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Pointing_Monkey t1_itbar91 wrote

Reply to comment by M4dDecent in So I'm listening to Dracula on audiobook, and Van Helsing drives me insane. by KindlyOlPornographer

I wouldn't saying goofy, the early chapters from Jonathan's diary, and The Demeter log are pretty creepy.

The one thing that works against us, is we are reading a book which we probably know far too much about already, diluting alot of the suspense. Plus medical science has moved on a lot since Bram Stoker's time. Bloodletting was still a somewhat common practice in the 1800s, though it was in decline.

I do feel like the Lucy parts did start to drag, though. I do wonder if the story wouldn't have worked better as a novella.

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M4dDecent t1_itbv9y8 wrote

Absolutely, the early chapter are my favorite, but the rest of the book's plotting and character development etc really go off the rails. I'm not quibbling about the science, I can totally suspend my disbelief when it comes to bloodletting or, say, the coincidence of five random people having compatible blood.

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