Dracula : Asylum (Dracula (Dh Press))
by Paul Witcover
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Author: Paul WitcoverEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-02-22
ISBN: 1595820183
Number of pages: 300
Publisher: Dark Horse
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Book Review: A Reinvention
Summary: 5 Stars
I likely never would have picked this book up because the movie tie-in would have discouraged me. Lucky for me, then, that my sister recommended it or I would have missed out on one of the surprise literary pleasures of my year.
I finished it on just three day's subway rides and missed my stop on one of them because I was too deep inside to realize I'd blown past Flatbush. Then I ended up letting another train go by to make sure I'd finish the last few pages I had left, standing there on a pretty drafty platform for another half-hour, unable to stop reading.
Initially, I thought I might enjoy the horror-thriller part of the book and did - genuine chills there, which I don't usually get when reading no matter what those "will send shivers up your spine" back-cover reviews usually say. But what carried me away was the war story. I can't imagine the amount of research that made those passages read like such a true and gut-wrenching account but it was the best kind, the kind that doesn't show itself off. Everything was in service to the action, which was relentless, horrifying and moving. Those were incredibly gripping chapters and they give the story soul, exactly what's needed to balance the more fantastical darkness of the classic Dracula myth.
But even the myth was reinvented and made fresh and truly scary. For once Dracula's power over everyone doesn't feel like a cartoon seduction but like some kind of elemental characteristic, as if an evolutionary byway had been taken. It didn't hurt that the female lead had real heft for once.
Fair warning: You'll also want a friend to read it so you can talk about the revelation at the end with someone. That's why my sister suggested that I read it, as it turned out! Very tricky.
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