Dracula by Bram Stoker (52 of 1294)

Dracula is another one of those books that has been adapted so many times that just about everybody knows the story.  But like many of the stories that have been done over and over again, the actual book is different than most of the movie adaptions.

First, I'm not the biggest fan of the horror genre, although there are exceptions.  Second, I'm not a big fan of vampires either.  There are exceptions to both of those "rules" though, so I tried to go into reading Dracula with an open mind.

So after reading Dracula I'm left with a few things -

1) As it usually is the case, the book is much better than any movie version that I saw.
2) The letters and journal entries were annoying at times
3) The ending was a little anti-climactic
4) It's a classic

I liked it more than I thought I would, although part of me feels like I should have liked it more.

My rating: 3 1/2 stars