I've always told myself: sooner or later you must read Dracula. Honestly, one cannot be 30 and be always embarassed of his own ignorance because he has not read this classic. However, what has alwas stopped me, was the vague fear to be bored to death. I expected to find some old language, full of pathos and words no one has used in a century. But I was pleasantly disappointed! The book is really interesting, a true page turner, it is full of action. And it is very different from the movie with Gary Oldman. Very. Now just a couple of words to explain why I rated it 4 stars. Two things were a bit annoying: somewhat lengthy monologues of Van Helsing, and the fact that there is a very precise division between the good and the bad characters. But that's just a trait of the bygone century's literature- a part of it, at least. Overall, a must read, definitely!