Dracula/ Dracula (Spanish Edition) in Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

Mar 02, 2008 Chloe rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1001-list, blood-suckers, classics, horror

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Oct 30, 2010 Terri rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, classics, vampires

I can't believe it took me so long to read this since I love vampire books. I really enjoyed it. I love the diary style story. I can see why it was so popular. And of course, it was nice to have a truly evil vamp for a change. ...more

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May 10, 2012 Cynthia Paschen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: the-list

The first third of this really dragged for me. My goodness, do these characters do anything besides write in their diaries? Then dear, delicate flower Miss Mina retypes sheets and sheets of diaries and pretty much figures everything out, despite the confines of her womanhood.

Most confusing chapter: VII, the weather chapter. Is this just telling us of Dracula's power to control the weather? Maybe. There is little in this whole book concerning Dracula directly.

The last two thirds of the book were ...more

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Nov 19, 2008 Darcy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2008, 1001-moody-books, 1001-books-must-read

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Oct 07, 2009 Martha rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own, infinitesummer

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Van Helsing has a tendency to blabber on and on about nothing. And, the men make some really silly decisions at times (especially when it comes to Mina). But, this was still a really fun read and it was easy to see why it has become a classic.

One thing I was really impressed by was Stoker's descriptive skills. There are some beautiful descriptions of landscape, weather, and location in this book. ...more

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Jun 03, 2008 akaellen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, classics, read2008, boxall-1001, bbc-big-read

Totally enjoyed this on audio! The male reader was amazing -he was so good at the different characters that I completely forgot it was the same guy reading all the roles.

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