At last--the sequel to Bram Stoker's classic novel Dracula, written by his direct descendant and a Dracula historian
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Jun 30, 2011
Robin
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I met Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt at BookExpo and got an autographed ARC copy of this book for free. That's the good news -- I got it for free. I liked Dacre Stoker (notice how I didn't mention Ian Holt...) and I wanted to like his book but I was disappointed. I was hoping for more Dracula and less Elizabeth Bathory and Jack the Ripper. Actually, there were about 400 characters in the book and the game of recognizing them started distracting me from the plot. Besides for characters from the origin
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Sep 30, 2011
Cathrine
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This book was horrible. If you have ever read the classic novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker DO NOT READ THIS. It took me forever to read because I kept getting mad at it. I only finished it so that I could write this review with a clear conscience. This is nothing but one really long Fan Fiction written by Ian Holt and endorsed by Dacre Stoker.
First of all it can not be a sequal to the Classic novel if you rewrite the events of the Classic novel. They don't even follow the for More...
First of all it can not be a sequal to the Classic novel if you rewrite the events of the Classic novel. They don't even follow the for More...
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Jul 06, 2010
Margaret
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Is there a way to give negative stars?
Against my better judgement and despite my ingrained wariness of “sequels” to classic novels, I ill-advisedly started Dracula The Undead in the optimistic hope that the author’s relationship to Bram Stoker might have inspired him to actually write something more or less worthy, as opposed to just exploiting his illustrious family connection for some quick cash.
Guess how that turned out.
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Against my better judgement and despite my ingrained wariness of “sequels” to classic novels, I ill-advisedly started Dracula The Undead in the optimistic hope that the author’s relationship to Bram Stoker might have inspired him to actually write something more or less worthy, as opposed to just exploiting his illustrious family connection for some quick cash.
Guess how that turned out.
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Nov 17, 2009
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May 19, 2010
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Oct 22, 2011
Petra
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Update. Finished listening to this tale about "the band of heroes" (a phrase heard endlessly over the course of this story). UGH!
Suffise to stay: give this book a miss. You won't be sorry. Everything you liked in Dracula will be missing from these pages. Just the opposite. Where Bram Stoker used words to mount tension, adventure and mystery, Dacre Stoker fills his pages with whiney, pale characters and lots of violence. And blood.
Run!
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Suffise to stay: give this book a miss. You won't be sorry. Everything you liked in Dracula will be missing from these pages. Just the opposite. Where Bram Stoker used words to mount tension, adventure and mystery, Dacre Stoker fills his pages with whiney, pale characters and lots of violence. And blood.
Run!
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Jan 17, 2011
Courtney
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When my dad told me that there was going to be a sequel to Dracula coming out and it was written by the great grand-nephew of Bram Stoker I got excited. I could not wait to get my hands on Dracula Un-Dead. I was hoping that it would end the modernized verison of vampires that Stephanie Meyer created. But I was wrong.
I am going to first say that I am glad that I did not buy this book, instead I found it while I was looking through the shelves at the library for a good read. With eage More...
I am going to first say that I am glad that I did not buy this book, instead I found it while I was looking through the shelves at the library for a good read. With eage More...
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Jul 27, 2010
Sam
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This book pained me, when I first spotted it in my local bookstore I got somewhat excited at the prospect of a sequel to my beloved Dracula and written by a descendent of Bram himself so I had some high expectations. But then I started reading it and things went a bit wrong from there. To be fair to the book I'm going to review it in two ways, the first as a story in it's own right and the second as a sequel to Dracula.
As a stand alone story (that has obvious nicked a lot of the ch More...
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Oct 22, 2011
Steven
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Quite a disappointment. I had high hopes for this book. It has a good premise. It had promising authors. But the authors just missed the boat all around. They start by making all the heroes into dysfunctional, soap-opera like caricatures. Then they kill off most of them. Then they take what I consider to be unsupportable liberties with the original source material (i.e., they change crucial details of the book they are purporting to write a sequel for). And then they throw in the most shocking,
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Jan 01, 2012
Jeannette
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Bear with me because this is going to be a rabbling review. I picked this book up when I saw that it was co-written by a Stoker. I guess I fell for that marketing ploy because in the end it was VERY disappointing. I think the first part had potential and it was fun to try to piece together the puzzle as it went. But here are my major issues with the book.
1) the use of Countess Bathory could have been interesting but it fell flat. For someone so hell-bent on revenge and bringing the wo More...
1) the use of Countess Bathory could have been interesting but it fell flat. For someone so hell-bent on revenge and bringing the wo More...
Dec 23, 2011
Sam
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Quincey Harker, the son of Mina and Jonathan, starts working on a production of Bram Stoker's Dracula at the Lyceum Theatre. There he starts to discover the secrets of his family as one by one the heroes from the original novel are destroyed.
