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Dracula Illustrated

Bram Stoker

3.84 AVERAGE

adventurous dark mysterious sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The actual vampire bits? Great.
Most of the rest of it? Mediocre.
I enjoyed the first half of the book (especially the unintentionally funny, oblivious Jonathan and the cemetery scene) but my interest waned as the plot progressed, or rather, became entirely composed of planning to defeat Dracula, leading up to the most anticlimactic "final boss battle" I've ever read. Stoker also seems to try too hard to qualify vampirism, info dumping about four long explanations.
adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced
adventurous dark tense medium-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
dark hopeful mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot

A primeira metade é bem melhor que o restante. A partir do meio, fica bem cansativo e o fim não é muito interessante. Porém, acredito que tenho que considerar a época em que foi escrito. No geral, é um bom livro.
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
funny tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I’ve tried to finish this twice, once in high school and now at 39. It’s too slow and I don’t fully understand what’s happening, I guess I just can’t understand old timey talk.