Dracula

Dracula by Bram Stoker
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

It took me a while to finally finish this book, but I ended up really liking it.  The trouble was I was expecting more detail, and more explanations to why we believe certain vampire lore today, and it ended up not giving me that. This book was scandalous when it came out, and it's a shame I can't transport myself to that time when it would seem scandalous to me, too.  Really, it was like a very watered down version of something you'd read today.  Like trying to make tea with a used teabag.  So much for avoiding desensitization.

The other thing, was the big deal about this woman, Lucy.  The three men avenging her Dracula-induced death were unequivocally in love with her.  There is no explanation why, or even a redeeming quality possessed by this meek little woman, to warrant such gallant behavior out of her three suitors.  I get it that we needed this situation for the story, but we've come a long way in developing female heroines and I'll take today's version of Hermione over Stoker's Mina and Lucy thank you very much.


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