Dracula

Book review by Deane Barker tags: fiction, horror, classic, science-fiction, theater, history
An image of the cover of the book "Dracula"

Great novel. Does not read like it was written 121 years ago. Genuinely terrifying in parts.

Suffers a bit in the middle as the characters run around London, and I got a little confused as to what they were doing. It turns into a bit of a detective story. I got the main gist of what was going on, but a reading of the Wikipedia summary afterwards showed that I missed some subtleties.

Still, a great read.

Book Data

Author
Bram Stoker
Year
Pages
488
Acquired
Not recorded
Open Library
OL85892W
Wikipedia
Dracula
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