chapter 3

This chapter really hits home how Gothic this novel has the potential to be. Just when i was relaxing into a tale of two men in a castle trying to work out life's little foibles one of the men turn into the scariest being i have ever seen written on paper. and to make things worse he is holding John in the castle as prisoner with wolves on the outside and three vampire women on the inside. At this moment in time i cant help but feel utter despair at the fact that John simply cant get a break. At last for the first time i feel completely and utterly stuck into the novel by the neck (what a pun!)
I feel i am so interested because the secrets of Dracula seem to be coming out of the seems with passages of him crawling out of his window in a lizard fasion and seeing the true insanity and fear striking look of him as he throws the woman across the room. Along with this there are two other intimidating figures along with Dracula that seem to be closing in on poor John. The three women seem to grasp the Gothic feeling of dream-like erryness and lust that intertwines into a fantastically thrilling passage. i like the three women in a strange way because unlike Dracula they have an obvious lust for blood which is shown when they will go so far as to actually eat a baby. the wolves seem to just be on guard as if they are makign a symbollic statement to keep John away from any chance of escape. this intimidates me and they haven't even really done anything yet.
right now i'm loving the book and will be reading on as soon as i have finished this blog. hopefully the action and underlying tension rise and rise and rise until i can't contain my excitment about the novel.