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Dracula's Child by J. S. Barnes

nastyreads's review

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3.0

Its fine. I like the way its written but that particular style also makes the story REALLY slow and I didnt like the ending that much BUT it has some really good bits, especially the horror-ish ones.

bekah101's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

burtini's review

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3.0

Set years after the Crew of Light vanquished Dracula, Jonathan and Mina live in Oxfordshire with their son Quincey. On Quincey’s 12th birthday, with friend Van Helsing in attendance, tragedy strikes and a warning is given, Dracula will return. What follows is a series of characters, both originally involved in the Crew of Light, and new characters, as they either work for or against the forces of darkness, and not all is what it seems.
This book is definitely one of 2 halves and I’ll admit I struggled with the first half where characters are introduced, there a lot of conversations and it feels, bar a few dramatic events, very little happens. I understand the need to establish characters, set up events and so on but listening to this as an audiobook as I did, it was easy for my mind to wander, the pacing was a struggle. There are also quite a lot of characters introduced that it became confusing at times keeping track.
The 2nd half is a lot more interesting, I didn’t find it scary, there wasn’t built up suspenseful moments where the senses are provoked, it just sort of happens but the horroR was well written nonetheless And as a follow on it does well.

My biggest positives comes to the narrators of the audiobooks who do a commendable job of a variety of accents to keep it interesting!

beckygray98's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

isabelh0410's review

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

myra27's review

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5



Some characters didn’t really make sense to the overall story. I was upset that Mina stayed the way she did. After everything that they would undue it in an instance. I just think of the others whose lives had to end but she got to continue. Lengthy at times that didn’t seem necessary but overall it was easy to read and got me out of my reading slump. 

mychemicalseal's review against another edition

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3.5

it was an interesting concept of a book, but i don't feel as if some of the new characters were necessary or added much to the story, and that some of the original characters were done a slight disservice in this new tale.

its_a_ryan_thing's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

mouthy_books's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

The format of the book being comprised of letters and diary entries can a times get a bit dry. I felt that there was a large chunk in the middle that were there to bulk out the page count and didn't really need to be added. When the Count does arrive and we have conflict between the Harkers and their son it is over in a paragraph. I felt like that aspect was very lacking and for a build up of nearly 600 pages it was a sad attempt. 
The ending for Mina I found was very cheesy. 
I was interested by the relationship of Harker being a drunk and a terrible husband and I really wanted the author to play of the seduction of Count D and Mina more.