kaiarnold_'s review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
emilyinparis's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
‘When we started, the crowd round the inn door, which had by this time swelled to a considerable size, all made the sign of the cross and pointed two fingers towards me’
‘Once more I have seen the count go out in his lizard fashion’
‘for here at the end, where the romance of my life is told, ere I go back to take up the thread of my life-work, I say sadly and without hope, finis’
‘It was then very dark, and the scattered lamps made the darkness greater even we were once outside their individual radius’
‘The sight was almost too much for me. It seemed to be as much an affront to the dead as it would have been to have stripped off her clothing in her sleep whilst living’
‘No one but a woman can help a man when he is in trouble of the heart’
‘I saw the Count lying within the box upon the earth, some of which the rude falling from the cart had scattered over him. He was deathly pale, just like a waxen image, and the red eyes flared with the horrible vindictive look which I knew too well. As I looked, the eyes saw the sinking sun, and the look of hate in them turned to triumph’
‘It was like a miracle; but before our very eyes, and almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body crumpled into dust and passed from our sight’
‘Seven years ago we all went through the flames; and the happiness of some of us since then is, we think, well worth the pain we endured’
spacesong's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
juliterario's review against another edition
5.0
¡Hace mucho que quería leer Drácula! Tengo muchos clásicos bien pendientes en mi TBR, pero siempre tardo décadas en comenzar uno. ¿Qué mejor manera de empezar el 2020? Me gusta comenzar el año con primeras lecturas que varían... En el 2018, mi primer libro leído fue uno de fantasía... En el 2019, un contemporáneo de romance. Ahora, un clásico del género del terror. ¡Yey! Bastó con hablar con mi novia sobre clásicos que tenía pendiente para animarme con la novela de Bram Stoker de una buena vez. ¡Y REALMENTE LA DISFRUTÉ!
“There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.”
Drácula se me hizo como un dejá vu incesable. Al fin y al cabo, conocemos la historia desde retellings, películas, series, videos, etc... La historia de Drácula es una que sentía que ya conocía de memoria, e incluso al leer el libro me parecía que ya lo había leído. Todo era demasiado familiar, por lo que no sentí ningún tipo de extrañamiento al sumergirme en esta lectura. La escritura de Stocker, sin embargo, la magnífica ambientación y todo lo que este libro ofrece en su análisis me parecieron magníficos, y no me arrepiento en lo más mínimo de haber leído Drácula. O de haberlo escuchado, en realidad, ya que devoré el audiobook. ¡Fenomenal!
“I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air.”
“There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.”
Drácula se me hizo como un dejá vu incesable. Al fin y al cabo, conocemos la historia desde retellings, películas, series, videos, etc... La historia de Drácula es una que sentía que ya conocía de memoria, e incluso al leer el libro me parecía que ya lo había leído. Todo era demasiado familiar, por lo que no sentí ningún tipo de extrañamiento al sumergirme en esta lectura. La escritura de Stocker, sin embargo, la magnífica ambientación y todo lo que este libro ofrece en su análisis me parecieron magníficos, y no me arrepiento en lo más mínimo de haber leído Drácula. O de haberlo escuchado, en realidad, ya que devoré el audiobook. ¡Fenomenal!
“I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air.”
ekmook's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
rach_eb's review against another edition
4.0
I still really loved this, but I have a few thoughts:
1. Mina Murray is smarter than all of the men in this book combined. They would never have made it without her and her "man brain" (ugh) to guide them through.
2. Quincey Morris deserved better.
3. I didn't notice it the first time I read this book, but Van Helsing talks SO much. Like, to the point that about half way through, my eyes glazed over whenever he appeared on the page. It took conscious effort to focus on his dialogue.
But all that aside, I still adore this classic of horror and the atmosphere it builds.
1. Mina Murray is smarter than all of the men in this book combined. They would never have made it without her and her "man brain" (ugh) to guide them through.
2. Quincey Morris deserved better.
3. I didn't notice it the first time I read this book, but Van Helsing talks SO much. Like, to the point that about half way through, my eyes glazed over whenever he appeared on the page. It took conscious effort to focus on his dialogue.
But all that aside, I still adore this classic of horror and the atmosphere it builds.
filloryfairy's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
rach_eb's review against another edition
Read via email as part of Dracula Daily this year, which was immensely fun. I finished like a month and a half late because *life* but ah well
tinylittlehobbit's review against another edition
Put it down for too long, and am not in the mood for horror atm, even mild old timey horror.
urtencija's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
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