Michael Sands’s Reviews > Dracula > Status Update

Lots of focus on 'differences' between men and women. I will be pissed if there is no twist that gives Mina more agency in this latter third as she has had quite a progressive amount up to this point. I would assume it to be so except it was written at the end of the 1800s.

Bram has some mixture of patriarchal 1800s culture and christian mythos intertwined into a very strange but entertaining series of letters. I can't tell if he truly believes young male blood is the 'strongest' but it fits the blend i just mentioned and feels accurate to the world he is creating. However, if that were true, Dracula must like 'weak' blood more. Also blood types weren't discovered yet so that sticks out