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October 2009 Dracula by Bram Stoker
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Lindz wrote: "Oh wow, is it about how Peter went to Neverland?"
It is more complicated than just going to Neverland. It has all kind od cool secrets and mysteries to solve and adds layers and layers of meaning to the story of Peter Pan. Great, well paced adventure with a cliffhanger at the end of every chapter.
I would say it is a great book to read aloud chapter by chapter to a 5-8 year old or for a 6-10 year old to read on their own. There are several more books that come after it.
Lindz wrote: "Well apparently some long lost relative of Stoker has brought out an official sequel to Draclua. Based on Bram's notes for a sequel.
I don't know know if it is any good, but maybe it will have ..."
I would like to know more about this book. I have always been against sequels by a person other than an author, but I have slowly been changing my mind about it. One of the brilliant prequels, not sequels this time, is
Peter and the Starcatchers
about Peter Pan.
I am only about a quarter of the way through... I have always wanted to read it but I just never picked it up.. I am really enjoying it thus far- so glad it was picked this month.
Well apparently some long lost relative of Stoker has brought out an official sequel to Draclua. Based on Bram's notes for a sequel. I don't know know if it is any good, but maybe it will have answers to unfinished questions.
I liked the fact that Draclua wasn't in it much, he was just this shadow luming over everything :)
I just finished the book and I really enjoyed it.Is Dracula the main character? I don't think so, and I was left with the desire of knowing more about him, and he is hardly present in the second half of the book.
I also didn't understand the child's brain theory....
Last night, I woke up in the middle of the night feeling a dark shadow over me....freaky. Great book!
I want to read this book again. First read it when I was a angsty teen. I remember it being perfect for a grung induced teenager. I love how creepy and dark it is, and how Vampirism is ugly and infectious. Though Stoker definitely had some women issues. Though in saying that it was written in 1897.Apparently rumour has it, that Dracula was a metaphor for the syphilis epidemic at the time.
I would like to read this one, but I haven't had a chance to get to the bookstore, so hopefully I will be able to get the book for the discussion.
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