a rather unorthodox fashion, as part of the Dracula Daily emails, whereby the letters in the book are emailed out to readers on the corresponding dates. It's a fun idea for an epistolary novel and I found that it suited the format well. However, did I manage to keep up with those emails? Heck no! In fact, I only managed to finish it now, a month after the book has ended, because I started copying the emails into a text-to-speech bot and listening to months at a time.

The above being said, I really enjoyed my first experience with Dracula! I especially loved the characters of Mina and Van Helsing, and Jonathan "wifeguy" Harker gets a mention too. Although the book some times suffered for it's period typical Christianity and sexism, it was refreshing how Stoker broke free of that at times and allowed Mina to be more than just the wife in jeopardy. Like every man in this book, I too would give my life for Mina Harker at the drop of a hat.

In term of the ending, it did feel somewhat anti-climatic. I understand that an outright fight between Dracula and the party would have ended in Dracula's survival, but I was expecting more than just a quick brawl with a group of unnamed (and unimportant) men and them stabbing the Count as he slept.

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Dracula
Author: Bram Stoker

I've been wanted to read Dracula for ages. I'm a occasion horror reader who prefers to read scary books during the fall season and Halloween.

So this year when i was making my to be read list for this cozy season, i decided that it was finally time to read this spooky classic.

Bram Stoker wrote Dracula in 1897. Now 125 years later Dracula still plays a huge part in the horror genre. If we think about scary creatures vampires always pop up into our minds thanks to this novel.

It can be challenging to review such a well known book.

Therefore i would just share my thoughts. I never saw the movie so i had no clue about the actual storyline.

One of the main characters named Jonathan Harker needs to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house. Previously he had no forethought about the kind of danger that awaits him during his stay in the spine-chilling castle.

Abducted by the astute Count, Jonathan need to be clever to escape the darkness.

The entire storyline is written in diary logs. Jonathan is my favorite storyteller. I found it really entertaining to read his descriptions because they were really detailed and creepy.

In my opinion, the whole storyline is slow and too long-winded. I had different expectations. The romance part was very overpowering. To me it felt more like if i was reading a romance which included some small scary elements. What i also missed was an insight in Dracula his thoughts that would have really made it more interesting for me.

Overall, I did enjoyed reading Dracula.
What books would our future generation still be reading in 125 years?

My rating:
⭐⭐⭐

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