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Iată-mă ajunsă și la o carte pe care nu credeam că o voi citi prea curând. Poate de teamă că o să îmi placă prea mult, poate din cauză că toată lumea o citește și parcă mereu există o altă carte mai interesantă decât asta. Cert este că am citit-o și, deși era grosuță, am terminat-o în vreo 4 zile. Mi-a plăcut foarte mult. Este o carte scrisă sub forma unui jurnal, ușor de citit și inedită. Am trăit alături de personaje toate evenimentele, am trăit suspansul alături de ele, am trăit pur și simplu
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I enjoyed this book. It was some parts fast-paced, some parts creepy, some parts dramatic and some parts funny. Some of the humorous bits were placed for us: such as us readers noticing Lucy becoming paler and paler, or noticing a big bat was eavesdropping on their vampire-killing plans. Other humorous bits were perhaps a product of its time- like how blood transfusions were regarded so intimate, or everyone worrying about the lack of virile young men to give transfusions to Lucy when there were
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When I first saw this book from afar, I was aghast that this book seemed so ugly, with its cheap pleather cover. BUT I bought it and actually gave it a higher rating than the story within! For the following reasons:
The cover photographs SO well: "Dracula" looks like it's gleaming red.
Each page has a little bat on the corner!
The flexible cover was a joy to handle, compared to a clunky hardcover.
The typeset was so readable. ...more
The cover photographs SO well: "Dracula" looks like it's gleaming red.
Each page has a little bat on the corner!
The flexible cover was a joy to handle, compared to a clunky hardcover.
The typeset was so readable. ...more
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