3.82 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

All I have to say is that it's a classic for a reason!

Dracula was intersting to read and to see where all the lore came from. The characters where fascinating, they all had a story to tell and a part to play. I listened to the audiobook for this one on audible and I recommend it because it gives it something extra as well for the short stories...
I actually had no idea Bram Stoker had written short stories and a fair amount of them, I enjoyed them more than I thought. I'm normally not a fan of short stories but these where interesting and entertaining to read, and ofcourse a bit disturbing !

Dracula I really enjoyed, much more than I was expecting
The short stories at the end have massively reduced my enjoyment of the book as a whole. The Judge's House is a good horror story, then some of the others are weird but still supernatural
Then some of the others are just boring and bizarre. To finish with a blow -by-blow nautical battle story is a real low

But I bought the book for Dracula, and Dracula still stands up as a spooky, enjoyable read

4,5⭐