I finally finished reading Dracula.

[no_anions@mindly.social]

I finally finished reading Dracula. The writer did a pretty good job at making sure there weren't loose ends. One of the main examples were the 3 witches who lured men to their doom. It's something that would've been easily forgotten otherwise. (Especially when the verbose writing is on one's nerves.) Great care was taken to remind the reader that the actions weren't exactly in malice. The vampires are merely people who were robbed of religious freedoms. Even Dracula is given pity in this realization that his actions weren't his will. The book ends with an update on life years later.
I get the sense that Bram & I shared a similar problem in ending our story. You've the problems solved, but there's no resolution. Our characters are traumatized, but they are unable to relate the events. Their sanity would be called into question. Since one of our protagonists runs an insane asylum, they are acutely aware of the danger of the label.
Much gratitude for this website: https://www.litcharts.com/lit/dracula
It offers a summary of each chapter as well as an explanation to its importance. Much of the story revolves around Victorian beliefs about women & sexual weakness. It compares it to modern culture as well. Vampirism isn't portrayed as a sexual concept usually. It's noted still that victims aren't willing participants. The victims purity is both religious & sexual. (I'm obviously avoiding a 4 letter word that starts with R. This is due to fears of censorship.) #books #Dracula #endreview