I really liked this book! Excellent story. The start was a little slow for me, but maybe I just wasn't able to give it my undevoted attention initially (immidiately following HP is hard for any book).
Nothing like traveling vicariously when you can't physically go somewhere. Ok, so I want to be a female Indiana Jones type historian able to speak and read multiple languages and go trapsing around Europe on trains to beautiful libraries and museums solving age old mysteries (except scary or dangerous ones...don't the the "heart" it - HA!) Accounting just seems so dull today.
Loved the characters...sharing their suprise to find another solving the same puzzle as themselves, not being able to contain themselves from sharing information and the joy of discovery and how they are allowed to "solve" their mysteries all along the way through the story instead of building up to a finale, and then there is a big finale!
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Well for crying out loud! I guess there is no "edit" function once you post. I do actually know how to spell. Sorry for the typo.
So glad you liked the book- I just couldn't put it down. I was intruiged with all the actual events of Dracula's life, not thinking of him as a living and breathing person at one time... he was always just a fictional Stoker character to me. Way cool to find out so much about the real man. Gets you thinking that maybe more of the vampiric "tales" have a little truth to them...
I can't wait to read it! It sounds so interesting!
Yes, intrigued is exactly how I felt. I was aware of the reality of Vlad the Impaler and his cruelty during his time in history. The more I read, the more I wanted to do some research myself on the real "human" story of Vlad Tepes, just like the characters who seem to wrestle with going further into their research or putting it aside in order to preserve mind, body and soul. While Dracula is the object and focus of the characters search, I loved the way the author really drew me into the father's story, the daughter's story, her mother's story, instead of making it about good vs. evil.
Thank you Natalie for sharing this book. I would recommend it with no hesitation. I'll be handing it back to Kim this weekend, unless Kari snags it first while she is up for a visit.
Ooo..I started it this past weekend...a little slow to start but it's picking up! :)
OMG, what a COOL book!!! The bloody and gory is always fascinating isn't it? Sort of like Hitler & WWII. So interesting.
Like ya'll said, much more aware of him as a historical figure now, and the possibilities therein, makes me wonder if there are some other accounts (fictional or not) that hit that era and location. Although this story was all over the european map!
I immediatly Tivo'ed Dracula (the 1930 version w/ Bela Lugosi) and I can't wait to watch it...accurate or not.
PS--it comes on tomorrow evening on one of the movie channels...HBO or Showtime or something like that. Just FYI
Ok, so I have to add the cool little tidbits about Bela Lugosi that I learned from IMDB...
1. From Romania!! oooo...
2. Helped organize the Screen Actors Guild in the mid-30s. How cool.
3. Was buried in his full Dracula costume, cape and all!!!!
Buried in full costume! That's bananas!! But cool! Thanks for the fun facts, Kar :)
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