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Dracula In Love (2010)

by Karen Essex(Favorite Author)

3.39 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0385528914 (ISBN13: 9780385528917)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Doubleday

review 1: *********SPOLIER ALERT*************SPOILER ALERT****************The main problem I have is this.....If a writer is going to take on the task of rewriting a classic novel such as Dracula, and if said author is going to change our perception of who Dracula REALLY was, essentially turning the nefarious Count into a "lonely, misunderstood" guy whose major sin seems to be that of falling in love with a woman who technically isn't his, then why can't this same author alter the fate of one "misunderstood" Count? Why go through the trouble of rewriting Dracula's character to such a degree that he wins the affections of the reader, only to have the author kill him off anyway? If, as Mina Harker claims, Bram Stoker "got the story all wrong", couldn't he have gotten the ending wrong ... moreas well? I really hate books that kill off very likable characters and, as far as this story is concerned, Dracula was actually a very likable guy. I was actually rooting for him, thinking he stood a chance considering Bram Stoker "got it all wrong", but I was sorely disappointed.Throughout the entire book, Mina's idiotic husband who, by the way, checks Mina into an insane asylum and allows her to be tortured at the hands of his "friend" and this same idiotic husband who commits egregious acts of adultry against his innocent and naive wife, maintains his title as hero while Count Dracula (who, by the way, rescues Mina from the insane asylum that her husband abandoned her in) keeps his place as local villain. What the.....?? The husband, with his arrogant and holier-than-thou attitude emerges as the champion and the Count, who has saved Mina's life several times and waited patiently with her while she tried tirelessly to remember her past relationship with the Count, remains villified. The author got the qualities of our characters mixed up and gave "the good guy" evil characteristics (with a still happy ending!) and "the bad guy" was rewritten as a good guy, but still given a villian's fate.Overall, I hated this book for the reason mentioned above. However, there were some interesting details about how people were treated in insane asylums and some of the stories about how Mina and Dracula met (in a past life) were interesting. Still not worth reading, though, in my opinion.
review 2: Еще раз убедилась, что всегда нужно читать самой, а не полагаться на чье-то мнение. Данную книгу топят в отрицательных отзыва, сравниваю ее с "Дракулой" Стокера... люди, блин, это не продолжение Стокера, это любовно-фантастический роман. Лично мне очень понравилось :) Писательница дала нам возможность заглянуть в историю Дракулы глазами Мины, создала очень мрачную и интересную историю. Лично мне очень понравилось как автор напичкала книгу различными легендами, интересными трактованиями вампиризма. Жаль у книги нет продолжения ;) less

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