I've been a huge fan of Dracula for many many years. This is my fifth time rereading this wonderful classic and it holds a special place dearly in my heart. It occurred to me that I have never reviewed Dracula despite my reading it once every year. So here I've finally sat down and typed up this review for you guys of one of my favourite books, let's dive in:
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I love Dracula. It is a very unique book with wonderful writing and clever ideas. Most of what Bram Stoker has brought to horror has carried on into the 21st Century with his vampire novel. The journal entries brought a sense of realism and you care about the characters a lot more because you read through their own experiences. The character developments and plot is amazing, beautifully detailed. The imagery is so precise that you can perfectly imagine what the settings look like. And Whitby itself is written into nearly an exact replica of the one in real life in modern England (I have been there myself and I instantly recognized it from what Stoker wrote which made this book even more special to me). The moods and atmosphere of suspense is amazing as well.
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I could truly go on and on about Dracula, hell even write a book about why I think it's great. This book molded and shaped a lot of what we see now in the horror genre and vampire novels today. It is such a unique book and a great experience, I highly recommend it to everyone. It's also worth reading just to say you did, really it is a fantastic book.
5/5⭐️