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Nancy
May 10, 2015 rated it really liked it
The semi-stuffy tone of the beginning of the book--the tale did feel as if told, convincingly, by an academic-- picks up steam as it goes along. I thought the ending was classic gothic horror stuff--great fun. Occasionally overwritten, you still feel as if you were in another time and place, gathered around a fire, and hearing an unbelievable story of evil set loose in the world (cue manic laugh...)
Krizia Anna
it was a story that has great writing, great plot and great pacing. It was long but it was worth it. It took me a long time to finish it not because it was boring but because I had to stop every so often just to digest what happened. It was so mysterious and scary at the same time. I got hooked on Dracula and this got me paranoid. Everywhere, I see and hear things about Dracula. I was reading this book during Stoker's birthday. Dracula was talked about all the time in the TV and radio, I thought ...more
Chris
Sep 19, 2011 rated it it was ok
Shelves: 2015owned, 2016owned
About the best thing I can say about this book is that it's over. Which is a shame, because the first half of it was quite good. A young woman discovers her apparently widowed father has spent a good part of his life tracking down Dracula - the real historical one, Vlad the Impaler of Wallachia. He slowly begins to tell his daughter the story of his college advisor who was drawn into the hunt and of his relationship with the young Romanian woman who joined the quest. And that's all very well don ...more
Stephanie
Apr 06, 2010 rated it liked it
Kelly
May 26, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Caitlin
May 29, 2010 rated it really liked it
Lauren
Jun 04, 2010 marked it as to-read
Katrina Harris
Sep 10, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: top-ten, pop-fiction
Tracy Whited
Oct 30, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Hannah
Dec 21, 2010 marked it as to-read
Wendy
Jan 03, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Christy Ferrell-kincaid
Jan 12, 2011 rated it really liked it
Jodi
Jun 03, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Hannah
Jun 08, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Taryn Russell
Oct 06, 2011 rated it really liked it
Danette
Mar 13, 2012 marked it as to-read
Eve B.
May 20, 2012 marked it as to-read
Elisabeth
Dec 28, 2012 rated it really liked it
Celestem
May 14, 2013 rated it liked it
Emily
May 18, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Karin
Nov 12, 2013 rated it really liked it
Niccola Nelson
Nov 15, 2013 rated it it was ok
Austen_Wodehouse
Mar 09, 2014 marked it as to-read
Jo
Jun 16, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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