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A review by innae
Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula by Valdimar Ásmundsson, Bram Stoker
3.0
I read part 1 of this book in real time (reading the dated passages in the day), however, unlike Dracula, this book sticks with Harker for the first part. Rarely do we see the other characters. I enjoyed this first part as it expanded on Harker’s time at the castle.
Then we come to part 2…and my liking of the telling fades. We are now with a narrator, rather than the characters telling the tale. It also seems more in the lines of “just the facts”…the build up from part 1 is quickly wrapped up. And we get a ton of new characters. Who are alluded to also be vampires, and who disappear once the count is taken care of, but even that is unclear.
This book feels like it is unfinished..maybe just a draft that needed for fleshing out. Like maybe part 2 was just an outline for a real ending?
Cool to read another version of Dracula, but Bram’s version is still my go to story.
Then we come to part 2…and my liking of the telling fades. We are now with a narrator, rather than the characters telling the tale. It also seems more in the lines of “just the facts”…the build up from part 1 is quickly wrapped up. And we get a ton of new characters. Who are alluded to also be vampires, and who disappear once the count is taken care of, but even that is unclear.
This book feels like it is unfinished..maybe just a draft that needed for fleshing out. Like maybe part 2 was just an outline for a real ending?
Cool to read another version of Dracula, but Bram’s version is still my go to story.