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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
My recent audiobook selection for Doing The Dishes.
Imagery and dialogue were S-tier. It wasn't as frightening as I had expected bc it never truly felt like the Count posed an imminent physical threat to anyone other than Jonathan at the beginning - which was my favorite part. The horror relied more heavily on fear of god/uncleanness (Nosferatu (2024) prepared me for this). The final showdown was also super anticlimactic.... I WANTED TO SEE THAT VAMPIRE FIIIIIGHT. Oh well.
Here are some quotes and thoughts I had throughout (SPOILERS):
- "I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul."
- "For nothing can be more dreadful than those awful women who were... who are... waiting to suck my blood!"
- It is so mean and so beautiful that Stoker made Dr. Seward one of Lucy's rejected suitors.
- Also, the way Seward and Van Helsing both refer to Lucy's condition as "OUR illness" is kinda romantic, no?
- "He was in a torture of suspense regarding the woman he loved, and his utter ignorance of the terrible mystery which seemed to surround her intensified his pain. His very heart was bleeding, and it took all the manhood in him, and there was a royal lot of it, too, to keep from breaking down" okkkk danielle steel!
- WHY ISN'T VAN HELSING TELLING JOHN SHIT?!!!?
- "I want to cut off her head and take out her heart" Oh there he goes....
- Van Helsing: "Are you satisfied now, Friend John?"
Dr. Seward: "I am satisfied that Lucy's body is not in that coffin, but that only proves one thing..."
Helsing: "And what is that?"
Seward: "That it is not there!"
Helsing: "That is good logic, so far as it goes"
- "Is it possible love is but all objective or all subjective?"
- There is a Dr. Seward's narrator sound-a-like contest in my bedroom tonight
- "Give me a fulcrum and I shall move the world"
- "Tell us two dry men of science what you see with those so bright eyes"
- Obsessed with these 5 incredibly dense men and Mina literally having every single relevant idea for the last ten chapters
Imagery and dialogue were S-tier. It wasn't as frightening as I had expected bc it never truly felt like the Count posed an imminent physical threat to anyone other than Jonathan at the beginning - which was my favorite part. The horror relied more heavily on fear of god/uncleanness (Nosferatu (2024) prepared me for this). The final showdown was also super anticlimactic.... I WANTED TO SEE THAT VAMPIRE FIIIIIGHT. Oh well.
Here are some quotes and thoughts I had throughout (SPOILERS):
- "I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul."
- "For nothing can be more dreadful than those awful women who were... who are... waiting to suck my blood!"
- It is so mean and so beautiful that Stoker made Dr. Seward one of Lucy's rejected suitors.
- Also, the way Seward and Van Helsing both refer to Lucy's condition as "OUR illness" is kinda romantic, no?
- "He was in a torture of suspense regarding the woman he loved, and his utter ignorance of the terrible mystery which seemed to surround her intensified his pain. His very heart was bleeding, and it took all the manhood in him, and there was a royal lot of it, too, to keep from breaking down" okkkk danielle steel!
- WHY ISN'T VAN HELSING TELLING JOHN SHIT?!!!?
- "I want to cut off her head and take out her heart" Oh there he goes....
- Van Helsing: "Are you satisfied now, Friend John?"
Dr. Seward: "I am satisfied that Lucy's body is not in that coffin, but that only proves one thing..."
Helsing: "And what is that?"
Seward: "That it is not there!"
Helsing: "That is good logic, so far as it goes"
- "Is it possible love is but all objective or all subjective?"
- There is a Dr. Seward's narrator sound-a-like contest in my bedroom tonight
- "Give me a fulcrum and I shall move the world"
- "Tell us two dry men of science what you see with those so bright eyes"
- Obsessed with these 5 incredibly dense men and Mina literally having every single relevant idea for the last ten chapters
Definitely suffers from far far too much description (and ironically not enough in the beginning of Jonathan’s story). Also, for someone who’s pretty sure how to kill a vampire, Van Helsing sure does mess around a lot doing nothing.
apesar do claro talento poético do escritor, drácula foi um livro cansativo e um tanto decepcionante para mim. com suas mais de 400 páginas, o livro demora aproximadamente 200 páginas para ficar realmente interessante ou no mínimo um pouco cativante.
o fato de já conhecermos popularmente a história do conde drácula não é o que prejudica os momentos de suspense, e sim a forma com que a narrativa é contada (através de passagens de diários e pedaços de jornais), pois os momentos de tensão são sempre cortados por uma descrição minusiosa e desnecessária de cada passo de cada personagem. ao invés de uma história de terror, senti como se lesse um livro de receitas ou um caderno de campo científico, principalmente em relação ao desfecho da história.
dois aspectos socialmente e historicamente marcados no livro são a religiosidade (cristianismo) em excesso e a grande quantidade de comentários explicitamente misóginos, mas já era de se esperar pelo conteúdo da história e o ano em que ela foi publicada. a descrição das emoções e o jeito que os personagens se dirigem uns aos outros foi algo bem cômico para mim, algo característico da literatura antiga que também observei em morro dos ventos uivantes.
o fato de já conhecermos popularmente a história do conde drácula não é o que prejudica os momentos de suspense, e sim a forma com que a narrativa é contada (através de passagens de diários e pedaços de jornais), pois os momentos de tensão são sempre cortados por uma descrição minusiosa e desnecessária de cada passo de cada personagem. ao invés de uma história de terror, senti como se lesse um livro de receitas ou um caderno de campo científico, principalmente em relação ao desfecho da história.
dois aspectos socialmente e historicamente marcados no livro são a religiosidade (cristianismo) em excesso e a grande quantidade de comentários explicitamente misóginos, mas já era de se esperar pelo conteúdo da história e o ano em que ela foi publicada. a descrição das emoções e o jeito que os personagens se dirigem uns aos outros foi algo bem cômico para mim, algo característico da literatura antiga que também observei em morro dos ventos uivantes.
read with dracula daily by matt kirkland.
mina is a boss bitch. also, the lucy westenra polycule has my whole heart. this email series was pretty engaging and it was a great thing to look forward to after a long day.
it's kinda problematic and repetitive... a little lengthy too, at times. but i'll overlook everything because i love jonmina (the only straight couple i'll die for) and our queer ass polycule :)
4 stars!
mina is a boss bitch. also, the lucy westenra polycule has my whole heart. this email series was pretty engaging and it was a great thing to look forward to after a long day.
it's kinda problematic and repetitive... a little lengthy too, at times. but i'll overlook everything because i love jonmina (the only straight couple i'll die for) and our queer ass polycule :)
4 stars!
slow-paced
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
2,5 de momento, aunque igual cambio de opinión. Reseña próximamente
DNF. I was excited to read this classic, but I found it extremely hard to get through. I constantly found myself becoming bored, and reading other books in-between chapters of this. The first part of the book was interesting, and it was a unique choice to tell the story through journal entries, but the story seemed to drag on and could not hold my attention. Maybe once day I will return and finish it.
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I was honestly surprised by just how much I LOVED this book. The format (journal entries and letters) was quite foreign at first, but the story still flowed beautifully. I adored the characters (Quincy was an absolute delight) and was fully invested in them. This is a definite reread for me.