Dracula
June 16, 2008 11:58 am Dicker, General, books
Last weekend I read Bram Stocker’s “Dracula”. (I hear you “they made a book out of that movie?” mmmmm… )
The novel is 111 years old but it’s a cracker! I bought it on Thursday and finished it on Monday (which is good for me). I read the first page and I was hooked.
The really brilliant thing about this book is that it’s all written from the perspective of personal diary entries, so you’re reading all the different character’s diaries and you’ve got the big picture of what is happening but the characters don’t and it’s really tense. And then halfway through the book, the characters kind of catch up with you, and they read each others diaries and start to put the pieces together, and then it feels like you’re all on the same page and it really makes you part of the story.
The book was only $10.00 and definitely worth the money.
My next move is to head over to cinema Jameso tp watch the movie (by Francis Ford Coppola).
Peter :
Date: June 16, 2008 @ 3:47 pm
I think that perhaps I’m going to have to read this book…
Dicker :
Date: June 17, 2008 @ 10:30 am
You can borrow my copy.
Peter :
Date: July 11, 2008 @ 12:54 am
Loved. It.
Peter :
Date: July 11, 2008 @ 12:56 am
By the way, one of the gals from Tour was intrigued by this book and now wants to read it as well.
I didn’t lend your copy out, it’s still at my house.
I did however get caught reading a ‘girls magazine’ on the plane coming home…
Dicker :
Date: July 11, 2008 @ 10:42 am
I’m glad you liked it as much as I did. You know there’s a bit of pressure there when you recommend something, but I think this was a cracker of a book and a pretty safe bet.
Dicker :
Date: July 11, 2008 @ 10:42 am
Get caught reading Dolly?
Peter :
Date: July 11, 2008 @ 11:35 am
A magazine called ‘Frankie’.
I was reading it over a girl’s shoulder who was sitting across the aisle, then realised that the girl sitting next to me was also reading it.
Eventually I caved and asked if I could read it ‘openly’…
Rachael Clemens :
Date: August 19, 2008 @ 2:03 am
Bram Stokers is the way to go if your interested in a beautiful depiction of the book on film. Gary Oldman does a great job as Dracula.
oh and the book is fantastic too, the film can never cover all the complexities that the book has.