Although I felt it reads like a debut novel - in that there are a few places of information dumps ('tell' rather than 'show') to move the plot along - this is an excellent book. It's nothing like the films that have been based on it, though the films clearly extract key points from the novel.

The edition I read had a review blurb by Dean Koontz on the back, saying that it's "the best vampire novel since Dracula." I agree.