I had often heard about this book and I had seen countless movies on the subject but I had never actually read it. First impressions are that the book is quite heavy, both in the physical and linguistic senses. The writing style is perfectly reflective of the period in which it was written.
Reading the book with modern sensitivities it can be both frustrating and annoying to see the ways in which the characters act, both in their attitudes towards women, and vampires. On the issue of women the book can be quite sexist at times but again this can only attributed to the mentality of the age, I'm not a woman but I did have the desire to smack one or two of the male characters at certain times.
On the issue of vampires again the frustration experienced here can only be attributed to the fact that most children now-a-days would be more versed on vampire lore than Van Helsing himself the supposed expert cast in the book. Still nevertheless the book was entertaining to read, at times addictive and made several u-turns throughout to keep the reader guessing.
I would recommend this book if you are interested in seeing the origins of Vampire fiction but if you are looking for an archaic version of Twilight then this is not for you. Out of 10 I would give it a 7. Strong, but not a book I would go back and read again.
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