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Dracula Illustrated

Bram Stoker

3.84 AVERAGE

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

men used to hunt vampires

shoutout mina for figuring everything out🙏🏼🙏🏼
adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

4/5 - Vampires > any other spooky monster. Like many others who comment on this book the beginning in the castle was my favorite. I liked the parts too where Van Helsing was trying to demonstrate to Seward in believing the impossible as possible. Lucy sleepwalking and then being turned into a vampire was also my favorite. Where they lost me was the prolonged chapters and the description of women basically being holy beings and unable to defend themselves when clearly Mina could. Also the ending could have been played better like Arthur dying instead and then finally being with Lucy in the after life. Overall a new (kinda) favorite classic!!
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

tedious!!!! i read this back in 2021/22 with dracula daily and i found it a total chore, if not for the newsletter i probably would've DNF'd. i see its influence on the genre and whatever and i am furthered in my conviction that vampire shit just isn't for me
adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

3.75??? i really loved the beginning & jonathan’s journal entries and also the parts at whitby. the back half dragged a little more than necessary