3. Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt (2009), Dracula, the Un-dead

[strange_complex]

Mirabile dictu, I am now on top of BOTH film reviews AND Doctor Who reviews, so at last I am able to move on to book reviewing. I have three unreviewed books in the queue, two of which I aspire to knock off today.

Like The Historian, this book came my way courtesy of the Notorious Dracula-Enabler of Old Meanwood Town, and I moved straight onto it

Comments

[ms_siobhan]

LOL at my description :-)

I enjoyed it as a 'top load of old nonsense romp' especially as I was very sad when I read it and it was perfect distraction nonsense. But I had similar misgivings about it but the worst bit about it for me was the mist. Utterly dreadful.

[strange_complex]

Yep, good distraction / escapism is about right. What was it that particularly annoyed you about the mist, though? I did notice that at one point Bathory explains that she can't actually turn into a bat, wolf, mist or whatever, but instead uses her hypnotic powers to make people think that's what they're seeing. But that didn't entirely seem to match up with the way it was then described, merging into the London fog and completely enveloping people and so on.

[ms_siobhan]

IIRC it was the way the mist was used in a non consensual sex scene. Made me feel sick.

[strange_complex]

Oh, yes - indeed. All part of the Bathory-as-evil-lesbian thing which annoyed me too!

[softfruit]

Not just undead but un-dead? *trembles in fear of the deadly hyphen*

(fun review I enjoyed reading this)

[strange_complex]

I believe the hyphen is a carefully-observed Stokerism - all part of their positioning as The One True Sequel. So, yes, we should tremble!

Glad you enjoyed the read. :-)