Paperback, 447 pages
English language
Published Nov. 19, 1994 by Penguin Books.
When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries about his client and his castle. Soon afterwards, a number of disturbing incidents unfold in England: an unmanned ship is wrecked at Whitby, and strange puncture marks appear on a young woman's neck.
Essendo scritto come un diario, l'ho letto seguendo le date (da inizio maggio fino a ieri) e devo dire che è stata una bella esperienza, riesci a percepire lo scorrere del tempo degli eventi narrati.
I had never given classic horror a go before, but this one was a pleasant surprise. The original Dracula story was something I thought I knew, elements like Dracula’s castle and the power possessed by that monster make an appearance here, but despite what you might expect of the original vampire, the book is still filled with great characters and moments that were truly nerve-wracking.
I couldn’t help but read faster and faster at times where the tension raised up, hoping for it to end when it was only getting worse. But its not all bad, there is always hope, and the determination of the characters to defend their loved ones and the future of humanity from the reign of the un-dead, is just great, but a few moments of old English were a little hard to read.
I listened to different audiobooks while reading, which was quite atmospheric too. …
I had never given classic horror a go before, but this one was a pleasant surprise. The original Dracula story was something I thought I knew, elements like Dracula’s castle and the power possessed by that monster make an appearance here, but despite what you might expect of the original vampire, the book is still filled with great characters and moments that were truly nerve-wracking.
I couldn’t help but read faster and faster at times where the tension raised up, hoping for it to end when it was only getting worse. But its not all bad, there is always hope, and the determination of the characters to defend their loved ones and the future of humanity from the reign of the un-dead, is just great, but a few moments of old English were a little hard to read.
I listened to different audiobooks while reading, which was quite atmospheric too.
(Review originally written April 1st, 2022)
Dracula was actually quite nice to read. At first, the story advanced quite slowly in my opinion, but towards the middle it became faster. Sometimes the story haunted me in the night, but fortunately this was not that bad and it never lasted long.
Never trust a Dracula movie again. Pick up the book instead. They are two completely different entities. After having read the source material, I can not honestly think of a single honest adaptation.
On the book itself? A little heavy, this was actually the third attempt at reading it. I enjoy the structure of the book, formed as a series of letters, journal entries and notes to give the image of a body of proof providing a timeline of events. The writing style seems a little over-God indulgent though, as though Stoker was desperately trying to prove something.
The scene involving the three temptresses though is pure porn from the neck up.
Really very little story involving Dracula himself. Most of the story revolves around the other characters in the plot pursuing Dracula, and the big guy gets very little stage time. Does it matter? Not really, but it defies …
Never trust a Dracula movie again. Pick up the book instead. They are two completely different entities. After having read the source material, I can not honestly think of a single honest adaptation.
On the book itself? A little heavy, this was actually the third attempt at reading it. I enjoy the structure of the book, formed as a series of letters, journal entries and notes to give the image of a body of proof providing a timeline of events. The writing style seems a little over-God indulgent though, as though Stoker was desperately trying to prove something.
The scene involving the three temptresses though is pure porn from the neck up.
Really very little story involving Dracula himself. Most of the story revolves around the other characters in the plot pursuing Dracula, and the big guy gets very little stage time. Does it matter? Not really, but it defies expectations.
