I'm also listening to the audiobook at the moment. The over-egged accent doesn't bother me as much as Van Helsing's (in)actions. I thought he was supposed to be shit hot, but he's really not all that. The amount of time he wastes being enigmatic but ultimately not helping poor Lucy.

I found her final days infuriating. Van Helsing arses around decorating the place with garlic as if that's a foolproof solution. Surely she'd have had a better chance if he or one of the lads had stayed by her side every night? He's all shocked everytime finds that Dracula has been during the night, but what did he expect? The scale of his incompetence is demonstrated by the fact that they actually end up running out of people to do blood transfusions.

(I have strong feelings about all this.)

Bear in mind I'm only halfway though, so perhaps he'll redeem himself...