Dracula by Bram Stoker

Hi everyone,

I recently finished Dracula by Bram Stoker and it took longer for me to go through this book than I would have liked simply because I decided to alternate it with a happy book for my night time reading, as I don't like heavier reads when I am drifting off to sleep.

A few positives about the book for me are:

-It is immersive. I loved how the scenes have been described, right from the Count's castle to him luring away Lucy in her sleep.

-I liked the writing and prose. They don't make them like this anymore. 😭 This and Lolita have started my love affair with classics—something that could not be achieved by Pride and Prejudice earlier, as I found it to be lacking in plot, although the writing was excellent.

-I absolutely loved how the book describes the feelings of each character during each interaction, as it is in the format of a journal. This is something I haven't found in such a nuanced way in any other book that I have read so far. The little details in Stoker's writing are like cherry on the cake!

Cons:

-The book sort of fell in a slump in the middle and became somewhat predictable during the part where Lucy was found to be a vampire.

-I felt familiar with the description of vampires and their habits simply because I have seen similar stuff happening in Vampire Diaries, which I used to watch as a teenager. But now I wish somebody had given me this book first so that I could have enjoyed the novelty of the character in a better way.

All in all, I liked the classic and would recommend it to people instead of watching/reading stuff like Twilight.