Dracula, by Bram Stoker
What a fun read! Just finished my first fiction novel in a while. Happened to have it on my Kindle and was in the mood for a fun read. Very entertaining, tricky wording…very old style English. If I recall, very different from the movie. The book was comprised of journal entries by the characters involved. Dracula certainly has morphed since this book. No sparkling in the sunshine or compassionate vampires. This Dracula slept in the daytime (but he could be in the sun with a hat on?), traveled in dirt, no eating and plenty of drinking, no compassion, smart but predictable in the end, could not be in water…but traveled by water in a boat and boxes of dirt, and not overly romantic at all. I like the Ann Rice vampires the best – LeStat was wicked but handsome and somewhat sensitive. He even had a sense of family with Louis and Claudia. Twilight vampires are more loveable, if you like that in vampires. Vampires in The Historian are cruel and vicious. Bram Stoker’s Dracula is mean and soul-less.
Now I know that vampires are not real, but I find myself asking “Which is the REAL vampire?”
PS – In preparing for my upcoming trip to Ireland, I have been intent on reading Irish authors and watching Irish made films that take place in Ireland. I read Dracula not even knowing that Bram Stoker was born in Ireland (in Clontarf, Dublin)! I have only wanted to read the book for a while. Bonus!
