pickI had no idea what this book would be when I picked it up but it turned out to be everything I wanted.
When it comes to genre distribution I think it's an even split between sci-fi and horror with a sprinkle of fantasy. I adore the writing, how the multiple POVs and time jumps were expressed via the formatting, the sci fi twists on classic horror/adventure figures, the banter, the occasional dark humour, the emotional heart, 1/?
#wordoftheday
I didn‘t know the second “e” was silent
“Several hundred boats joined the cortège of the river, and almost the entire town participated in the funeral procession that followed the coffin, which was carried by eight sea-captains, up the steps to the grave…. Lucy herself, pleaded to attend the funeral, otherwise I would not have liked to suggest it, fearing it would upset her, and she also wished us to sit on our usual bench and…⬇️
To be fair, I feel like that's Steward's default position. 🙄😏
“The old man looked around with a smug face—apparently he was an ‘esprit fort‘ in his circle.”
#wordoftheday”
October and November were extremely busy and I wasn‘t able to pick up this behemoth of a Dracula story since October! So I‘m back into it at page 300 with “only” 524 pages to go. Fortunately I know the original Dracula story so well, there‘s no rereading needed, despite the extreme differences between the original and this one written a couple years later.
The descriptions of Whitby in this version are so detailed! I love it!
Definitely high stakes and trauma, strong themes of individuals getting their power back, of 'monsters' reconciled to their own nature, their own motivations, seen as more than something to be feared, which does not stop the Bad Guy from being truly loathsome. 21h