I've put off reading this for years because I thought it would be boring. WRONG. It was awesome! So much better than I expected. I loved the epistolary style, and the fact that this is supposed to be the actual record referenced in the book is cool.

The first part where Harker goes to the castle was so intriguing and sucked me in right away. Then the parts with Lucy and Mina's friendship and Lucy getting sick were slower, but sweet and still interesting. The parts with Renfield were well done and super creepy too. And I loved Van Helsing. He wasn't what I expected, but was just awesome overall. I thought I would hate Lucy and Mina, but ended up loving both of them. (Surprising, because I was just complaining about how the girls in Little Women were too saintly and preachy...). And though there are some slow parts, they were well done and I was never bored.

Surprisingly, Dracula really isn't in it all that much, but you can feel his presence throughout the whole book.

Also, now the Historian makes a lot more sense. Should probably revisit that one... Also Dracula has a beard. Who woulda thought?