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A review by isobelvm
Dracula by Bram Stoker
4.0
“Devils or no devils, or all the devils at once, it matters not; we fight him all the same.”
I didn’t read Dracula in the traditional way. Instead, I participated in Dracula Daily, where you get sent an email in real time containing each part of Dracula on the corresponding day it happens. And I loved it. I’m so glad I read it this way. I got to experience the novel in the exact timeline that the characters experienced it, spent as much time with them as they spent with each other, and I honestly wouldn’t have wanted my first experience of Dracula to have been any other way.
As for that actual novel, there’s a reason it’s a classic. The characters are wonderful, and oftentimes I’d argue even ahead of their time with regard to things like feminism (only slightly though). The relationships between them are surprisingly compelling and it is perhaps fitting that in a novel so much about monsters humanity is at the fore.
The various settings of this novel are vivid, the various events realistic, the narrative immersive. It’s still a classic, and thus laborious to read at times, but it was never not compelling. I got lost in the story so many times.
After spending so much time with these characters I was so genuinely sad when the book ended, in a way I haven’t been for a long time. I’m not sure whether this is a result of great writing or the fact that I read the book over the timespan it takes place or a mixture of both, but I found myself missing them when there would be no entry for the day. I feel like these characters are my friends (and I miss them!) and, for a classic, that is an incredible feat indeed.
So, what a book! I can’t believe I’d never read Dracula before this but, again, I’m so glad I read it in this way. If you’re looking to read Dracula I can’t recommend Dracula Daily enough - it starts in May and ends in November and is such a wonderful way to experience a book like this.
I didn’t read Dracula in the traditional way. Instead, I participated in Dracula Daily, where you get sent an email in real time containing each part of Dracula on the corresponding day it happens. And I loved it. I’m so glad I read it this way. I got to experience the novel in the exact timeline that the characters experienced it, spent as much time with them as they spent with each other, and I honestly wouldn’t have wanted my first experience of Dracula to have been any other way.
As for that actual novel, there’s a reason it’s a classic. The characters are wonderful, and oftentimes I’d argue even ahead of their time with regard to things like feminism (only slightly though). The relationships between them are surprisingly compelling and it is perhaps fitting that in a novel so much about monsters humanity is at the fore.
The various settings of this novel are vivid, the various events realistic, the narrative immersive. It’s still a classic, and thus laborious to read at times, but it was never not compelling. I got lost in the story so many times.
After spending so much time with these characters I was so genuinely sad when the book ended, in a way I haven’t been for a long time. I’m not sure whether this is a result of great writing or the fact that I read the book over the timespan it takes place or a mixture of both, but I found myself missing them when there would be no entry for the day. I feel like these characters are my friends (and I miss them!) and, for a classic, that is an incredible feat indeed.
So, what a book! I can’t believe I’d never read Dracula before this but, again, I’m so glad I read it in this way. If you’re looking to read Dracula I can’t recommend Dracula Daily enough - it starts in May and ends in November and is such a wonderful way to experience a book like this.