This may sound brutal, but here it is: there is nothing to like about this book. Please don't read it. It is a blatant attempt on cashing in through the use of a famous surname and should never have been an authorised sequel to what is a class More...
This may sound brutal, but here it is: there is nothing to like about this book. Please don't read it. It is a blatant attempt on cashing in through the use of a famous surname and should never have been an authorised sequel to what is a class More...
Oct 19, 2011
Robyn
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Don't expect more than a cheap thriller. I much prefered Bram Stoker's first novel to this sequel written by a great-nephew. I like reading introductions, and was surprised to read about how little the famous book with millions of reprints and media representations enriched the Stoker family.
This book was gory, and the writing style was not as sophisticated as I wanted. I feel like some of the fun of Dracula is the romance, mystery and insinuation. I remember being horrified and unable to More...
This book was gory, and the writing style was not as sophisticated as I wanted. I feel like some of the fun of Dracula is the romance, mystery and insinuation. I remember being horrified and unable to More...
Jul 28, 2011
Twenty five years after his supposed demise in Transylvania , Count Dracula is still alive, or so it seems. Before the story starts the reader is invited to read a letter written by Mina Harker to her son Quincey Harker telling her of the past and how it sill haunt them.
Jack Seward a once famous scientist is on the trail of another vampire in France. Her name is Elizabeth Bathory He espies her in her house killing young women and then bathing in their blood. Later he catches up with her in Paris More...
Jack Seward a once famous scientist is on the trail of another vampire in France. Her name is Elizabeth Bathory He espies her in her house killing young women and then bathing in their blood. Later he catches up with her in Paris More...
Mar 08, 2011
Deborah
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I found this an appallingly bad book and despite being a fast reader, resorting to a lot of skim reading I have so far been unable to make it past page 64 or the end of chapter nine. There are almost limitless cringe-worthy points in these first chapters and while I may pick the book up again one day I am not betting that I will be feeling that masochistic anytime soon.
Regarding the authors; I see Dacre Stoker is a descendent of Bram Stoker and is not himself an author. My guess is th More...
Regarding the authors; I see Dacre Stoker is a descendent of Bram Stoker and is not himself an author. My guess is th More...
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Jul 21, 2010
Mike
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Billed as the "only true sequel" to the original Bram Stoker novel, it is so filled with changes from the original that it doesn't even deserve to be called a sequel. In the Authors' Notes in the back of the book the writers Use the excuse that present day vampire movie enthusiasts would not accept some of the original legend that was changed for the screen and so, rather than write directed at those who read books they decided to change the entire story in order to satisfy movie goers
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Jul 02, 2010
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Jun 16, 2010
Keri
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I wanted to like this book. Oh, you have no idea how badly I wanted to like this book. And I do, sort of, kind of, in a funny way.
I think I would like it if it was a movie and all the names were changed. Because that's what it read like: a movie. I could see each scene in my mind, the dramatic moments, the cinematic special effects... But to me, that wasn't what the original Dracula was about to me.
The characters, the original Band of Heroes, have fallen onto hard times. This More...
I think I would like it if it was a movie and all the names were changed. Because that's what it read like: a movie. I could see each scene in my mind, the dramatic moments, the cinematic special effects... But to me, that wasn't what the original Dracula was about to me.
The characters, the original Band of Heroes, have fallen onto hard times. This More...
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May 12, 2010
Paula
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Following on from the events of ‘Dracula’ by Bram Stoker, ‘Dracula: The Undead’ begins with a letter from Mina Harker to her son, Quincey Harker (named after Quincey P Morris, the man who died trying to stop Dracula), in the letter she tells him everything from her past and what perils may await her son.
I enjoyed ‘Dracula: The Undead’ to a point, its obvious that a substantial amount of work went into creating the story but unfortunately to me, it seemed that certain characters lacke More...
I enjoyed ‘Dracula: The Undead’ to a point, its obvious that a substantial amount of work went into creating the story but unfortunately to me, it seemed that certain characters lacke More...
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Feb 01, 2010
Tracy
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Jan 04, 2010
Sandy
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I will begin this review by saying many people have played with the vampire milieu over the decades with varying degrees of success—giving their own parameters to the vampire worlds they create. I consider Bram Stoker a master of horror and fantasy, and appreciate the rules he set for his vampires. If someone wants to make changes to B. Stoker’s world and rules, it sure better be someone in the Stoker family who has what I consider the right to mess with his or her patriarch’s ideas.
