REVIEW: Bram Stoker's Dracula

First of all, please take note that I'm not a frequent reader. I only have read two novels, in my whole life. Excluding the ones from school which I was forced to read. Add that up and I guess you could say that I'd only read 5 or 6 books. So naturally, my standard won't be that high and in the end, all of these are of my opinion! Oh, and the third book from Eragon? Bysingr? Totally suck balls.

Anyways! Onto the review!

I find the setting and atmosphere of the book very well expressed. I can instantly imagine the scenario in my head as I read. As in the whole picture. If I was given a brush or a pencil, I think I can actually sketch it out. At first I thought I won't be able to get used to the diary format Bram Stoker used on Dracula, but it blended quite well into the story. The way it's written doesn't make you go "Damn, why the hell did he decided to write in this format?!"

I don't think the writing's anything less, but I'm not that good a judge when it comes to books. Comics, tv shows and movies yes, but not books. The book had much dialogs and little fighting scenes.

I don't which version of the book do I have, but it's written completed and unabridged, and it's published by Classic Library with a dark shade of crimson for a cover. Pictures of the book I'd seen were always orange-ish yellow. But my book's still in a good condition. The quality of the paper is nice, I accidentally got a drop of water on the book while reading and it didn't stain the book! There are some marks on the book though, and some of the words are washed out. But that's due to age perhaps?

There's no problems in remembering which character is which, but between all 4 of the protagonists I don't really see much of a difference between them. But I guess they were distinctive enough.

Overall, I don't think it's anything bad and was enjoyable. It keeps you on the edge and wanting to read more. I definitely would recommend this book!

27th of November

So, I ended decided to tag along ckl, Jeannette and Jenny to Parade and McD's today and boy am I glad. Know what happened? I found Bram Stoker's Dracula at Novel Hut, such awesome luck!! Just what I wanted, and it's only RM 9.00! The book is still in good conditions and it doesn't seem damaged at all. Guess someone just needed cash. Sad. Anyhow, I brought the book without a second of hesitation. I pretty much, literally reached out to the book at top speed without a care in the world. Saw the price, purchase. *drumroll*

Then we had some laughs at McD's place, the one in front of Super Kinta. And again, I ended up with ordering a Spicy Chicken McDeluxe large set after all the fuss. *facepalm* the 4 of us spent the rest of the time after eating for photo taking. I only realized I forgot to bring my camera after I was walking with everyone at parade. HAHAHA!