Bram Stoker’s Dracula is creepy-cozy

I wanted to read some spooky books this month. I'm about halfway through Dracula and legitimately surprised how good it is. I love the format of a story told through diary entries, letters, newspaper clippings, doctor's notes, etc. It's such a clever way of creating mystery and mythology, and being creepy without giving too much away. There's a coziness to it despite being genuinely unsettling at times.

The writing is beautiful and despite its age, the format somehow makes it feel more modern. I guess I had always assumed Dracula would be cheesy and outdated, probably because some of the film adaptations are, well, exactly that.