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Dec 26, 2009
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Nov 03, 2009
Duncan
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I'm a huge fan of the original Dracula, and I find this latest offering by Dacre to be paltry in comparison. I suppose the social context in which it was written has a lot to do with it. A lot has changed in the time between the two books, (the original was published in 1897 and the latter was published in 2009) and the sort of graphic sadism and demonized lesbianism prevalent in this book is indicative of a generation obsessed with shock value. For an example of this, please see any film in
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Oct 30, 2009
Debbie
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I received a review copy of this book from the publisher. "Dracula The Un-Dead" is a historical horror novel set in 1912 in France and England. It is a "sequel" to the original "Dracula" novel written by Bram Stoker. Overall, I enjoyed this fast-paced novel and thought it well-written. The world-building was excellent with historical details that brought the novel alive in my imagination.
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Oct 23, 2009
Zephfire
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Bram Stoker's Dracula has long been in my all time top 10 favourite books, and I had mixed feelings when I saw this billed as the true sequel. Written by a descendant of Bram's and Ian Holt and based on Bram's own notes, I wondered if it would be a worthy successor, it certainly seemed to have the pedigree. I found it to be very enjoyable, the inclusion of Elizabeth Bathory into the plot fit well, she is a captivating foe. Aligning the story into the Jack the Ripper crimes really added to my enj
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Oct 21, 2009
Carolyn
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Long before Edward Cullen of the "Twilight" series and Bill Compton of HBO's "True Blood," there was the original vampire, Bram Stoker's Prince Dracula, in the gothic horror novel "Dracula."
Now, more than 100 years later, Dacre Stoker, the great-grandnephew of the famed Irish novelist, and Ian Holt, have written a sequel, "Dracula: The Un-Dead."
The sequel begins in 1912, 24 years later, and it revisits original characters Mina and J More...
Now, more than 100 years later, Dacre Stoker, the great-grandnephew of the famed Irish novelist, and Ian Holt, have written a sequel, "Dracula: The Un-Dead."
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Nov 05, 2010
Rossrn
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This was between two and three and I went low because of my disappointment with the 'sequel' to the original Dracula.
Dracula the Un-Dead, picks up 25 years after the original (not exactly, the authors changed dates to make them work for their sequel). The band of heroes who defeated Dracula are a broken bunch. Quincy Harker, son of Jonathan and Mina, is rebellious and sent to the Sorbonne in Paris to study law, but loves the theatre.
In Paris, Quincy is taken by Basarab, a More...
Dracula the Un-Dead, picks up 25 years after the original (not exactly, the authors changed dates to make them work for their sequel). The band of heroes who defeated Dracula are a broken bunch. Quincy Harker, son of Jonathan and Mina, is rebellious and sent to the Sorbonne in Paris to study law, but loves the theatre.
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Mar 28, 2010
Caitlin
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Written by a Stoker family member and a Dracula researcher/screenwriter . . . and it shows. Between infodumps (I sometimes felt like I was reading a nonfiction combination of a Walking Guide to London, The Real Story of Dracula!, and The Real Story of Jack The Ripper!) and telling-not-showing description (please, please stop telling me about how much Quincy Harker resents Johnathan Harker) I was ready to chuck this book at the wall by about page 80. I kept reading, in hope that it would get bett
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Jan 17, 2012
Forgotten Realms Queen
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Lots of good things, couple of bad. I really did enjoy the book overall, but the ending was a bit of a let down. Wasn't really expecting that.
I wasn't overly fond of Jonathan and Mina's characters. Jonathan is a jealous, raging alcoholic, and Mina is way too much the Victorian swooning female at the end, especially after starting out so strong.
I didn't like their son Quincy either. Too much of a whiny mama's boy. He had too much honor and not enough backbone.
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I wasn't overly fond of Jonathan and Mina's characters. Jonathan is a jealous, raging alcoholic, and Mina is way too much the Victorian swooning female at the end, especially after starting out so strong.
I didn't like their son Quincy either. Too much of a whiny mama's boy. He had too much honor and not enough backbone.
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Jun 22, 2010
Konnersdad
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So I read this after reading Dracula, which I throughly enjoyed. I forced myself through this turdfest of a book until the bitter end. So Dracula's a good guy, now? Oooookay? Jonanthan is now a drunk in a loveless marriage? Ooooookay? Mina got knocked up by Dracula and she's in love with Dracula? Seward's a morphine addict? Van Hesling (my favorite charter from the pervious book)is a tratious old codger? Lesbian incest with an old fat aunt? The Titanic? Okay stop!!!!! None of these characters sh
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Sep 25, 2010
Isabel
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I was excited to read this book because I loved Dracula and thought that a sequel written by Bram Stoker's relative would be incredible. I was sorely disappointed. I thought the revelation of what happened to Jack Seward, Jonathan and Mina Harker, Arthur and Dr. Van Helsing after their adventure in Dracula was insightful except for what happened to Van Helsing in the end.
The deep dark secret that they all kept from Quincey was over the top based on what today's genre writes a More...
The deep dark secret that they all kept from Quincey was over the top based on what today's genre writes a More...
