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After nearly falling prey to the seductive power of Dracula, the vampire prince, Mina Harker finds it hauntingly difficult to return to the ordinary world of mortal marriage, in a sequel to Bram Stoker's Dracula.

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3.3 out of 5 stars (18 customer reviews)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Argh., Feb 25 2004

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E. Greene "opera lover" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mina The Dracula Story Continues (Paperback)

Let me just get the nitpicky stuff out of the way first: Lucy Westenra, not Lucy Westerna. Silly things like this (aka lack of attention to detail)are irritating & the author should have caught it.

More seriously, though, Marie Kiraly has taken an interesting story, with real questions about race, ethnicity and the changing world of industrial Europe (not to mention a great villain in Dracula), and changed it into a whiny, uninteresting story of adultery. She took chracters that had substance in Stoker's hands and destroyed them. Ultimately, I found that the story was not worth the time it took to slog through it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A classic revisited, Nov 8 2003

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David Bonesteel (Fresno, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mina (Mass Market Paperback)

This novel is an interesting take on the Dracula story. It presents the climax of Bram Stoker's overrated novel from Mina Harker's point of view and shows us what happened to her and the other characters afterward. It turns out that, with the blood of Dracula flowing in her veins, Mina has far more sympathy for the Count and his minions than was hinted at in Stoker's novel. Furthermore, all is not quiet at Castle Dracula despite the destruction of the famous vampire...

Stoker's original novel was overlong and frequently dull. The characters were one-dimensional stalwart men and fainting damsels. Author Ellen Bergstrom has filled out these characters and added a feminist perspective, not to mention a healthy dose of sex. Purists may shudder at her approach, but I found it to be an interesting take on a novel that really doesn't deserve to be treated as sacrosanct and untouchable.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Garbage!, May 27 2001

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This review is from: Mina The Dracula Story Continues (Paperback)

As my title succinctly puts it, this book is garbage. It is without a doubt a desecration of a classic. If you are going to write a sequel to or "borrow" characters form a classic, you must tread lightly. In this case the author tap-danced over Dracula.

First there are some gross contradictions to the original. Everything from how/who dispatched Dracula to Mina's baby.

Unfortunately that's not the worst of it. All the original characters are re-written.....for the worse. Jonathan becomes a greedy workaholic, Van Helsing a neurotic old kook and Dr. Seward somehow doubts the existence of vampires (after Dracula??). By far the worst character is that of the title character - Mina! No longer is she the virtuous, intelligent and strong woman of Stoker's making. She becomes a lying, duplicitous, slutty, selfish, and otherwise despicable alcoholic whiner.

Ultimately this book fails to deliver. Both as a sequel to the great novel Dracula, or as a book on it's own. If it was the latter, it would have a few merits, but not enough to warrant more than two stars by any stretch of the imagination.

My recommendation: Skip this one!!

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