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A review by graciegrace1178
Dracula by Bram Stoker
3.0
Curse you goodreads for not saving my review!! Aghh!!
This is rather different from (and arguably better than) Twilight. Not what I expected.
PT: Reading around the world: Romania, books that have been on my TBR for way too long, classic lit
WIL
1) the audiobook reader (male). This guy really didn’t have to go as hard as he did but oh my GOD am I glad he did. If he’d been any less interesting, I probably would’ve DNFed this fairly early on, but this guy really just goes for it completely. The EMOTION in his voice??? Unparalleled. Rebecca Soler finally has some competition for the spot of my favorite audiobook reader.
2) not nearly as gruesome/frightening as I feared! This might be a WIDL for some, but I am SO glad the descriptions were pretty mild (by modern standards). One of my biggest reasons for not reading this earlier was the fear that it would actually scare and disturb me. It was okay tho!! Really not too bad at all!! I mean, I wouldn’t recommend it to younger kiddos, but like, it’s fully palatable for adults.
3) Jules Verne esque. Vibe match with Mr. Verne.
4) Characters that actually think things through and problem solve. Yay!! Thank god!! And they’re generally pretty good with communication too!!
WIDL
1) 2 books/1 book. The halfway ish point of this book feels like (basically) the conclusion of the whole first arc. The chapters immediately after that first arc ending dragged for me. Picked back up at the end tho. Should’ve been two books (by modern standards of book division anyway.)
2) character establishment. I just didn’t really care about the characters?? They didn’t have enough personality in the beginning... or the middle,,, or even the end actually. Need! More! Epitaphs!!
3) I’ve retained nothing.
NEUTRAL GROUND
1) gEe wHaTeVeR aRe tHesE myStErIoUs puNctUrE maRkS. I wish I had counted how many times this exact sentiment came up. It was A Lot.
This is rather different from (and arguably better than) Twilight. Not what I expected.
PT: Reading around the world: Romania, books that have been on my TBR for way too long, classic lit
WIL
1) the audiobook reader (male). This guy really didn’t have to go as hard as he did but oh my GOD am I glad he did. If he’d been any less interesting, I probably would’ve DNFed this fairly early on, but this guy really just goes for it completely. The EMOTION in his voice??? Unparalleled. Rebecca Soler finally has some competition for the spot of my favorite audiobook reader.
2) not nearly as gruesome/frightening as I feared! This might be a WIDL for some, but I am SO glad the descriptions were pretty mild (by modern standards). One of my biggest reasons for not reading this earlier was the fear that it would actually scare and disturb me. It was okay tho!! Really not too bad at all!! I mean, I wouldn’t recommend it to younger kiddos, but like, it’s fully palatable for adults.
3) Jules Verne esque. Vibe match with Mr. Verne.
4) Characters that actually think things through and problem solve. Yay!! Thank god!! And they’re generally pretty good with communication too!!
WIDL
1) 2 books/1 book. The halfway ish point of this book feels like (basically) the conclusion of the whole first arc. The chapters immediately after that first arc ending dragged for me. Picked back up at the end tho. Should’ve been two books (by modern standards of book division anyway.)
2) character establishment. I just didn’t really care about the characters?? They didn’t have enough personality in the beginning... or the middle,,, or even the end actually. Need! More! Epitaphs!!
3) I’ve retained nothing.
NEUTRAL GROUND
1) gEe wHaTeVeR aRe tHesE myStErIoUs puNctUrE maRkS. I wish I had counted how many times this exact sentiment came up. It was A Lot.