This book crosses so many lines I didn't know anybody could ever cross. I didn't expect Dacre to be faithful to Bram Stoker's book where he did a tellThis book crosses so many lines I didn't know anybody could ever cross. I didn't expect Dacre to be faithful to Bram Stoker's book where he did a telling about Oscar Wilde's trial and his own internalized homophobia, but, oh boy. A book written for just quick cash grab where he put every single popular romance trope from 90s and some other nonsense for cheap shock value. So apparently, sexual abuse and gaslighting survivors destined to be drunkards and they deserved what happened to them, men falling in love with other men is unrealistic, strong independent women are unrealistic and every women desire to be sexually assaulted and incest is much more possible. I wish I could give negative stars. Wouldn't recommended to anyone. ...more
First time I read this book was when I was 14 and I read it with full expectations of witnessing Count and Mina's eternal love, but all I got was CounFirst time I read this book was when I was 14 and I read it with full expectations of witnessing Count and Mina's eternal love, but all I got was Count trying to have Jonathan's ass for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert and bullying Mina because she was interfering with his businesses in London. I legit thought I read the book wrong, because Count was supposed to be in love with Mina and not Jonathan, that's what I was told with numerous adaptations. But I read the book again, again and again and it got only gayer each time. Now I know that Stoker was an extremely closeted gay and spent his entire life yearning for bears like Walt Whitman and Henry Irving. Then I realized Dracula was a self insert fanfiction. First 100 pages are literally much more erotic than any other bullmenure adaptation and nothing can change my mind. Dracula was gay and belonged to gays all along. ...more
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