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I enjoyed it. It's a long book but Kostova managed to keep my interest throughout - an accomplishment in a book this length. I've given up on several Stephen King novels in the past few years (although I liked his earlier books)because I would lose interest and think "nothing has happened in the last hundrred pages." That wasn't a problem here.
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Several generations of historians search for Dracula or his grave. They search archives from Istanbul to Oxford with some aid from a mysterious group of Turks that were tasked with this quest about the time of Dracula's "death". Part of group of historians are descendants of Dracula himself. For me, the internal logic of the story did not hold up. For instance at one point in the story, Dracula goes out to feed every night and, yet, there doesn't seem to be any notice of unusual deaths among the
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I read this book years ago and absolutely fell in love with it. Best Dracula book ever.
I didn't think that my time spent on this book was rewarded in the end.
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Nov 14, 2007
Joanna
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it was amazing
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I really enjoyed this book. While the book is a Dracula/vampire story, it isn't overly heavy on the vampire activities and is much more focused on the historical research and tracking of Dracula through history and through historical documents. The story seamlessly switches between events in the past, research from the past of historical events, and events in the present. A very enjoyable read!
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Oct 30, 2008
Kat (A Journey In Reading)
marked it as to-read
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Mar 06, 2009
LeslieVA
marked it as to-read
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Sep 02, 2009
Erin (NY)
marked it as to-read
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May 26, 2012
Jenifer
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really liked it
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