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I'm in two minds about this story.
On the one hand, it seems rather obvious that it's one of the massive influences on the whole vampire genre (or at least one of the earliest stories utilising a number of now-familiar elements of the vampire lore). And it's a fairly interesting tale, too; exciting and mysterious and creepy.
On the other hand, there were things about it that annoyed me. The main character's slowness, for example - okay, I get it, she did mention over and over again how she's so s ...more
On the one hand, it seems rather obvious that it's one of the massive influences on the whole vampire genre (or at least one of the earliest stories utilising a number of now-familiar elements of the vampire lore). And it's a fairly interesting tale, too; exciting and mysterious and creepy.
On the other hand, there were things about it that annoyed me. The main character's slowness, for example - okay, I get it, she did mention over and over again how she's so s ...more
Jan 04, 2013
Nyssa
rated it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
paranormal-supernatural,
speculative-fiction,
vampires,
2011-2020,
horror,
classics,
lgbtq,
grg-mobileread,
gothic
After a relatively slow and plodding start, this turned into something quite striking. It wasn't the story itself, which was very predictable, but the legend of the vampire, given at the end, that was interesting. I will rate this at 3.5
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Feb 04, 2014
Bror (Abrar)
marked it as to-read
