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Draculas by Blake Crouch
5.0
DRACULAS IS ALL ABOUT THE RUSH OF THE GUSH!!!
What a novel, damn!
I am a huge fan of vampire stories, and one of my favorite famous monsters is Dracula. I tend to roll my eyes at Twilight-esque stories and the like, even though Bram Stoker’s Dracula itself takes on a romantic tone. It’s an original, so maybe I’m a bit biased *shrugs*. But then a bunch of books and movies follow suit in their own boring ways, but DRACULAS???? — 1000% YES PLEASE.
Everything Bram Stoker taught you about a vampire simply does not apply in DRACULAS. It’s crazed and depraved. A stake through the chest or a room full of crosses just really doesn’t do shit in this book.
The book really follows the roots of the original Dracula and how vampirism came to be— through a mutation. So what makes DRACULAS different than the other vampire books? Everything. Keeping to those roots. It’s a gore-fest. Forget the heartthrob vampires with beautiful skin and their sexy biting, you won’t find that here.
But what you will find?
Just imagine a deranged cross between a gore-filled video game, the constant kick-ass action from the John Wick franchise, humans that turn to vampires at the speed World War Z zombies run, and then downsize the apocalypse so that it fits inside one rural emergency room— and you get this book right here. If this description makes no sense to you, just read it and I promise you’d agree. It’s so much fun!
DRACULAS is vicious! It holds absolutely nothing back. There is death, and a lot of it. Like The Walking Dead, don’t expect your favorites to hold out. This is vampiric carnage at its finest, I don’t think I’ve yet to read a more savage tale on good old nosferatu. I need more!
Clown draculas. Legless draculas. EMT and nurse draculas. Child draculas. The gang’s all here and ready at every corner. Do you want to see all these draculas tear out human innards, rip off heads, and bite out throats? Then read this.
And do you want to read about regular people slaying vampires with chainsaws and guns? Killing them off with vanilla powder? Then read this.
This is a WILD fight to the finish and for survival that deserves every bit of my ★★★★★ star rating. While the book is well-written, my rating is really for its incredible amount of fun and entertainment. It’s swift and violent, complete with the most outrageous kill scenes. There’s also a hint of a love story tucked into the pages, too. Seriously, if you’re a fan of the monstrous side of vampires, this is absolutely the book for you.
What a novel, damn!
I am a huge fan of vampire stories, and one of my favorite famous monsters is Dracula. I tend to roll my eyes at Twilight-esque stories and the like, even though Bram Stoker’s Dracula itself takes on a romantic tone. It’s an original, so maybe I’m a bit biased *shrugs*. But then a bunch of books and movies follow suit in their own boring ways, but DRACULAS???? — 1000% YES PLEASE.
Everything Bram Stoker taught you about a vampire simply does not apply in DRACULAS. It’s crazed and depraved. A stake through the chest or a room full of crosses just really doesn’t do shit in this book.
The book really follows the roots of the original Dracula and how vampirism came to be— through a mutation. So what makes DRACULAS different than the other vampire books? Everything. Keeping to those roots. It’s a gore-fest. Forget the heartthrob vampires with beautiful skin and their sexy biting, you won’t find that here.
But what you will find?
Just imagine a deranged cross between a gore-filled video game, the constant kick-ass action from the John Wick franchise, humans that turn to vampires at the speed World War Z zombies run, and then downsize the apocalypse so that it fits inside one rural emergency room— and you get this book right here. If this description makes no sense to you, just read it and I promise you’d agree. It’s so much fun!
DRACULAS is vicious! It holds absolutely nothing back. There is death, and a lot of it. Like The Walking Dead, don’t expect your favorites to hold out. This is vampiric carnage at its finest, I don’t think I’ve yet to read a more savage tale on good old nosferatu. I need more!
Clown draculas. Legless draculas. EMT and nurse draculas. Child draculas. The gang’s all here and ready at every corner. Do you want to see all these draculas tear out human innards, rip off heads, and bite out throats? Then read this.
And do you want to read about regular people slaying vampires with chainsaws and guns? Killing them off with vanilla powder? Then read this.
This is a WILD fight to the finish and for survival that deserves every bit of my ★★★★★ star rating. While the book is well-written, my rating is really for its incredible amount of fun and entertainment. It’s swift and violent, complete with the most outrageous kill scenes. There’s also a hint of a love story tucked into the pages, too. Seriously, if you’re a fan of the monstrous side of vampires, this is absolutely the book for you.