A review by afjakandys
Dracula by Bram Stoker

4.0

Cannot BELIEVE I waited so long to read this. While this book is definitely not without fault, I really enjoyed it and am so mad at myself for not giving it a chance earlier. So many wonderful characters with distinct, well-written personalities that all-but leap off the page and an adventure that kept me engaged to the end.

With that being said, the treatment of the two main women, specifically in the case of Lucy, is shaky at best and Dracula is not featured nearly as much as I would have wanted. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the distinctness of all of the characters; you get a real sense of who they are and why they do what they do, though I do think Stoker leaned too hard into the idea of them being heroes that he sacrificed some of the more complicated aspects of their personalities and made them all a bit generic in reference to their motivations.

All in all, I appreciate Stoker’s Dracula not only for foundation it laid for my all-time favorite supernatural creature, but also for the genuine fun I had while reading this.