A review by cdicara17
Dracula by Bram Stoker

3.0

It’s always interesting to read a classic novel. I particularly find it interesting when I see men write from the perspective of women. This wasn’t exactly a feminist breaking-glass-ceilings novel, and I thought it was interesting the way that the narrative style of the women matches exactly what a man would think the narrative style of a woman was in the 17 and 1800s. Overall the storyline was very straightforward, and I think that my perspective of this book is tainted by the jaded nature of the Dracula storyline. But reading it, and understanding the context in which it was written, coming at it from a place with no expectations, and an open mind made for an enjoyable, if at times painfully male gaze, read.