A review by eviea
Dracula by Bram Stoker

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I think in order to enjoy this you have to be ready to look past some period-specific sexism and orientalism. Yes it does start to drag in the middle, but the descriptive writing builds tension really well and the plot is actually interestingly constructed through multiple perspectives. When you consider that there was a time when few readers already knew that Dracula was a vampire, I can see how the mystery would be very intriguing and damn if I didn’t want to see how it ended.

Side note: I read this after seeing Eggers’s Nosferatu, and Willem Dafoe is so perfectly cast as the royalty-free Van Helsing