Dracula

Here, I'm going to save anyone interested in reading Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' a lot of time; just read Jonathan's experience at Dracula's castle. Then skip all the way to the last fifth of the book where they start chasing Dracula. I can't give you a chapter, because there are no chapters in this book; you'll just need to skim around the end of the book to find it. Sure you'll miss Lucy and Renfield by doing this, but they really don't add much to the story. Lucy is only used to identify what Dracula is and Renfield's creature collection is used as an analogy for what Dracula is to his harem and victims (basically a food chain). The rest of the whole middle of the book is mostly nobles, a lord, and a professor writing diary entries and letters gushing repeated praise at each other while trying to figure out why Lucy is missing blood, Renfield's behavior, and figuring out how to hunt down Dracula. It's slow, it's awful, and it's such a bore that it helped me sleep well at night.

I have the book physically. Read it and thrilled. This is one that i think is really horror while romantic at the same time. While hating the fiancee, but can't justify count dracula's. The way Bram Stroker picturized every horrorable parts, it gave me chills. But seriously I never thought that i will find this horror book actually a romance itself, sad one to boot.

I audiobooked this one via librovox. It was rough. The book has essentially 3 parts. The beginning action of a couple chapters, the long drawn out middle, and the final couple chapters. The middle is so dry and bland, it's hard to squeeze out what entertainment flavor there is to be had. It's possible, but difficult. It does its job in slowly building anxiety and anticipation for the exciting climax, but it does it over time. Overall, a worthwhile read, but be ready to dedicate some effort.