Dracula

It's hard for me to write a review for this book. I've read this one for the first time when I was a 10 year-old child. The first edition I read was a Romanian one which contains an additional chapter, which scared the hell out of me at that time (it still does even now when I'm 10 years older). I don't know what made it appeal to me so much, but this book changed my life. I have grown to love the stories of vampires since reading this one and I fell in love with fantasy creatures.

This is also the first classic book that I've ever read and it still remains my favourite one. And even my favourite book of all the books I've read. I cannot explain why, it just gives me an amazing feeling of “coming home” whenever I re-read it. It may be due to the fact that some of the action takes place in my home country, Romania, or the fact that I've always been fascinated by vampires. Anyway, the story is so well written and it always makes me want to read and read and read without stopping. I don't mind the pages full of descriptions, I don't mind the longer chapters.

All the characters are amazing. They're strong, they have created some amazing friendships and I love all of them, especially Mina and Jonathan. They create such a beautiful couple, they understand each other in a beautiful way and their love is so strong that you can feel it whenever they talk about each other in their journals.

I also adore the format of the book. It's composed of journal entries from some of the characters, which gives the story a really great feeling. You can see every characters' thoughts and how they feel about what is happening, you can see them slowly understanding everything about Dracula, however weird it may be. They're open minded and they do not back down, even when put face to face with such a monstrous character as Dracula, evil and cunning.

What can I say more? READ this book and see for yourself how good it is!